...
- Member State servers running a standard FTP/SFTP service accessible from the ECaccess gateway. This is known as a "genericFtp"/"genericSftp" protocol and is the most convenient way of getting the files to the system you want, under the specified user ID.
- The server running the ECaccess gateway. This is known as a "genericFile" protocol. All users will share in a common directory the files transferred using this protocol.
- Member State servers running a proprietary application. The administrator provides ectrans with the implementation of the access protocol. The administrator can also use more complex rules to define special target locations for ECMWF users, Member State users or groups of Member State users.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
With the ectrans command, Member State users can initiate secure file transfers between ECMWF (ecgate or HPCF systems) and a Member State server, as defined in the ectrans association. When ectrans is used to put a file (from ECMWF to a remote server), the ECaccess Server will spool the file in the user's "ectrans" transfer queue. If the connection between the ECMWF and the remote gateway is down or if any error occurs, the file will be kept in the spool area at ECMWF and you can resume the transfer either through the web interface or with the Web Toolkit command ecaccess-ectrans-restart. When ectrans is used to get a file (from a remote server to ECMWF) the transfer will fail by default, if the connection between the ECMWF and the remote gateway is down. A retry mechanism is available for all types of transfers. To show the ectrans usage:
...