IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor
A web-based tool called IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor was designed to give the IBM Sterling MFT Solution real-time visibility and monitoring capabilities. Administrators can keep an eye on the activity of file transfers, the status of transactions, and the state of the system.
For better B2B visibility, governance, customer service, and operations, Sterling Control Centre Monitor records important events across all of your B2B and MFT software. When a server, process, or transfer problem arises or is expected to arise that could affect an SLA, it applies rules to notify important audiences using customizable dashboards, notifications, and reports. Centralized monitoring, management for better service quality, and better adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) are all provided by the Sterling Control Centre.
“Control Centre enables us to maintain full visibility of a daily average of 100,00 file transfers, enabling us to guarantee on-time delivery every time.”
It provides the ability for operations staff to centrally monitor the status of Configuration Managers, engines, and adapters for the following server types across the enterprise:
- IBM Sterling Connect: Direct
- IBM Sterling Connect: Enterprise
- IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
- IBM Sterling File Gateway
- IBM Sterling Secure Proxy
- IBM Global High Availability Mailbox
- IBM Sterling Connect: Express
- IBM QuickFile
- IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
- Many FTP servers
Benefits of IBM Sterling Control Centre Monitor
- Ability to centrally monitor file transfers and receive notifications when they occur do not occur, or arrive early or late.
- It also allows for the detection of minor processing exceptions to head off potential business issues.
- Gather all B2B and MFT system file transfer and B2B process event data into a single, consolidated view.
- Lower operational expenses by preventing downstream process interruptions and SLA fines.
- Continuous controls monitoring and audit reporting.
IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor provides
- Data transmission activity, adapter, and perimeter server status monitoring.
- Environmental data, including information on the operating system, database type, JDK, and licenses.
- Alert and event notification, such as failure of a business process or a file transfer.
- Centralized administration and configuration, as well as audits and reporting.
- Service level criteria (SLC) monitoring of service quality License management.
