SMB – Push Files
Utilize this type of Job in order to automatically push files to a file share on a remote host using SMB protocol.
During the automated file transfer, only files with Available and Sanitized state within the source folders will be transfered.
Configuration
Target SMB Username
The username to authenticate with through SMB protocol on the selected host.
Target SMB Password
The password to authenticate with through SMB protocol on the selected host.
In case of editing or duplicating a previously saved job, the password needs to be re-entered.
Select Target SMB
Select the SMB integration to utilize. Files will be pushed to the selected file share.
See: SMB Integration
Provide Source Path(s)
Provide paths where recursively collect and push files from MetaDefender Managed File Transfer. Any number of paths can be configured, if no path is added, the root ('/') will be the source path.
Destination at Target SMB
The destination path on the remote file share. If the path does not exist, it will be created.
Transfer Method
Decide what to do with the original files on MetaDefender Managed File Transfer.
- Copy Files: Files successfully pushed will remain intact on MetaDefender Managed File Transfer.
- Move Files: Files successfully pushed will be removed from MetaDefender Managed File Transfer.
In case multiple source paths point to the same file, the file will only be deleted on the local instance if it was successfully pushed from all listed source paths.
For example if move is enabled and there is a file /data/logs/log.txt and source paths /data and /data/logs are configured with destination \push it will only be removed from the local instance if pushing was successful for both \push\logs\log.txt and \push\log.txt.
File Overwrite Rules
Decide what to do if a file with the same absolute path already exists the remote file share.
- Don't Overwrite: Do not push the file to the remote file share.
- Overwrite Existing: Push the file to the remote file share overwriting the existing one.
Overwrite doesn't do any precheck on the local or the remote file, it is just simply overwriting the remote file with the local one even if they contain the same data. This means if a file does not change on the local instance the same file will be pushed over and over again.
Example
I want to push files to my remote Windows file share from MetaDefender Managed File Transfer. I only want to push files that are under the share folder in my root directory, I want this to be done every 30 minutes. My username is teodor and my password is pass%123! on the remote host.
My Windows share can be reached on the FQDN planet.jupiter.io on which the SMB (version 2.0+) file share named moonshare is available and providing access on port 445. I want my files to be copied from my folder to the folder /teodor/from_mft on my Windows share. If a file already exists there then overwrite it.
