How Harvest Client connects to Broker

Products

• CA Harvest Software Change Manager
• CA Harvest Software Change Manager - OpenMake Meister

Issue/Introduction

How does the Harvest application connect to the broker? 

Resolution

Harvest clients connect to Harvest Server using a TCP connection. 
For all metadata requests all Harvest clients  use a single port on the server. But, for the file content  exchange we use separate connections called "direct connections" (with a specific port range that is configured in the configuration file).