Applications Manager RA FTP v2.x Jobs cannot be migrated to RA FTP v3.x

Products

• CA Automic Applications Manager (AM)

Issue/Introduction

Applicable to Applications Manager Versions:  v8.0, v9
Description of Issue
Any RA FTP v2.x jobs currently created in Applications Manager cannot be migrated to RA FTP v3.x jobs when the RA FTP Agent is upgraded you will need to manually recreate all your RA FTP jobs.

Cause
Currently there is a 'Job Upgrade' tab on Agent definition for any RA FTP v3 Agent. This 'Job Upgrade' tab is not applicable to Applications Manager and will be disabled in a future RA FTP v3 release (RA_FTP-62).

 

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Environment

Release: AAMOS499000-8.0-Automic Applications Manager-OS400 Agent
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Resolution

Workaround
All RA FTP v2.x jobs will have to be manually recreated once you have installed the RA FTP v3.x Agent. None of your v2.x jobs will be able to run after the upgrade.
Recommendation
Any Applications Manager customers who are not currently using the RA FTP Agent, but would like to, should plan to upgrade to Applications Manager v9 and install the RA FTP v3.x Agent to avoid having to recreate the RA FTP jobs.