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  • 8/13/2019 White Paper a Look Into Automating FTP and Batch Processes

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    The Increasing Need to Automate Complex WorkflowA Look Into Automating FTP and Batch Processes

    www.ActiveBatch.com

    Content

    The Increasing Need to Automate Complex Workloads

    FTP & Batch Processes - Essential processes that never go away or end

    Hybrid Computing Increases Administrative & Management Complexity

    The Rise of Workload Automation Introducing Workload Automation The Benefits of Enterprise Job Scheduling & Complex, Hybrid Batch Processing Streamline Processing for Complex Environments Brief Technical Summary Integrated Jobs Library - Designed for Change Recommended Resources & Next Steps

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    The Increasing Need to Automate Complex WorkloadsIn the current era of distributed, real-time processing, the bulk of the work that IT organizations have to

    complete on a daily basis continues to be handled primarily through batch workloads. This entails

    inordinate amounts of scripting, maintenance, monitoring, and administration. Data and files must be

    moved, tasks must be run and validated and processes coordinated between disparate systems with an

    extremely low tolerance for errors to minimize costs. This takes people, time, and resources, which are

    increasingly in short supply. As a result, the need to automate and streamline becomes even moreimportant.

    These arent new problems; companies have been relying on their IT organizations to handle tasks likethose described above for decades. But the process has never been particularly efficient or reliable. Scripts

    running on different platforms, manually executed steps, monitoring the activity, identifying and reporting

    failures, and posting results. And one of the key components to all the above mentioned processes is FTP.

    Well known and long proven, FTP also presents serious challenges in terms of the complexity of its

    administration and its security shortcomings, which open the organization to considerable risk. As a

    result, the original free Internet protocol must be augmented through other tools.

    Could you reduce 100 SQL Server Agent

    obs into 4 automated tasks?QL Server was not intended for that level of automation butCincinnati

    ellfound a way by using workload automation to automate their

    atacenter tasks that include FTP. *Read the Success Story

    How would you streamline workflows

    involving more than 100 steps?SBA, a cell phone tower operator, turned to workload automation to

    orchestrate FTP operations and the management of accounting and

    banking processes for nearly 2,000 vendors supporting the companys

    global network of cellular transmission towers. *Read the Success Story

    Can you write and maintain scripts that han

    8,700 jobs per week (450,000 per year) with

    99.95% success rate?Precision Dialogue, an online marketing company, needed to re

    files daily that contain vast quantities of data used for marketing

    analysis and identify those files on the fly, decrypt them, deliver t

    for processing, and send out notifications to customers by comb

    workload automation and FTP. *Read the Success

    http://www.activebatch.com/http://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-SBA-Communications-is-Taking-Cellular-Towers-to-New-Heights-with-Workload-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-SBA-Communications-is-Taking-Cellular-Towers-to-New-Heights-with-Workload-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-SBA-Communications-is-Taking-Cellular-Towers-to-New-Heights-with-Workload-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Precision-Dialogue-Marketing-Delivers-Customer-Success-Through-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Precision-Dialogue-Marketing-Delivers-Customer-Success-Through-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/http://www.activebatch.com/http://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Precision-Dialogue-Marketing-Delivers-Customer-Success-Through-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-SBA-Communications-is-Taking-Cellular-Towers-to-New-Heights-with-Workload-Automation.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdfhttp://www.advsyscon.com/pdf/ActiveBatch-Case-Study-Workload-Automation-as-the-Cornerstone-to-Automating-Telecom-Business-Processes.pdf
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    FTP & Batch Processes

    Essential processes that never go away or endFile transfer and batch processes continue to serve as the cornerstone to enable critical business

    processes. According to industry estimates from both IDC and Forrester, 50-70% of all data processing is

    batch. Meanwhile file transfer provides the lifeblood of data to fuel business processes. And IT scheduling

    and automation, an often overlooked critical component, handles the sequencing, orchestration, anddependencies of key elements, ensuring data is passed as needed. In doing so, scheduling is integral to

    the success of not only the FTP process but to the larger overall business process.

    Today, many IT organizations rely on FTP management and automation tools, which is far from

    streamlined or efficient. Enterprise FTP tools are difficult to use and require cumbersome programming

    and scripting for each operating system. The resulting systems must be closely monitored and managed.

    Even FTP, a well known and long accepted protocol, can fail and when it does, the business processes

    dependent on it falter, essentially increasing business risk. Entire complex critical business processes can

    come to a sudden halt.

    Examples of common FTP management solutions

    FTPs complicated administration and lack of even the most rudimentary reporting challenge third party

    tools like those noted above. For example, FTP does not guarantee delivery or even notification of

    delivery. This can create problems and delays when sending critical files, especially when SLAs are

    present. FTP is inherently insecure, having been developed and adopted before Internet security became

    a critical issue. For example, it doesnt support encryption, which means that under normal conditionsuser names, passwords, FTP commands, and transferred files can be captured by anyone on the same

    network using just a packet sniffer. Lastly, FTP is amazingly sloppy and lazy; it doesnt remove unneeded

    files and scripts once they have been sent. Instead, administrators have to manually stay on top of the

    resulting mess and delete it wherever they can find it.

    A secure FTP client that augments

    the protocol with workflow

    capabilities that include zip/unzip,

    PGP encryption, e-mail

    notification, custom file naming,

    and connecting to multiple FTP

    servers with different protocols,

    but relies on scripting to automate

    such processes.

    Supports multiple protocol

    access method while

    supporting FTPS-, SFTP-, and

    HTTPS-based file transfers inaddition to FTP, Telnet, and

    Secure Shell access.

    Sysax

    An FTP tool to upload and

    transfer files and folders,

    backup of folders and support

    both Internet file transferprotocol (FTP) and network

    file transfer.

    Fling FTP Sync

    and Upload

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    FTPs shortcomings expose any organization to significant business risks. These include serious risks

    associated with file transfer delays or failures. It also can jeopardize conventional batch processes that are

    dependent on successful FTP operations. The usual solution is to use a set of specific FTP point solutions

    such as those listed above, but these point solutions present another drawback: a fragmented approach

    that involves time-consuming and error-prone manual procedures spread across siloed

    tools/departments.

    Hybrid Computing Increases Administrative & Management

    ComplexityThis fragmented approach is largely the result of distributed computing environments. They may have a

    mix of Windows, Linux, UNIX and mainframes. Most IT organizations manage these distributed

    environments through middleware-based integration and scripting coupled with a variety of automated

    tools for management and orchestration.

    In terms of automating the critical IT operational and business

    processes that span these heterogeneous environments, the

    solution has been to load up with platform- and/or departmental-

    specific scheduling tools. Its a piecemeal approach whereby theorganization quickly ends up with a myriad of point automation

    tools, each intended to handle specific tasks or process types. This

    becomes very costly; each tool requires a license and training. And

    unless you undertake costly integrationwhich can fall apart the

    moment something new is added or something changesthe

    tools are unlikely to share information or play well with each

    other. This piecemeal approach to IT management and

    automation, referred to as an elemental approach since it consists

    of multiple, non-interoperable elements, simply is too

    fragmented. Moreover, these uncoordinated automation

    solutions, developed independently of each other, requireconstant revision and resynchronization in the face of change,

    thereby increasing operational costs and diminishing staff

    productivity. This hinders organizations trying to reduce IT costs,

    speed processes, and increase efficiency.

    The elemental approach starts easily enough. You identify a

    specific automation problem and solve it with a specific or point

    automation solution. For example, a DBA needs to automate

    database backups or a developer requires automation of a

    repetitive and time-consuming FTP task. The organization then

    seeks the appropriate point solution to be implemented; whether

    a scripting tool, a Windows Task Scheduler, Cron, SQL ServerAgent, a tool for automating the FTP process, and on. This same

    concept extends to process types as well, such as implementing

    an automation tool for runbook automation, a job scheduler to

    fulfill batch processing requirements, or a solution for the DBA

    looking to automate database tasks. Then multiply it for different

    processes and, well you get the picture. As noted above, the

    elemental approach simply is not sustainable.

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    Required instead is an architected approach to automation and management.

    The architectural approach is designed to accommodate change, be extensible

    and flexible, and able to support multiple platforms running different

    workloads and types of data. It will be aware, out of the box, of the need to

    automate compound and complex workloads running across different pieces of

    the hybrid environment. In the process, it will bring the proven benefits of

    automationstreamlined operation, lower labor costs, reduced errors, and

    greater efficiency.

    The Rise of Workload AutomationWorkload automation recognizes that workloads consist of multiple process

    types that run across platforms and departments. As organizations increasingly

    deploy compound workloads running across disparate systems they need an

    architectural solution to ensure workload performance end-to-end.

    This certainly applies to FTP operations as well. By adopting an architectural

    approach and incorporating the management of FTP operations within your

    enterprise scheduling and automation solution, IT gains extended visibility and

    control over complex batch processes and the FTP operations that they are

    dependent on. For example, when something does go wrong, a workload

    automation solution provides the ability to securely send FTPs and

    automatically restart from the point of transmission failure while providing a

    centralized alert and monitoring framework to alert IT Operations of a problem.

    For example, Cincinnati Bell needed a more robust automation solution to

    execute a series of DTS and SFTP jobs critical to the companys banking and

    accounting processes. These processes included passing data and files between

    various internal accounting and transactional systems as well as sending and

    receiving data files from banks. At the time, these processes were handled asindividual jobs in a SQL Server database and scheduled and executed via SQL

    Server Agent. It meant, however, creating and maintaining over 100 individual

    jobs. Although the jobs shared many of the same properties there were enough

    small frustrating differencesmaybe just the difference in the FTP file name

    between the jobs to require the IT staff to treat each as an individual job.

    Another frustration: SQL Server Agent itself had limited alerting capabilities,

    which meant that a problem wouldnt be discovered until a user logged in to

    manually check on the process or, even worse, when a bank would call

    inquiring about a missing or incomplete file. The company realized that it

    needed a more robust automation tool.

    The team found a workload automation product that had the ability to pass

    variables like filenames between job steps, which would allow it to simplify the

    repetitive and time-consuming task of developing and maintaining hundreds of

    individual jobs. In fact, by using a pre-defined FTP job step in the tools job

    library they could designate certain variables as part of the job step and share

    that variable with other jobs. Rather than creating individual jobs for each fi le,

    Improve productivityby unifyin

    point scheduling tools into a sing

    enterprise-wide scheduling and

    automation solution; less reliance

    manual processes and scripting

    Gain extended visibilityand sp

    control over complex batch proc

    that are cross-dependent on FTP

    operations and other processes

    Drag and drop production-rea

    Job Stepsfor FTP operations intworkflows that contain other

    datacenter and business process

    Support standard-based file

    transfer protocolswith predefin

    Job Steps that include FTP, SFTP

    MFT, in addition to supporting se

    encryption standards such as

    OpenPGP

    Support secure authentication

    sources, certificates and protoco

    such as SSH, SSL and TLS

    Common file system operation

    flow control logic predefined J

    Steps to allow for the end-to-en

    automation of FTP operations an

    dependent file operations. Job St

    include: MoveFile, CopyFile, Delet

    CreateFolder, For-Each-File, IfFile

    many moreSecurely send FTPsand the abil

    automatically restart from a poin

    transmission failure and use acentralized alert and monitoring

    framework to alert IT a problem

    Use the completion of an FTP j

    pass data downstream via a broa

    range of Job Steps as part of the

    Integrated Jobs Library

    Benefits of Using

    ActiveBatchto Take an

    Architectural Approach t

    Automating FTP

    Operations

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    they could create a single job and run it multiple times, using a job variable to insert the correct file for

    each instance. As a result, they consolidated 100 SQL Server Agent jobs into four job plans. The tool also

    let them verify the correct file through automated matching before an FTP job was sent, thereby avoiding

    many problems and the time required to find and correct them.

    It was a similar story at SBA Communications. SBA, one of the largest independent owners and operators

    of cellular infrastructure across North and Central America, had been relying on a mix of disparate

    scheduling tools to automate the myriad of processes that support the building and upkeep of its cellular

    tower network. The company had put in place a series of homegrown batch processes and custom scripts

    running via Windows Task Scheduler. These batch jobs required considerable manual intervention and

    offered limited error-reporting capabilities.

    SBA realized it really needed a centralized scheduling tool with reporting and alerting capabilities that

    would allow IT operations to pinpoint errors quickly. The tool they eventually found serves as the

    scheduling engine to automate hundreds of accounting processes for securely sending and receiving

    payments with over 2000 vendors on a daily basis. The processing and movement of payment files is

    based on data that SBAs accounting system produces. To automate these processes, they can construct

    workflows leveraging many of the more than 130 pre-defined yet customizable production-ready steps

    the tool provides from its jobs library. These job templates include processes for secure FTP, OpenPGPand data encryption. The company also was able to encapsulate many of the custom scripts it already had

    in production as reusable jobs.

    In the end, SBA found an architectural tool that reduced the time spent when an error does occur from an

    hour to about 5-10 minutes. This translates into a 50% productivity improvement for IT staff.

    Introducing Workload AutomationThe tool both Cincinnati Bell and SBA found is ActiveBatch, a workload

    automation solution from Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. ActiveBatch

    allows IT organizations to take an architectural approach to IT automation

    by consolidating scripts and platform-specific scheduling tools into a singleframework. The ActiveBatch Integrated Jobs Library provides over 130

    production-ready Job Steps, reusable templates designed to simplify the

    development of business and IT operational processes composed of

    various applications, databases, and technologies. These are augmented by

    a Services Library, which supports the loading of web services, stored

    procedures, .Net Assemblies and more.

    As both Cincinnati Bell and SBA found, the architectural tool, ActiveBatch,

    enables organizations to:

    Automate complex hybrid workloads

    Follow an architectural rather than elemental approach by combining FTP

    management scheduling, batch, and data movement in one toolset

    Eliminate the need to find, license, deploy, learn, and manage multiple tools

    Address complex and compound process dependencies

    Deliver functionality through a central point of control

    http://www.activebatch.com/http://www.activebatch.com/http://www.advsyscon.com/http://www.advsyscon.com/home/products/activebatch/it-automation-without-boundaries.aspxhttp://www.sbasite.com/http://www.cincinnatibell.com/
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    Precision Dialogue runs 8,700 jobs per week(450,000 per year)

    through ActiveBatch with a99.95% success rate,which has resulted in savings in both time and resources.

    ActiveBatchs ability

    toautomate mission-critical workflows across disparate technologies

    has paid big dividendsfor Precision Dialogue

    Every day we receive FTPs from customers that contain vast

    quantities of data that we use for marketing analysis. We

    identify those files as they come in, decrypt them, deliver

    them for processing, and send out notifications to

    customers that the files were successfully received.

    ActiveBatch automates all of this, and serves as the hub ofthese processes and many more.

    - Joe Schmidt, Production Team Manager, Precision Dialogue

    The Increasing Need to Automate Complex Workflows | A Look Into Automating FTP and Batch Process

    http://www.precisiondialogue.com/
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    The Benefits of Enterprise Job Scheduling & Complex, Hybrid

    Batch ProcessingActiveBatch brings a number of compelling benefits to your core hybrid computing environment:

    Cost Savings: Combined automated file transfer, batch processing, and

    scheduling

    Error Reduction: Extended visibility and control over processes, including FTPoperations

    Reduced Risk: Securely send files via FTP and automatically restart from failure

    Increased Efficiency: Automatically execute compound, multi-process, hybrid

    workloads

    Simplified Operations: Address process dependencies automatically

    Higher Productivity: Script-less automation and integration through the

    Integrated Jobs Library

    Minimized Skills/Training: Proven, pre-defined Job Steps that support FTP

    protocols and OpenPGP

    Improved Monitoring and Reporting: Automated job and process alerting and

    monitoring capabilities

    Streamline Processing for

    Complex EnvironmentsCompanies will not suddenly stop running

    complex and compound workloads because that

    is how their business processes must work in

    todays highly competitive and demanding

    environment. Hybrid systems and compound

    and complex processes will increasingly be the

    norm going forward. There is no going back.

    And neither is FTP going away anytime soon.

    Fortunately, automation as delivered by

    ActiveBatch, simplifies complex hybrid

    processing while removing errors and theassociated risk in the process. By combining

    FTP, automation, and scheduling it is exactly

    what IT and business managers need to meet

    ever more demanding service levels while still

    containing costs and reducing risk.

    The Increasing Need to Automate Complex Workflows | A Look Into Automating FTP and Batch Process

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    Brief Technical Summary

    Object-OrientedEnables

    Reusability, Extensibility,

    Customizability

    Multi-PlatformEnables

    Reusability, Extensibility,

    Customizability

    Microsoft Windows x86, x64

    and Itanium

    Microsoft Azure

    Amazon EC2

    HypervisorsVMware,

    Microsoft's Hyper V, Xen

    Mac OS

    Linux

    SuSe Linux

    IBM AIX

    IBM iSeries (AS/400 OS/400)

    IBM z/OS

    HP-UX

    HP Tru64 Unix

    HP NSK

    SCO UNIX

    Sun Solaris SPARC and x86

    OpenVMS Alpha and Itanium

    much more . . .

    Diverse Application,

    Protocol, Interface

    Support

    SAP NetWeaver BW

    SAP BusinessObjects Data

    Services

    Informatica PowerCenter

    Oracle PeopleSoft

    Oracle E-Business Suite

    IBM Cognos BI

    IBM InfoSphere DataStage

    Netezza

    Teradata

    Microsoft System Center

    Scripts

    Managed File Transfers

    Web Services

    .Net Assemblies

    Java

    OpenPGP

    Certificates

    FTP/SFTP/MFT

    much more . . .

    Integrated, Architectural

    Tools Approach Eliminates

    Siloed Tools

    FTP Embedded Within

    Automated Batch

    Scheduling

    Consolidated View

    Showing All

    Dependencies

    Built on Industry

    Standards, Vendor

    Platform-Neutral

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    Integrated Jobs Library - Designed for ChangeActiveBatch offers over 130 production-ready Job Steps within its Integrated Jobs Library. The Integrated

    Job Library allows developers to more easily construct workflows from within the Library's drag-and-drop

    interface to integrate a wide range of IT technologies, tasks and functions without having to invest time

    and resources in creating custom scripts.

    FTP Workflow as seen in the ActiveBatch Integrated Jobs Library

    Learn More About IT/BusinessProcess Automation andActiveBatch's Integrated JobsLibrary

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    Recommended Resources & Next Steps

    The Shortcut Guide to IT Workload Automation and Job Scheduling

    This eBook offers help to professionals who must schedule jobs on multiple applications,

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