Control-M for AWS DataSync

AWS DataSync enables you to move large amounts of data between on-premises storage and AWS storage services, as well as between AWS storage services.

Control-M for AWS DataSync enables you to do the following:

• Connect to any AWS DataSync endpoint.
• Manage AWS DataSync credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Execute, create and delete the AWS DataSync jobs.
• Integrate AWS DataSync jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of AWS DataSync jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your AWS DataSync jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for AWS DataSync including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

Setting Up Control-M for AWS DataSync

This procedure describes how to deploy the AWS DataSync plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a AWS DataSync job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting up the API.
• Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or later is installed.

Begin

1. On the Agent host, set the Java environment variable by running one of the following commands through a command line:
   • Linux:
     • Bourne Shell/Bash: export BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME=<java_11_directory>
     • csh/tcsh: setenv BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME <java_11_directory>
   • Windows: set BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME="<java_11_directory>"
2. Run one of the following API commands:
   • For a fresh installation, use the provision image command:
     • Linux: ctm provision image AWS_DataSync_plugin.Linux
     • Windows: ctm provision image AWS_DataSync_plugin.Windows
   • To upgrade, use the following command:
     ctm provision agent::update
3. Create a AWS DataSync connection profile in Helix Control-M or Automation API, as follows:
   • Helix Control-M: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with AWS DataSync Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:AWS DataSync
4. Define a AWS DataSync job in Helix Control-M or Automation API, as follows:
   • Helix Control-M: Creating a Job with AWS DataSync Job parameters.
   • Automation API: Job:AWS DataSync