IBM E02HRLL-G - WebSphere Partner Gateway Express, Administration Manual

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If a response is returned, the server is up.
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If nothing is returned, the server is down.
Important: The Test Partner Connection feature works with HTTP that does not
require any connection parameters.
To test a partner connection:
1. Click Tools > Test Partner Connection .
2. From the Test Partner Connection window, select the test criteria from the lists.
Table 17. Test Partner Connection values
Value Description
To Partner The name of a specific To Partner to be tested (internal partner
only).
From Partner The name of a specific From Partner to be tested (external partner
only). This field is only available if Ping ebMS is selected in the
Command field.
Destination Displays available destinations based on the to partner selected.
URL Dynamically populated based on the destination selected.
Command Post, Get or Ping ebMS. For more information about Ping ebMS,
see “Pinging ebMS partners.”
3. Click Test . The system displays the test results. For information about the
status code returned, see “Web Server result codes.”
Pinging ebMS partners
About this task
From the Test Partner connection page, you can ping ebMS partners. This means
that you can send a ping message to a partner, and, if the partner is up and ready
to receive, the partner responds with a pong message. Once you upload a CPA, the
ping-pong connection is created.
For the Ping to work connections have to be defined with the partner involved.
For details, see the section for pinging ebMS partners in the
WebSphere Partner
Gateway Hub Configuration Guide .
To ping an ebMS partner, complete the following steps:
1. Click Tools > Test Partner Connection .
2. For Command , select PING ebMS .
3. Select From Partner and To Partner .
4.
Optionally, select a
Destination
or type a
URL
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5. Click Test to send a ping message.
To determine the status of the ping message, click Ping Status . The status for the
last ping request then displays under Results.
Note: The last ping request may have been initiated from the Test Partner
Connection or from a Document Viewer re-send of an existing Ping document.
Web Server result codes
The following sections describe the server result codes:
Chapter 10. Analyzing document flows
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