These settings pertain to the following Destination types:

  • Local folder
  • Mapped drive or UNC
  • MOVEit Transfer server
  • FTP or FTP/S server
  • SFTP server
  • Amazon S3
  • Azure Blob Storage*
  • SharePoint
  • Google Cloud Storage

Destination - General tab

Description

Bucket Name (Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage hosts)

The name of the bucket where the files are located on the Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage host.

Container (Azure Blob Storage hosts)

The container name where the files are located on the host.

Note: Empty directory creation is not a supported function of Azure Blob Storage, therefore empty folders cannot be uploaded.

Document Library (SharePoint hosts)

The library where the files are located on the host

Folder(s)

Folder name or path to save files on the remote host.

Macros are allowed in this field.

For local file system hosts: Do not use full UNC paths.

To use a remote file system by UNC or mounted drive letter, first add the host as a Share. If you use a UNC, MOVEit Automation attempts to find a matching Share host and prompts you to use it.

Use relative subdirectories

If one or more source elements have the Include Subdirectories option selected, files found in subdirectories of the source folder are uploaded to the same subdirectory they were found in on the destination host.

Create directories if necessary

Selected: If the directory named in the path does not exist, MOVEit Automation creates the directory (or the relative subdirectory if Use relative subdirectories is checked).

Not selected: If the server directory does not exist, the transfer fails.

If a server directory does not exist, directories are created by default for Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage destination types.

Compress each file (zip format)

Compresses each file individually. Uses the original filename appended with .zip. For example, MyFile.txt is compressed to a file named MyFile.zip .

To zip multiple files together, use the built-in script Zip Advanced.

Use original filenames

The name under which the file was saved on the source.

If not checked, uses the name you define. The name can contain macros.

If a file of the same name already exists:

  • Do not overwrite - If a file already exists, the destination transfer will fail with a message indicating that the file already exists on the destination host.
  • Overwrite (default) - If a file already exists, it will be overwritten; otherwise, a new file will be created.
  • Append to - (Applies to uploads only) If a file already exists, the data being transferred will be written to the end of that file.  If the file does not already exist, a new file is created. (Not available for Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, SharePoint, or Google Cloud Storage hosts)

*Azure Blob Storage

Azure Blob Storage supports Block, Page, and Append Blob-types.

MOVEit Automation supports downloading of all three types. New files in MOVEit Automation are always uploaded as Block Blob.

MOVEit Automation can overwrite an existing Page Blob file and retain the same blob type.

Append Blobs cannot be overwritten. Attempts to overwrite Append Blobs in MOVEit Automation fail with this error: The blob type is invalid for this operation.

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