File -to- File is not working. Why????

Question

Hi SAP gurus,
We have Installed XI 3.0 successfully on one blade server (Stack 04 configuration).
We tried file-file scenario but nothing seems to be happenning.
How to know whether File Adapter has been Initialized or not? And whether it’s able to pick a file.
As SXMB_MONI transaction is not displaying any messages. Runtime workbench (message monitoring) too doesn’t display anything.
We also tried making adapter inactive <--> active but of no use.
Do we need to make any special visual admin adapter settings?
Plz help
Sudhir

Answer 1

Hi
am tryin a similar scenario, nothin seems to work , ve tried to explain wat object i ve created in IR & ID, ne clarifications are welcome.
SLD - > I Created a product, SWC , then 2 tech systems(Third Party), then 2 Business Systems( One for file sender & other as file receiver)
Design Time -> 2 DTs , 2 MTs, 2 MIs, and then a straightforward mapping program(a Message Mapping & then an Interface Mapping)
Config Time -> Assign Both Bus Systems, created 2 comm channels ( sender & receiver ), then created a Sender Agreement( to associate the sender channel).
After this created a Receiver Determination, specifed the sender service & interface. In the "Configured receivers" , added the receiver Business system as "Service" . Then created a interface determination.
Is there anything i ve missed in my above configuration ?
Now after doin all this , tried activating the channels, nothin seems to happen & monitoring gives no message. Hit point blank , Now i ve some trivial queries,
1) When i choose the Transport Protocol as "NFS" , i beleive the file to be polled has to be on the XI Server host m/c ?
2) When i choose the protocol as FTP , i can ve my own FTP server( am using guildFTP server) , IS there any specific FTP server to be used or can i use any server available( say a UNIX m/c with FTP port enabled) ?
3) How is the directory format specified, It has to be prefixed by a / rite ? , say assuming i ve a folder called upload where in my input files are kept , i specify as /upload ?
4) By "adapter engine has to be up", Is it the adapter engine which is brought up from the tech_adapter folder using the run_adapter.bat file ?
5) Where do i go and view the log file/trace file ?
Thanks
Saravana