Set up a Mailbox in Sterling B2B Integrator

About this task

Create a mailbox for a specific trading partner if each trading partner should see only their own data. It is convenient
if the mailbox is named so that the associated trading partner can be discerned from the mailbox name.
To create a mailbox in Sterling B2B Integrator, complete the following steps:
Procedure
1.

In the Admin console, select Deployment > Mailboxes > Configuration.

2.

Next to Create a new Mailbox, click Go!

3.

Complete the Name page as described in the following table:

In this field

Parent Mailbox

Name

Description
4.

Click Next.

5.

Click Next in the Assign Groups page.

6.

Click Next in the Assign Users page.

7.

In the Confirm page, review the information and click Finish.

Note:
The IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (formally known as GIS) Communications (FTP) course introduces
you to the Sterling B2B Integrator Mailbox, FTP Server adapter, digital certificates, and trading partner
profiles. You will configure the mailbox, the FTP Server adapter, and digital certificates so that you can
securely trade data with your trading partners using FTP.

SBI MailBox System:

The System Mailbox{GUID} is a special mailbox created by default
on servers and has a relation to mailbox search.

When performing a discovery search, you must specify a target

mailbox in which to store the search results. The target mailbox is a
discovery mailbox.
In order to help you understand the System Mailbox{GUID}, here is
an article for your reference.

Load Balancing:
A load balancer is a device that acts as a reverse proxy and distributes network or application
traffic across a number of servers. Load balancers are used to increase capacity (concurrent
users) and reliability of applications.

VMware definition
VMware is a virtualization and cloud computing software provider
for x86-compatible computers.
Installing and Using VMware Tools. VMware Tools is a suite of utilitiesthat enhances the
performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the
virtual machine. Although the guest operating system can run without VMware Tools, you would
lose important functionality and convenience.

storage area network (SAN) definition

A storage-area network (SAN) is a dedicated highspeed network (or subnetwork) that interconnects and presents shared pools
of storage devices to multiple servers.
cerror

The cerror function raises a compliance error. You typically specify this function as an action to
be performed if a condition is false. This function is valid on the input side of a map only.
Syntax

Use this syntax:

cerror(100,$GROUPNAME[0][1][1].#FIELDNAME, "Extra error information can be

supplied here");

Example

An example of this function follows:

cerror(100,$GROUPNAME[0][1][1].#FIELDNAME);
//This raises compliance error 100 on the FIELDNAME field of the
//specified instance of the GROUPNAME group

Syntax 2
cerror(code, "String with error information supplied here");

Example 2

An example of this function in this syntax follows:

cerror(100, "Number not valid");
//This raises compliance error 100 with error text "Number not valid" in the
//translator report.

EDIINT (EDI-Internet Integration):

Short for Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration, EDIINT is a set of protocols for
conducting highly structured inter-organization exchanges. EDIINT has become one of the most
popular ways to communicate data over the internet. Major retailers are making AS2
communication a requirement.