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Installation & Upgrade

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With advancement of technology, Connect Direct needs to compatible with new OS versions and DB versions

We noticed that Connect Direct ver 6.0 is only compatible with Windows 2016 and SQL 2016. There are new versions of both Windows and SQL are available like SQL 2017, SQL 2019. ABN AMRO who is one of the prestigious strategic customer of IBM is usi...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Delivered

Connect Direct with support 64 Bit libraries

We have problem by installing C:D on Linux because it only works with a lot of 32 Bit libraries which our Unix Administrators won't install. Please made a C:D package which works under 64 Bit environment without additional installation of 32 Bit
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

ConnectDirect for Linux on PowerPC LE

We have to install ConnectDirect on SLES PPC LE.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Please provided Win2016 Certification for the Connect:Direct File Agent (CDFA) utility

IBM Connect:Direct File Agent v.1.4 (CDFA) has not yet been officially certified for Win2016 by IBM.IBM Connect:Direct for Windows has been officially certified for Win2016 by IBM in the latest 4.7.0.5 fixpack. As CDFA is a utility that IBM provid...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered

support CDU installation on Amazon Linux 2

official OS support of C:D UNIX for "Amazon Linux 2" is needed
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Running Connect:Direct in a cloud environment (Microsoft Azure)

I ask how to test and certify the CDU in a Microsoft Azure environment.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 4 Delivered

Will connect:Direct windows v6.2 support running on MS Window server 2022?

We noticed that C:D Windows 6.3 supports windows server 2022, however, we would like to know C:D Windows v6.2 can support Windows server 2022 as well. Many Thanks.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered

Statistics only with SNODE

If starting STATISTICS with the parameter SNODE you get only the informations this partner-node ist SNODE. You can't see the entries the partnernode is PNODE. In my example I can't see the the RUN-TASK-entries from the partnernode. In my mind it c...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Add support for Windows Server 2019 for Connect:Direct ?

No description provided
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

C:D 4.8: Add support for Windows 2016 core + clustered environment

At the moment, only Windows 2012 is supported in a core and/or clustered environment while more and more customers will do the move/upgrade to Windows 2016. In the actual context, the market tends to secure more and more their environments. By usi...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Delivered