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Ability to remove a CD Node and ALL references to it in other Netmaps etc with the click of a button.

Removing an unused CD Node can take hours of manual changes to remove all entries in other netmaps etc
over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Delivered

Support for Windows Server 2022

Would like to request getting support for Windows Server 2022 as soon as possible please.

Provide support for S3 compatible storage

While many customers use S3 they may wish to use other vendors and universal support for S3 versus just AWS would be helpful

Support for Azure Blob Storage

Following our multi-cloud strategy the support for Blob Storage from Azure is important since Azure is one of the main players in public cloud, hence the native support for Azure Blob Storage is a request we have had from different customers.

Location and use of CPIO file on Unix for CCD upgrades.

We are looking to have the automatic download location of the CPIO files used by the CDU upgrades to be a selectable location or a field that we can populate in the job configuration. By default, (and we're not able to adjust) it is <installati...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 3 Delivered

Allow File Agent to be a selectable CDW component for Control Center Director upgrades.

When we run our CDW installs/upgrades, either via manual or automated installations, we do not choose to install the FA component. When we've attempted to utilize CCD as our lifecycle management tool, it automatically installs the optional FA com...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 4 Delivered

Support for MS Windows Server 2019

Please add Microsoft Windows Server 2019 to the list of supported OSes for Connect:Direct for Windows v4.7 and higher.

Certify SQLServer2017 for Connect:Direct for Windows

Support for the later versions of supporting software

Create a feature in CCD to Create / renewal a Connect Direct Certificate

The current process is to use openssl/ikeyman tools to create Cert request. This cert request get uploaded to CA to receive a signed certificate. This signed certificated is downloaded and a keystore is created. This keystore is then uploaded to C...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Delivered

Create a back out process for CD Windows patching

The current version of CD patching via CCD does not have a process to back out the patch incase of issues. The ask is to create a backout process and trigger it via CCD console if need be.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 3 Delivered