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Administration & Configuration

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Configuration management should have an approval process for changes

There should be an approval process built into SCC for making changes with the Configure Servers functions. Adding an optional hook to make a call to a change management system for validation would be even better. The change process should include...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1: Need support for MS SQL Server (ALWAYSON)

Please test and verify if Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1 can support a MS SQL Server ALWAYSON environment. If not, please add an enhancement for this. Thanks.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Support updates for Alias Netmap.

Per IBM Presently Control Center cannot directly update the Alias. We need this to be able to support full netmap updates.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for Control Center

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSP, and Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Pick up additional messaging from Connect:Direct for z/OS

Starting Engine 6.0.0.1_iFix02We are in need to have IBM Control Center pick up additional messaging from Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS record ID ‘PT' to capture a Secure Plus handshake failure. Currently the z/OS puts out the record ID=PT fo...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

IBM Control Center - Add Messages so they are available for rule processing

SCC generates quite a few messages, however there are only a few that are actually available for rule processing. I would like to see all messages that are currently being generated and passed into the log to also be available for rule processing....
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Dynamic content and recipient for SCC email based Actions

A B2Bi process has an onFault which sets some email content in process data , and a second assign sets the email recipient . SCC should be able to use these bits of data to dynamically create the alert email.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Secure Connections - Key/Certificate Management

Currently with Control Center a keystore and a truststore have to be setup in order to allow secure connections. Once both have been setup, the configCC.bat or configCC.sh has to be run in order to tell the Control Center application the path loca...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Dynamically assign email id

Currently in SCC, while creating the Action, we have to enter the email id, so this email id ix fixed for all the related rules. However if we can have option to assign the email id dynamically then we can send the file alert to concerned part...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Monitor File Agent separate from C:D monitoring

Today the ICC monitor the File Agent through a Connect:Direct node. Customer has the need to monitor File Agent separated from C:D monitoring.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration