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Add Support for TSS Protected IDs in BATCH

CDZ supports RACF and ACF2 when it comes to PROTECTED IDs, but does not support TSS. Please extend this support to TSS, as TSS implemented PROTECTED in a similar manner to RACF.
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

New DGADNTLD PARM=SYNTAX

Requesting DGADNTLD parameter called SYNTAX. This should be similar to the $$SYNTAX option for updating Netmaps. We would like to be able to syntax check our new netmap source code before actually trying to load it into the NETMAP VSAM file. This ...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Please include both userIDs in the SMF 132 record for SU - Select User events for the CDz authorization file.

The CDz SMF 132 record records a wealth of data. Batch JCL for CDz execution allows the command "SEL USER WHERE (USERID=(*)) EXCLUDE = (AUTH)" to list users in the CDz authorization file. You (IBM CDz development support) display both userIDs in t...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Users should have the ability to produce an alert whenever Control Center loses connection to it's own database

Of course, whenever it loses connection to the DB it will not be able to write anything to the EVENTS table but when that connection is re-established, there should be some message written that indicates there's been a problem that we can monitor ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Functionality already exists

Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
10 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

Security Exit must be usable by different SFTs and the STCname should be part of the RACF profile namess

In our environment we run several Connect:Direct stc's in one environment. The provided Security Exits do not offer a possibility to setup separate profiles for these stc's.We would like this to be changed. Second what we ask for is to add the STC...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide monitoring of Up/Down status for PEM components (PEM,PR,PP,PCM)

Partner Engagement Manager is a core component of a modernized Sterling stack and provides critical partner facing interfaces (both external and internal) that should be monitored. CCM should provide out of the box monitoring for UP/DOWN status an...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Planned for future release

Keep Netmap CREATED, UPDATED, USED AS xNODE fields

There are inconsistencies with the logic of the NETMAP entry fields, CREATED, UPDATED, and USED AS xNODEs, as they can lose true history of the netmap entries. CREATED Date/Time stamp is lost on the netmap unload and load process and if $$REPLACE ...
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Call HSM for synchronous backups from Connect Direct

We would like to include in our Connect Direct process a call to HSM to make synchronous backup of important production dataset received or sended to be able to make a fast recover in case of corruption or data lost. We have tried to make calls to...
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Future consideration

Connect:Direct RESTAPI at the CD nodes (including Z) support

We would like be able to use RESTAPI services to access Connect:Direct at the z/OS node level (not via CDWS) in order to handle job abends with NDM status
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 8 Functionality already exists

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