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Usability

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Control center rule mute option for specific timestamp

We want IBM control center monitor to not send alert during daily restart of SFG nodes.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to view Secure Proxy configurations via Control Center

When the Sterling Secure Proxy platform is connected, need to be able to view the connection information contained within the environment, similar to what is available for Connect:Direct connections. Being able to view the audit log for changes is...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 4 Functionality already exists

API for Handling Alerts

Please develop an API for handling Control Center alerts. Internal applications that use Control Center data would benefit from this.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Queued Process Monitor needs to be updated

There are instances where the queued process monitor shows processes that are sometimes days old. There should be a way to ensure that processes in the Queued Processes are actually running.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Performance / Usability 0 Functionality already exists

Add Window Tolerance in Minutes capability

Currently in Control Center slc window tolerance, the value is in hours. Although a window tolerance of zero can be selected, a user may want a tolerance that is less than one hour, but not zero. There may be a need to monitor a file for timelines...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Add Servers in Control Center Monitoring to Connect:Direct Web Services Automatically

When utilizing APIs or manual entry of servers to ICC monitoring, have that automatically add the servers to the Connect:Direct Web Services. This will alleviate hours of manual work when onboarding new servers or existing servers to allow for Web...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Add the ability to remove trusted certificates from Connect Direct Secure + managed servers using Control Center

Currently, Control Center allows the user to import a trusted certificate. However, it would be extremely beneficial if the authorized user could also remove unneeded or expired certificates using Control Center.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Have Control Center be able to monitor alternate IP addresses for CD fail over servers

Currently when a CD server is defined on Control Center only one IP address can be listed. We have some failover servers where the name of the Connect Direct is the same, but if the primary goes down and the failover comes up, Control Center canno...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

B2Bi server down should indicate node ID

When ICC sees that a node went down in B2Bi, it only shows the server name/alias and not the node that went down
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 4 Functionality already exists

Add release and delete functionality to Queued Processes Monitor in Control Center 6.1.2.1

I believe I just found that there is no option to delete or release a process that is shown in the Queued Processes monitor (aka Queued Activity Monitor). The only option is to clear. The functionality to delete or release a process needs to be im...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists