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My ideas: Sterling Control Center Monitor

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I would like to see control center monitor use active directory as an authenticator vs just SQL authentication when connecting to a MSSQL database

For security reasons we don't use SQL Authentication for local accounts. We use domain service accounts. We would like to see the CC adopt this option for authentication.
7 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Increase character limit for Description field to more than 255 characters.

We are planning to update description field with multiple characters and then generate the report for dashboard purpose. Customizing the character limit to higher value will help us to add more characters in the description field.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 4 Not under consideration

Pause Monitored File Agents when Monitored CD server is paused

Currently when a CD server is paused and if the File Agent has been stopped, the File Agent shows a down status. When a server is paused, the associated File Agents should be paused as well.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 3 Not under consideration

Improve startWebAppServer.bat

On Windows, when the startWebAppServer.bat is executed from CMD, it doesn't close. If the window is closed, this will stop the web server for that EP. The only way I found that works is that when our team runs the startWebAppServer.bat, we disconn...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Add support to multiple DB service

Hi Team, Our DBA pattern for oracle databases is to have two separate data bases in two data centers with its own host and service name. The current configCC.sh doesnt support entering two service names during the config. if we do have such capabi...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Microsoft Defender Endpoint on ICC application

Oue security team reached out to us to verify if the new Security migration (enterprise endpoint protection software from Symantec Endpoint Protection to Microsoft Defender Endpoint) impacts ICC application in any way and reference case: TS008480275
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

Certificate Expiration Warning for File Agent

Our team is currently looking into the use of certificate authentication with File Agent. I don't think that Control Center will have any visibility to when the certificate expires. We need Control Center to be able to report on this.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Ability to edit SLC name

Currently if a user wants to change the name of a SLC, it must be duplicated and then a new name can be given and the original slc can be deleted. The SLC name needs to be an editable field to allow updates.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Report needed that would show the File Agents and version of File Agent being used

No description provided
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Moving picture password technology

No description provided
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration