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Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS

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Enhanced messaging for various message states within job log to allow automation

Today - the only way to verify message processing is to log into Connect:Direct and check the current status. We would like it when messages go into the various states (specifically a wait state) for a message to put but out to the started task jo...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Ver display on IUI panel

If there are multiple instances of different NDM ver running, it will be easier to identify if the IUI panel has ver displayed. Attached screenshot will give the idea of what i meant. In this the right-side box has ver hardcoded. if there is a pan...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Retrofit the Enhancement Request CONDIRECTZ-I-8 "Provide control over who can use the SNODEID parameter" to CD v6.1

This idea CONDIRECTZ-I-8 "Provide control over who can use the SNODEID parameter" was previously raised for CDz CONDIRECTZ-I-8, and it was informed that it would be available in v6.1. However, after the upgrade to V6.1, it was informed that this e...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Open MCS.CLIST until either TCP or SNA support available

NDM modify commands will fail before local node sign on complete either via TCP or SNA, so open MCS.CLIST until either TCP or SNA support available is more appropriate especially for users who depend on modify command to monitor NDM.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Replace Notify option with email option

Not really a new idea. I am just passing along details on how one can issue an email or text message from an NDM task using RUN TASK PNODE (PGM=IRXJCL) -
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Standardize Connect:Direct messages

Currently, Connect:Direct has multiple message qualifiers, making automation difficult. requirement is for the Connect:Direct address-space to use a consolidated standard message prefix
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ConnectDirect to throw message when it gets hung.

If ConnectDirect is hung there is no way to tell if it is, there must be a heartbeat check to confirm if NDM is healthy.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

To authenticate users/applications based on the Certificates rather than using userid and passwords

Currently, Any user trying to access NDM has to logon with userid and password either manually or via batch jobs. In order to avoid clear text passwords, Users can be authenticated based on certificates.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Improve on C:D z/OS the last STEP COPY with all information after many restarts on the File Transfer incoming traffic

Description: To avoid information inconsistency of the STEP COPY (restart) of the file received and the C:D statistics information as records and VTAM bytes. Proposal is for C:D z/OS Caching all of the STEP COPY (restart) information on incoming F...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration