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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Connect:Direct Web UI

The existing Connect:Direct Browser interface is very dated. A new one has been in development which I had an opportunity to review last year. The new web UI would be a significant enhancement for improved usability for the product. We recently re...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Delivered

Support MS windows 2019 clustered servers for CD Windows install

As, Enterprise is moving towards the recent MS windows available version, CD should support clustering on 2019. Per IBM Sterling Connect:Direct system requirements published link, Connect:Direct will support MS windows 2019 on standalone and do NO...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Please provided Win2016 Certification for the Connect:Direct File Agent (CDFA) utility

IBM Connect:Direct File Agent v.1.4 (CDFA) has not yet been officially certified for Win2016 by IBM.IBM Connect:Direct for Windows has been officially certified for Win2016 by IBM in the latest 4.7.0.5 fixpack. As CDFA is a utility that IBM provid...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered

Running Connect:Direct in a cloud environment (Microsoft Azure)

I ask how to test and certify the CDU in a Microsoft Azure environment.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 4 Delivered

S+ installation: auto-fill parmfile passphrase

There is no need to fill in a passphrase that will never be typed again. The installation process should automagically create a passphrase instead.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Delivered

Signon from Connect:Direct Fileagent with JCU-File

We have hundreds of fileagents running and every time the passport changes on the target server were Connect:Direct resides we have an enormous effort.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Delivered

Enhance Windows Connect:Direct Requester Application to allow granting granular permissions to Windows C:D nodes.

Allow Read Only, Update or No Access permissions to:• Netmap• Initparms• Functional Authorities• User Proxies o Change Current Passwords o Add New
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct for i5/OS( IBM i)

Security enhancement request to support IBMi 7.4 OS with TLS1.3
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Delivered

Statistics only with SNODE

If starting STATISTICS with the parameter SNODE you get only the informations this partner-node ist SNODE. You can't see the entries the partnernode is PNODE. In my example I can't see the the RUN-TASK-entries from the partnernode. In my mind it c...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Add appl.id & policy.id PasswordExit parameters to Functional Authorities

Currently Password Exit feature for Connect Direct for Windows allows to specify "passwrod.exit.appl.id" & "password.exit.policy.id" only in the "Initparms" section. The aim is to add more granularity to the configuration and provide an option...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered