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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

Sterling B2B Integrator

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Sterling support for SQL Server 2017

when will MSFT SQL Server 2017 be supported in Sterling B2B Integrator 6.x
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Delivered

IBM B2Bi compatibility for enforcing SELinux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers.

As per recent trend many organisations are enforcing SELinux on the RHEL servers that are running the IBM Sterling applications and per IBM, Sterling B2bi integrator / Sterling File Gateway doesn't' support it.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Delivered

Allow multiple PGP decryption keys per community

We have a security requirement to use expiring PGP keys and change them every few years. Since Sterling only supports a single PGP key per community all of our trading partners have to change their jobs at the same time in order to use our new PGP...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Delivered

Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0.1 - Support Oracle 18c (18.4) on AIX OS

Can you please confirm support for Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0.1 - Support Oracle 18c (18.4) on AIX OS. If it's not supported currently what is the roadmap for future releases?
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Delivered

RHEL8/RH8 Support for Sterling B2B Integrator

End of Support With the "End of Support" notification for SI 5.2.6 recently announced, preparation to upgrade to SI 6.0.0 is essential. SI 6.0.0.1 currently supports RHEL7 (which reaches "End of Support" in Aug 2021. Rather than installi...

S3Client needs to support non-Amazon S3-compatible storage (Dell EMC, etc)

S3 client needs to be able to connect to non-Amazon S3 compatible storage to support systems whose security requirements only allow for private cloud storage.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 3 Delivered

Native support for Azure Blob Storage acess

For supportability it would be great to see native support added for Azure Blob Storage along with the current plan to support S3
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 6 Delivered

Single sign on(SSO) Implementation for External Connection Via SSP for B2Bi Docker

It was noticed that the current steps(mentioned in below link) for SSO implementation is not suitable for External connection Via SSP/SEASfor docker based B2Bi install. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6PNW_6.0.0/com.ibm.help.ssp.s...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Delivered

Global Mailbox should support MQ SSL options during installation

Currently, Global Mailbox only supports installation against MQ servers which use unencrypted communications, and username+password authentication. After installation, the product supports re-configuring using TLS connections and certificate base...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 Delivered

Seeking AZURE service in Sterling Integrator 6.0

We have a requirement to connect Azure cloud and have in and out file transmissions using SI 6.0
almost 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 7 Delivered