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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
26 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 5 Future consideration

Add Transfer Method in use (Text or Binary) for CDW and CDU

During our transfers from remote partners, we are frequently called to assist others with translation and file transport issues. Many of our remote users are unaware of the CD processes in use and how they function. We need to have the ability to ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Export and Import Secure Plus Parameters - Connect Direct UNIX and Connect Direct Windows

To my knowledge, there is not a method of exporting and importing Secure + parameters from one server to another.
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 9 Future consideration

Stream logs to AWS cloudwatch for better visibility.

For CD UNIX and CDWS Need stats/logs streamed to cloudwatch so they can be monitored and acted upon using our visibility tools. We do not have direct access to the containers for checking logs and rely upon automated solutions to monitor activity ...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Update Sterling Connect:Direct OpenVMS and SSL versions

Upgrade Sterling Connect:Direct OpenVMS and SSL versions in Sterling's product development environment OpenVMS V8.4-2L3 SSL VSI I64VMS SSL31 V3.1-4 VSI I64VMS SSL3 V3.0-15 VSI I64VMS SSL111 V1.1-1W VSI I64VMS SSL1 V1.0-2UA
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 5 Future consideration

Connect:Direct limitation retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories.

Connect:Direct has a known limitation when retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories. If you attempt to retrieve ( GET ) a file located in a specific subfolder within a bucket (e.g., /folder1/file), and the user does not have permission to ac...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 2 Future consideration

Improve Message ID XCMM005I

Actually to know what user is that who gets the error XCMM005I its necessary explore the logs and see the line before from the next message: STAR=20250527 09:07:23.950|CCOD=8|RECI=XCMM|RECC=CAEV|OSID=3589|TZDI=7200|MSGI=XCMM005I|MSGT=The submit co...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Show IPs from external connection

When the product ConnectDirect recive conection from other servers like GSLB or conections from other servers and it gets for example FMH68 or other, Its interesting konws from which servers its comming this connection, because its imposible deter...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

S3 support for Linux on Power.

I would like to kindly request that S3 support be extended to IBM Sterling Connect:Direct versions running on Power systems. Many of our clients use Power platforms and are in need of this feature to meet their integration requirements.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

Give Integrated File Agent (IFA) the ability to point to a load balancer

Today IFA can only point to C:D on the same server. If it could use a load balancer, the workload could be distributed among multiple CD servers. It would also be nice to add HA support: if one IFA goes down, another one could pick up the work
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Future consideration

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