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Administration & Configuration

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Configurable clean environment for run tasks

Following the change introduced in v4.1.0.3 of C:D for UNIX (apar IC86881) whereby environment variables are sanitized, IBM should provide a better mechanism for setting environment variables for Run Task and Run Job steps in a secure manner. Alth...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

add HELP icon to the Sterling Connect:Direct applications that will direct the customer directly to the Support Request tool

support vets many customer complaints about the IBM.com website. If we add some direct links into the products the customer uses, like a SUPPORT TICKET link to the SR tool, this defuses customer hostility to the web site.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Use alias/CNAME for the DNS/IP address in a CD netmap

We have some Connect Direct UNIX for Linux nodes running on AWS ec2 instances. These CD nodes run behind a load balancer. When a new deployment is ran, it is possible for the DNS and IPs of the load balancer may change. Our AWS egineer implemented...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

developement

to add High Water Mark for max API session to be reported into the statistics
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Not under consideration

CONNECT DIRECT WINDOWS CONNECTION WITH HNAS SYSTEMS

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almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Please add another tool/command to UNIX Connect:Direct : NDMPING which exists on TANDEM Connect:Direct, however not on UNIX Connect:Direct

Please add another tool/command to UNIX Connect:Direct : NDMPING which exists on TANDEM Connect:Direct, however not on UNIX Connect:Direct. It is useful to have NDMPING on UNIX Connect:Direct to help CD Administrators to complete a validation test...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Passwordless login in CDWS

Our connect-direct node is using a passwordless unix user for communicating with our partners node (snode). As of right now (v 6.0.0.3) the Connect:Direct WebServices GUI is requiring password in order to login on our node. There seems to be no w...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Select statistics with information of the XLATE name being used.

I currently use conversion tables for file transfers and receipts.But I need to have control over the logs, which tables are being used. Currently, I only identify in the Connect logs whether or not the transmission process is using a table (Selec...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Limit the number of processes by parameter for Sterling C:D HP NonStop

Since Sterling C:D for HP NonStop version 3.6.0 there is no way to limit the total number of concurrent sessions. This used to be the case by means of the License file which was used by version 3.5.0. The only way now is to configure the number of...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Externalize Role permissions for users so one account can be used for viewing and changing configurations

The permissions assigned to CD users/admins needs to be externalized to LDAP such that we can dynamically update the LDAP rights/group membership during approved changes to permit a user to make changes as themselves instead of elevating to the se...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration