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Propagate configuration via batch

This new idea is to request that Sterling Control Center Director allow configuration propagation, in this case from Connect:Direct (userfile, netmap, InitPams, Secure+), via Batch, and not just via the graphical interface.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 3 Functionality already exists

Add Link to Web Start Page for Control Center Director API's.

The current Web Start Page has a link for Control Center API's but the choices available only apply to Control Center Monitor and not Control Center Director
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Refresh all configurations of managed servers on Control Center

Currently, you can have Control Center check for configuration changes daily at a specific time. However, if an authorized user is making multiple configuration changes to multiple servers, they may want to be able to refresh all of the configurat...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Future consideration

Fix a bug which IBM support is not accepting as a bug

Problem: Any CD Windows v6 client or Requestor is impacted. When a lower case process name job is submitted, via the v6 client or requestor, the process name is automatically converted to uppercase and the job is submitted. While the same process ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Reporting available for Secure+ data within Connect Direct 4.1x and 4.2x

I am being tasked with providing numbers on a monthly basis on how many remote nodes I have configured for Secure+ on each of my supported servers. I need to be able to detect in the nodes subdirectory which of the nodes are set up for Secure+ by ...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Adding the files size to windows evernt logs

There is a lot of helpful information being sent to the windows event log about send and receiving files. The only this missing is the file size from the events.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Include API monitoring/output in CD Logs

API connects to the CD product can be for File Transfer submissions or stat gathering for another use such as log checks. These API have a max value configurable on the local node entry in CD netmap file but currently there is no logging of API ac...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Better way to extract user info related to users setup under Functional Authorities to show their level of access in easily view able report for AUDIT reasons

For PCI Audits we have to confirm user info on who has access to our C:D in Functional Authorities and what their level of access is GENUSR or ADMIN, currently the export user config dumps all this info for users in Functional Authorities as well ...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Use Configuration Management with SCC to view available CD configuration without FULL CD access.

Using CDz (Mainframe Connect Direct) user with Operator Authority does not allow to view the available CD configuration using ICC - no 'Configure Server' option available in ICC.The same user used through CD Browser or directly using NDM API allow...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Log Aged Processes for Recovery Purposes

When processes exceed the MAX.AGE initialization parameter value and are purged from the queue at the MAX.AGE.TOD setting value, NDM should write out something listing at least the process numbers that were removed in case any of them needed to stay.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 0 Not under consideration