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Support for HTTP CONNECT method

Support for the CONNECT method would help facilitate the use of Secure Proxy as a more generic HTTP proxy. Our particular use case, we need to connect to cloud based object storage from from an on-prem IBM Connect:Direct node, but is not currently...
8 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 1 Future consideration

CD for z/OS: historical stats using Db2 instead of VSAM

The product only works using VSAM to save historical stats while other ISV products like XCOM from Broadcom can use VSAM or Db2 tables. We're preparing next upgrade from CD 6.2 to 6.4 and we must to define a new VSAM, then import previous VSAM inf...
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow Override of STOP CD QUIESCE for C:D z/OS

When a Connect:Direct region is shut down with a STOP CD QUIESCE, the region will terminate when all processes stop, making it an ideal choice for a planned shutdown. However, once initiated, this cannot be aborted or converted to a quicker type o...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Address $$UPDATE Deficiencies

We experienced an issue with C:D 6.1 on z/OS where we performed a $$UPDATE function on a netmap entry and the node became unable to accept inbound connections. We were advised by CD support that there is an obscure recommendation in the documentat...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enable Transfer of Entire USS Directory via C:D z/OS

Sending Unix files on Z via C:D is tedious at best. I'd like for Connect:Direct to at least be on par with FTP functionality-wise if I'm going to try to convince users that it's in fact the better choice. C:D needs to be able to transfer an entire...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add the setting in SSP or PS can redirect incoming traffic to a different adapter after the adapter reaches its maximum session limit

For sftp clients from our external clients, their TCP sessions remain ESTABLISHED even though after users logoff. As a result, the Maximum Session limit of the SFTP adapter will be reached frequently. However, even though the session limit is reac...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 2 Planned for future release

To increase the limit of 16 character names (SNODEs) in the Secure+

Good morning Most of our transactions used in our transmission central services must be secured. So we need to use Secure+. Most of our transactions are using DNS value so the CDZ limit of 16 character defined in the network map is affecting us. M...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Not under consideration

To change PROCESS library FB80 requirement

Scenario: CD transmissions between z/OS and Windows or Linux. Large Windows and Unix FileNames have to be constructed via concatenation of multiple tokens (strings and symbols). The reason is the PROCESS library is required to be RECFM=FB LRECL=80...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Status "Wait Queue" on SMF record

Add the Wait Queue" statuses (WC, WP, WT, and WX) in the SMF records.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

Remove/hide the IP address (other address) from the transmission copy step screen.

Request for enhancement for Batch Operations: The Batch Operations team manages file transfer for latency and errors 24x7/365. Part of this process is sending a screenshot to the client, vendor or internal team to work through getting the failures...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration