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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...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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In CDPLEX environment, CD manager needs to issue a message to indicate server is down after receiving XCF signal

In case TS009569597, we have found CD manager hangs at shutdown due to shutdown has been initiated for CD manager but XCF signal for CD server down has not been received by CD manager.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Delivered

SEAS support for web proxy

Security has requested to enable the CRL check on file transfer service and the current network model does not allow any server to talk to internet directly without going through a proxy.

Requesting Automated method of running configCC for a "silent" configuration following silent install for multiple machines

When installing SCC/IBM Control Center 6.1.0.0 on RHEL, I noticed that while there is a "silent" installation option that will allow for more automation, there is no corresponding option for configuration. Running the exportConfig script gets you ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 4 Delivered

Custom Events From Sterling File Gateway

Currently, when Control Center records a "File Gateway" event that has been custom created within File Gateway, the "short text" of the event in Control Center shows only "com. sterlingcommerce.scc.common.i18n.FgMessages " where "" is the SFG cust...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

OM Next gen + IV to support CARRY/DEL delivery methods

Existing OM supports multiple delivery methods, but next gen SaaS plus IIV only supports SHP for availability. A simple fix as an interim solution is send delivery method SHP to IIV so that it returns that availability back so that DEL/CARRY metho...
over 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 4 Delivered

Hiding of unnecessary ROP/ROQ Methods

MRO provides a number of ROP/ROQ Methods that may not be applicable for a given client's environment. These methods are usually included by default in their drop-down list for selection by users. I'd like a method to either hide or remove methods ...
10 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Enhance SAP Suite adapter to support Secure Network Communication (SNC)

Support JCO3 SNC parameters in SAP Suite Adapter in B2B Sterling Integrator. SNC secures the data communication paths between the SAP System components and B2B Sterling Integrator. It will add additional security feature for secured communication.
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 12 Delivered

Providing a list of supported encryption keys.

VENDOR supported Keys Keys that will be supported RSA (3072) Ed25519 ECDSA (nistp521) The feedback from the PepsiCo ECG team below is we only accept the following supported keys: PepsiCo supported keys ssh -rsa 2048, ssh-rsa 1024, ssh-rsa , ssh-dss
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Delivered

Attachment sorting in form view from latest to earliest

In form view of items, newly added attachments are listed to the bottom of the existing list. Hence if we need to refer the related attachment to the latest workflow, needs to scroll down to the bottom. It is suggested to place the latest attachme...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Add SSL Support between IBM Control Center and WebSphere MQ to monitor Sterling Secure Proxy

Security mandates that all the connections need to be secured. WebSphere MQ supports SSL but not IBM Control Center, adding this functionality allows meeting the newer security requirements.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 3 Delivered