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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...
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...

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Allow changes to duplicate item for cleanup after Manage Duplicates function is processed

When we Manage Duplicates, the item that we are moving the usage from becomes locked and we can no longer make any changes to that item. If we forget to set the item to Business Impact E and set the ROP/Max to 0/0 before we do the Manage Duplicate...
over 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Future consideration

Work Queues Records missing

Problem: All but two (2) Work Queues are showing records in the Work Queue tab in MRO IO and WQ Section in OAS. Steps to reproduce: Log into NPPD Sandbox MRO IO and navigate to Work Queues tab and you will find the Work Queues are all showing zero...
almost 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Need to support criteria-based, more granular archive/purge policies for metadata and files

Requirement stated by customer is that B2Bi needs to support more granular archive/purge policies based on specific criteria such as trading partner and transaction type (identifiable through EDI Correlation).
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Future consideration

Admin tasks - add "PU Notification" checkbox against individual user entry

We are rolling out admin tasks to users. One important part of user administration is deciding who gets PU notifications. Please add a checkbox against each user record so as a client sets up a new user they can choose whether or not the new user ...
about 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Future consideration

Stock Relocation History Additional consideration needed

The Stock History Relocation feature is critical for any organization that has materials that may be relocated from one warehouse to another at some point in it's life. In order for the MARIO system to make an adequate recommendation for the new s...
about 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

New parameters to direct dumps

Currently dumps, like core, heap, and java thread, go to the Install_ROOT directory. This can lead to system outages if the file system fills up with the dumps. It could also fill up if a person does a kill -3 and does not do a space check first. ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration

FTPS OB Pull/IB Push/IB Pull

FTPS OOTB activity - Entry validation for Production provisioning tasks (Prov IB Pull Production, Prov IB Push Production, Prov OB Pull Production) reference API Get call at beginning of activity to check configuration status. During the activity ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Onboarding 0 Is a defect

FTPS OB Push Production Entry Validation

Out of the Box FTPS Activity - Entry validation for O/B Push Production provisioning only checks that entry validation for dialog "O/B Push Production" is met. The entry validation should match the entry validation used for other connection direct...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Onboarding 0 Is a defect

Support for Oracle Linux

Currently ITX/IIB and MQ is support on RHEL Linux. Need clarification when ITX/IIB and MQ products will be supported on Oracle Linux.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Not under consideration

Control Center stopEngine.bat -np change to soft stop

Please change the stopEngine.bat -np to a soft stop. Currently using this command causes a hard stop to the engine. In my experience, it is not good pratice to do a hard stop on the engine service. This should only be used if a soft stop is not wo...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration