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SCC should secure Cognos using the same certificates as the SCC application by default

The integrated Cognos instance in SCC should be secured using the same certificate stores as the SCC application itself. I should not use a CAMUSER certificate signed by CA as the default when SCC has been secured using private certificates. This ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Configuration management should have an approval process for changes

There should be an approval process built into SCC for making changes with the Configure Servers functions. Adding an optional hook to make a call to a change management system for validation would be even better. The change process should include...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Extend Report formatting options in Cognos to the SCC interface

Report formatting options for page output should be present in SCC and not require the report to be created, scheduled, and then modified manually in Cognos. Page layout, fit to page, and other options should be part of the report definition in SC...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

More granularity on scheduling of Control Center configuration updates

The ability to run configuration updates in Control Center needs to have more options than run daily at a specific time or never. Large environments cannot handle daily runs and should be able to be scheduled via a calendar option. It would also b...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Future consideration

Ability to view Secure Proxy configurations via Control Center

When the Sterling Secure Proxy platform is connected, need to be able to view the connection information contained within the environment, similar to what is available for Connect:Direct connections. Being able to view the audit log for changes is...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 4 Functionality already exists

Secure Connectivity to iSeries C:D Nodes

Currently Control Center doesn't have the capability to logon to iSeries C:D nodes using a secure logon.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1: Need support for MS SQL Server (ALWAYSON)

Please test and verify if Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1 can support a MS SQL Server ALWAYSON environment. If not, please add an enhancement for this. Thanks.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Control Center 6.0.0.1 Support for SQL Server 2014

The detailed system requirements for Control Center 6.0.0.1 only list SQL Server 2008 and 2012. We need support for SQL Server 2014. Thanks.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to Select Statistics via CCAPI directly from monitored Connect:Direct server and not from Control Center database

Currently there is no possibility to display Select Statistics from Connect:Direct node via CCAPI *directly* from Connec:Direct server (it is possible using CDJAI but not CCAPI). Current solution allows to display only those Select Statistics that...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

Highlight False Relevancy

First off, I can't find anything that would be close to a Bigfix product in the product drop down. So, please route this and fix the drop down.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 1 Is a defect