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Add B2Bi REST API audit logs

B2Bi Rest API is becoming common in several solutions but there is not a proper audit log file or report to verify information like " USER - ACTION / API - TIMESTAMP" It is difficult to understand what is actually being consumed, by whom and how o...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 4 Planned for future release

Portable installation for B2B (non container)

In our environment we do not use container for B2B, but we have an automated installation process using IBM Installation Manager, however this process is slow and difficult to generate all the steps to make it autonomous. We would like the B2B ins...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Capabilities to connect to Google Cloud Storage bucket

Currently there is no adapter or services which enables us to connect to a Google cloud storage bucket. It would be really good to have this functionality.
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Planned for future release

Postgresql as database (or support sqlserver emulated on aurora - aws babelfish)

We need support on aws aurora or aws sqlserver emulated by aurora (babelfish) as databases for sterling. Aurora is growing more and more and offers several benefits which make it very attractive for companies like ours. In our case, we have moved ...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

JMS Information to be visible and searchable in Inflight

Description JMS Sender, JMS Receiver, JMS MessageTypes and JMS MessageIDs to be made available as search parameters on Inflight Inbound: Successfully delivered JMS message ID:414d5120514d2e42504e543120202020e91f6e6665bc4c2d to TST.BPN.TO.CEVWPJMSS...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Planned for future release

Replication Statistics For Global Mailbox

Global Mailbox should be able to out-of-the-box provide specific details on replication between DCs. I should be able to easily find out baseline statistics for replication time between servers. I should be able to see counts for how many files ar...
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 4 Functionality already exists

Include native Multi-Factor Authentication against a variety of commercial MFA vendors

There are growing needs for integration with Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication. IBM File Gateway as well as IBM Sterling Secure Proxy need to be updated to natively support direct communication with a variety of SSO/MFA solutions with...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic removal of redundant checkpoint entries

Can the logic behind CKPT.DAYS be extended so that this function in invoked on a regular basis (e.g. daily) instead of only when z/OS Connect:Direct is started? When the checkpoint dataset becomes full, the only way to defragment it or clear out r...
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Include active MAXUSERS in high water mark SMF record

Highwater mark SMF record should include Active MAXUSERS to have full pictures of how region is performing. We've experienced BTL issues relating to high MAXUSERS counts and we don't have accurate insight into how many users are active at that time.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1

AD/LDAP authentication in ICC

Currently we are required to use SEAS for LDAP authentication. However, using SEAS as any tool will add more resources to the worker pool. While deploying SEAS does not require a license, there is a cost involved in adding CPU and memory to SEAS P...
2 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Under review