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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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Forward client IP for all protocols from sterling secure proxy to sterling file gateway

Currently SSP forward IP for HTTP Protocol to sterling b2b integrator but it doesn't have capability to forward client IP for other protocols to sterling b2b integrator. We have a regulatory requirement to capture IP for all inbound files/transact...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy 12 Delivered

Ability to have a read-only view of the PEM log files from within the UI

Similar to how Sterling Integrator has a Logs page within the dashboard UI by which an admin can view (read only) SI logs within a browser window, it would be nice for cloud instances of PEM if a similar feature was available for sponsor admins. T...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Delivered

Issue a message when CDz reached NODE Specific Max PARSESS Limit

CDz does issue SVTM082I when CDz as node hit the node specific SESS.SNODE.MAX. However, it doesn't issue any message when it reached Max PARSESS. Could you add a corresponding message for this so that we can easily figure out it hit the limit? It ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Delivered

Need Design Studio in Linux environment to support IIB mqsicreatebar command on Linux to build applications containing ITX v9

Need Design Studio in Linux environment to support IIB mqsicreatebar command on Linux to build applications containing ITX v9, as suggested by Level 2 Technical Support for IBM Transformation Extender (TX).
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

Code Lists and data tables should be searchable on all fields

Customers want the ability to search generic data tables and code lists using data fields other than the primary field. This would allow PEM to be a more accessible system of record.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Delivered

Add SSL Support between Sterling Secure Proxy Configuration Manager / Engine and WebSphere MQ

Security mandates that all the connections need to be secured. WebSphere MQ supports SSL but not SSP CM / SSP Engine, adding this functionality allows meeting the newer security requirements.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Delivered

Display serial number for expiring trusted and key certificates

We utilize the Certificate Expiry Warning rule to notify our team when trusted and/or key certificates are expiring in 60 days. It doesn't appear that this is captured as part of the events. The reason I say that is the serial number is not presen...
6 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 3 Delivered

Upgrade Cassandra to 4.0 for Global Mailbox in order to support auditlogs

that would be useful for auditing purposes. PCI-DSS requirements require to audit systems access. All customers working in financial industry would benefit from this.
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 Delivered

SNC support including X509CERT are required for JALE/JBAPI integration with Google Cloud (GCP) and SAP S4/HANA installations

We are moving our on premise SAP ECC installations to SAP S4/HANA on GCP off-premise. The GCP integrations are requiring SNC (secure socket) as well as certificates via the X509CERT field for security purposes. These fields are not supported in th...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 7 Delivered

In my retail company ABC, an associate can work in multiple stores on different days of week or re-assigned temporarily to work on different store. Apart from store associates, there are district managers (and admin users) who would need to see activities happening in all stores assigned to the district ( or all stores for admin users )

Use case -------------- In my retail company ABC, an associate can work in multiple stores on different days of week or re-assigned temporarily to work on different store. Apart from store associates, there are district managers (and admin u...
almost 6 years ago in Store Engagement 4 Delivered