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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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Display the SST Metric Data Correctly

Please refer to TS016456569. When the app system down happened due to max heap usage, the SST metrics display the heap or Default executor threads reached the max by searching a small window (30 minutes) under application server JVM metrics. Howev...
over 1 year ago in Self Service Tool 0 Future consideration

Add support for AES-256 encryption algorithm for data at rest in Global Mailobx

B2Bi already supports AES-256 encryption for data at rest, so global mailbox should offer the same level of encryption.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Enhance REST API Client service to allow connection via DMZ / Perimeter server

Currently REST API Client service can establish connection to REST API endpoint via local perimeter or proxy only. This presents an issue while connecting to external partners. Request is to enhance REST API Client service to allow configuration f...
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 3 Functionality already exists

Need to Check changes done to Schedule of business process

Schedule of the business process is getting disabled , so need to know how can we check time when the process was disabled and if any ID.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Server Inventory Report should contain all fields related to node

Server Inventory report does contain all the field. Need enhancement to reporting capability to include all fields in the report as this is required to gather details and automate the inventory validation.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 4 Planned for future release

Allow customization of LDAP ping "dummy" user

It is possible to configure a periodic "heartbeat" that checks the connection to External Auth, and it is also possible to have it attempt an LDAP bind (via the ea.ping.profile setting). However, when it does this LDAP bind, it uses a fake user ("...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Code lists that can be conditional.

It would be good if you could have code lists that are conditional so that these can be updated easily without being a full-blown configuration change. We have different plants that use specific MRP Types and Lot Sizing Procedures. The list of val...
over 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Ability to define picking capacity at order line level

This is copied over from: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=59894 What is the requested functionality Picking capacity* is maintained for each fulfilment unit (STO, CDC,CPU etc) on Order Line level. The ...
over 6 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Synching of OMS dynamic attributes with Order Service Search

Hi Team, We have been using OMS get APIs to retrieve order details that are tendered for orchestration purposes. We are now moving to provision Order Service as the single truth of order view and have noticed that some of dynamic attributes are no...
over 1 year ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Not under consideration

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Certified Container - db-setup pod should have logs volumes attached

db-setup pod should have logs volumes attached so the logs can be retained even after the auto deletion of db-setup pod. IBM asks for the logs but because the db-setup pod auto deleted so even the ephemeral logs also get deleted which are very imp...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 3 Functionality already exists