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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Increase the maximun runnable C:D session from 99 to *NOMAX or a higher limit

Currently, the maximum active C:D session is 99, when the session limit is reached, and new C:D job is initiated , it will abend with CDE0200 and the C:D job have to be retried again.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Planned for future release

I need a C:D Parameter whichs forces C:D to open a new session for each submitted process

No description provided
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Pipe function in CD Win

In CD Unix, there is a very useful function - pipe, which we can use to handle some complex customer requirement by integrating with our customized program. But this function doesn't exist in CD Win. Request to enhance CD Win to provide this funct...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Not under consideration

CONNECT DIRECT WINDOWS CONNECTION WITH HNAS SYSTEMS

No description provided
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Slient Installation for Connect:Direct Client Only

Current silent installation only support server and client option. Please add installation option "client only" for silent installation / upgrade.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Connect Direct Unix and Windows: alternate IP addresses, round robin and non-round robin, controls

Many shops have and participate in disaster recovery exercises. We want to indicate that a particular alt comm IP not be used unless we manually update a configuration file or through Control Center. Currently Connect Direct Unix and Windows do no...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Not under consideration

Connect:Direct ZOS Support for UTF-8 BOM and FB (Fixed Block) format

Cutomer evaluating Connect:Direct on Windows and ZOS feedback that Connect:Direct does not support UTF-8 BOM and VB to FB format. Customer compares C:D to their current MFT solution that already supports this encoding conversions out of box. Custo...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Not under consideration

Add cipher support

Need to connect to a wide variety of Customers. TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CCM (0xC0,0x9D)TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CCM (0xC0,0x9E)TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CCM (0xC0,0x9F)TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CCM_8 (0xC0,0xA0)TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CCM_8 (0xC0,0xA1)TLS...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Added support of Windows 2019 for SterlingConnectDirectFTPPlus-Window

Currently, The SterlingConnectDirectFTPPlus-Window is supported until Windows 2012 Server. There is a plan to introduce support for Windows 2019 early next year, and I would like to request support as soon as possible.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Future consideration

CentOs Support

Installation of C:D on CentOs
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Functionality already exists