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Sterling Control Center Monitor

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Ability to right click in order to comment and/or handle an alert

On Control Center 6.1.3 there are two different icons for commenting and handling alerts. The user currently has to select a check box and then click on the comment or handle icons for the alert. These comment and handle icons are static. Dependin...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Support updates for Alias Netmap.

Per IBM Presently Control Center cannot directly update the Alias. We need this to be able to support full netmap updates.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add the ability to remove trusted certificates from Connect Direct Secure + managed servers using Control Center

Currently, Control Center allows the user to import a trusted certificate. However, it would be extremely beneficial if the authorized user could also remove unneeded or expired certificates using Control Center.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Enable Control Center reports to display in multiple time zones

Currently when a user starts to setup a report to be ran, Control Center defaults with the time zone that the console preferences are set it. There is a drop down menu for other time zones, but when a user selects one of these, the report will not...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Planned for future release

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for Control Center

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSP, and Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Sending SMS support for IBM Control Center

IBM Control Center can send snmp traps, emails. Our client in middle east shared that if ICC could send sms that would be excellent
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Functionality already exists

Sterling Control Center Having an alert on unhandled alerts

Can Control Center generate an alert if a previous alert is not marked as handled if x amount of time has expired?
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Not under consideration

More than one external authentication setup within Control Center

Within SEAS you can specify multiple authentication definitions that can contain different attribute query definitions however within control center you can only setup one external authentication server.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Pick up additional messaging from Connect:Direct for z/OS

Starting Engine 6.0.0.1_iFix02We are in need to have IBM Control Center pick up additional messaging from Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS record ID ‘PT' to capture a Secure Plus handshake failure. Currently the z/OS puts out the record ID=PT fo...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

IBM Control Center - Add Messages so they are available for rule processing

SCC generates quite a few messages, however there are only a few that are actually available for rule processing. I would like to see all messages that are currently being generated and passed into the log to also be available for rule processing....
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration