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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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Restrict a user to one specific report

As of now we dont have option to restrict a particular user to specific reports ( either in standard SCC or reports created in cognos)
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Functionality already exists

Sterling Control Center interface with Enterprise Cognos BI

Currently SCC only utilizes it's own Cognos BI. Should be able to interface with Enterprise Cognos BI.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

SEAS needs ability for 2 factor authentication via RADIUS protocol

Need ability to have 2 factor authentication when connecting to applications using SEAS for authentication. Using RADIUS protocol to allow for token authentication would be the preferable method.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

LDAP integration with Sterling Control Center

Sterling Control Center should be able to interface directly with LDAP to authenticate without the addition of Sterling External Authentication Server.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 3 Not under consideration

Control Center authentication and control

For shops that are not using IBM Sterling External Authentication Server to authenticate to Control Center and are using the Control Center authentication, there is currently no way to set an expiration period for a user's password or forcing the ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Control Center stopEngine.bat -np change to soft stop

Please change the stopEngine.bat -np to a soft stop. Currently using this command causes a hard stop to the engine. In my experience, it is not good pratice to do a hard stop on the engine service. This should only be used if a soft stop is not wo...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Add search criteria to SFG select statistics

US Bank's unique customer identifier is mailbox_id. C:E currently has this field available. We need this field added in SFG to use in "select statistics" searches. A screen shot is attached that shows exactly where we need this added.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Configure Alerts for 'Start Failed' Status of Adapters in B2B Integrator

Hi Team, We have alert email in place when the adapter goes to 'Stopped' status. However alert emails are not sent whenever the Adapter status goes to 'Start Failed'. How to capture this event and trigger an email ? . Business impact ( BusImpact )...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

PMR 52649,7TD,000 - Unable to see Users and Roles under Access Admin Profile

SCC Admin group must be able to Manage Users and Roles but not have access to ANY other application configurations. Support advised that currently SCC only supports superuser role that has access to EVERYTHING or members can belong to a group that...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration / Security 0 Future consideration

Control Center Quarterly Recurrence Calendar

Currently when creating a new Control Center calendar, the only recurrence selections available are daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. I believe it would be useful to add a quarterly recurrence as well.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration / Usability 0 Planned for future release