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Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS

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Include transfer rates monitoring on active filetransfers

Please include file transfer rate monitoring mechanism on active filetransfers. We had an issue with partner where after partner side upgrade the transfer rate became very slow. The filetransfer that took previously minutes, was now hours long. Sa...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Enhance C:D to provide better support for zEDC datasets

We are implementing zEDC across our production environment and are trying to avoid mass updates to all of our C:D processes. We would like to be able to transmit a zEDC dataset without having to update hundreds of existing processes. Here is...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Future consideration

Enchance Connect:Direct for OS390 to support PDS to PDSE object-type dataset transfer

Connect:Direct cannot perform PDS to PDSE object-type dataset COPY.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Secure Plus Error Message Enhancement

Is there any way to capture the SNODE name for which the SSL Handshake failure occurring with the error message CAPA202E, since the affected SNODE name is not present in the same line? We are able to find SVTM055I message in the next line but it's...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Ambiguous Logon Messages For zCD instead of RACF001I, RACF002I

Hello. You have several message IDs for zCD logon security that are not ambiguous. We want you to offer ambiguous logon messages that will not give any hint to an nonauthorized user.
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Ver display on IUI panel

If there are multiple instances of different NDM ver running, it will be easier to identify if the IUI panel has ver displayed. Attached screenshot will give the idea of what i meant. In this the right-side box has ver hardcoded. if there is a pan...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support the use RACF PROTECTED userids in the Secure Point of Entry (SPOE)

When we create User IDs in RACF that will be used for Connect Direct transmissions, we have to create them with passwords so that the password can be used in the SPOE record. With a password is can make this User ID have the capability to signon. ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Allow longer string compares in Modal Logic in C:D Z/OS processes

See PMR 23729,060,618 In Connect Direct z/OS Processes a recent NF Apar allowed to check Variables IF (&TEST EQ C'NO') THEN .. But this is limited to 8 char according to our findings in PMR "The description should have noted that when usin...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Retrofit the Enhancement Request CONDIRECTZ-I-8 "Provide control over who can use the SNODEID parameter" to CD v6.1

This idea CONDIRECTZ-I-8 "Provide control over who can use the SNODEID parameter" was previously raised for CDz CONDIRECTZ-I-8, and it was informed that it would be available in v6.1. However, after the upgrade to V6.1, it was informed that this e...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Propagate source DCB information to SNODE when using DATACLAS= keyword

The beauty of zOS-to-zOS COPYs is the inherent ability to automatically transfer the source DCB information to the SNODE side for proper dataset allocations. If the source DCB changes, the process does not need to be altered. This generic process ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Planned for future release

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