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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...
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...

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Postgresql as database (or support sqlserver emulated on aurora - aws babelfish)

We need support on aws aurora or aws sqlserver emulated by aurora (babelfish) as databases for sterling. Aurora is growing more and more and offers several benefits which make it very attractive for companies like ours. In our case, we have moved ...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

Capabilities to connect to Google Cloud Storage bucket

Currently there is no adapter or services which enables us to connect to a Google cloud storage bucket. It would be really good to have this functionality.
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Planned for future release

Include native Multi-Factor Authentication against a variety of commercial MFA vendors

There are growing needs for integration with Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication. IBM File Gateway as well as IBM Sterling Secure Proxy need to be updated to natively support direct communication with a variety of SSO/MFA solutions with...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Not under consideration

Replication Statistics For Global Mailbox

Global Mailbox should be able to out-of-the-box provide specific details on replication between DCs. I should be able to easily find out baseline statistics for replication time between servers. I should be able to see counts for how many files ar...
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 4 Functionality already exists

Include active MAXUSERS in high water mark SMF record

Highwater mark SMF record should include Active MAXUSERS to have full pictures of how region is performing. We've experienced BTL issues relating to high MAXUSERS counts and we don't have accurate insight into how many users are active at that time.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1

JMS Information to be visible and searchable in Inflight

Description JMS Sender, JMS Receiver, JMS MessageTypes and JMS MessageIDs to be made available as search parameters on Inflight Inbound: Successfully delivered JMS message ID:414d5120514d2e42504e543120202020e91f6e6665bc4c2d to TST.BPN.TO.CEVWPJMSS...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Planned for future release

Dynamic removal of redundant checkpoint entries

Can the logic behind CKPT.DAYS be extended so that this function in invoked on a regular basis (e.g. daily) instead of only when z/OS Connect:Direct is started? When the checkpoint dataset becomes full, the only way to defragment it or clear out r...
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Provide option in configuration to set to OOB where OOB recommendations are greater than standard configured Service Level configurations.

This would provide greater availability while saving on purchasing costs, etc.
8 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Provide availability and functionallity for Property Files from DB in order to use them in containers and On-Premise installations (essentially customer_overrides) description:

According to Support/Lab advice, we proceed to open the following RFE. The intention is to provide fully the use of properties from databases no matter if there is being used an on-premise or containers installation of the SBI. This functions were...
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Needs more information

PEM application should have a user interface option for data deletion for all the components

In order to conduct penetration testing and identify vulnerabilities, it is sometimes necessary to create specific resources to assess how these vulnerabilities could be exploited. However, it is crucial to emphasize that the data or files generat...
10 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration