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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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Allow System Certificates to work the same as CA Certificate groups

Currently when we generate a new System Certificate and want to install it to our HTTP Server Adapters, we need to take our environment down and schedule/coordinate the change of the certificates with all our AS2 customers. Not an easy task given ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 8 Future consideration

Allow PROPGATE.DSNTYPE=YES to work while PROPAGATE.SMSCLASS=(COND or YES,NO,NO) for PDSEs

Why is it useful? It will respect the source dataset’s DSNTYPE and allocate the dataset with the correct DSNTYPE. Who would benefit from it? Any z/OS platform that has ACS routines that do not override a user’s requested DSNTYPE. How should it wor...
10 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Sterling Connect:Direct Application Interface for Java support to iSeries C:D version

CDJAI support all other platforms (Windows, Unix, ZOS and Tandem) except iSeries. This limitation restricts users to automate C:D configuration through CDJAI, similar to what we do in other platforms. Now we have to login to iSeries machine to do ...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 3 Not under consideration

For Type records panel to add confirmation prompt to confirm saving or record should not get added with PF3

Currently, there is delimitation while we go to admin panel for adding new type record in NDM admin-> IT panel , if we bychance hit PF3 it creates an incomplete record. And to remediate this everytime either we have to update the wrongly create...
10 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Change the process to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub to view the newly added OOB search filter in the UI.

There is a need to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub post every deployment when a OOB search filter is added on search screen. Else it is not visible. Idea is to remove the need to do that. Typically from user perspective they find it very hard t...
3 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

Include user email in Item history API

This API can be used to download and review past exports but currently does not include user email.
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Support for token authentication

Some of REST APIs for IBM products have token authentication implemented. I.e., call a sign in API to get a token, and then use the token in a HTTP Header for all other API calls. Example Products: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy: https://www.ibm.com/su...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Security 3 Planned for future release

Provide password reset option in Order Hub Next generation

Provide password reset option in Order Hub Next generation. Legacy Order hub used to have IBM id created for the user and based on that we could create or reset password for the respective user from login screen. When Moved to next generation Orde...
5 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Unified Management of Connect Direct & Integrated File Agent

The current process to start/stop Connect Direct (CD) Integrated File Agent (IFA) requires a user to manually edit the init.parm settings each time they start/stop CD. The user has to manually edit the "cdfa.enable" parameter to "y" or "n" to sign...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Provide method to support EBICS SEPA XML Containers

The EBICS v3 BTF includes a container parameter which can be set to ZIP or XML. The XML option means that all files that match the download parameters must be combined as a single XML file according to the requirements set out in the German DFU ag...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 0 Submitted