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Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS

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    Connect:Direct for zOS copying files to SNODE (Linux or Windows ) at the same time using a '*' mask to individual datasets

    The client SERPRO would like that was possible in Connect:Direct CDP pull a list of datasets that meet your dataset mask with the '*' (for eg. ABCDEF*.TXT)and based on that list of datasets that match then to start copies each of the datasets one ...
    almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Terminate the Process Waiting for Dynamic Allocation or Unallocation

    CDz runs into temporarily unresponsive periodically 5 to 10 min or even longer due to the reason that SYSZTIOT ENQ exclusively held by CDz itself in which one process can't perform dynamical allocation or un allocation holding all other processes ...
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    NAS Support

    We need NDM to read/write files from NAS connected drives. NAS is becoming a larger portion of our datacenter and will need to send/receive files on NAS. This worked under 5.1 but not for 5.2...I know it was never supported but was handy it worked...
    about 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    delete file by C:D API not by RUN TASK&RUN JOB for z/os

    Now we delete file by C:D using RUN TASK or RUN JOB,we want to delete file by CD API not system command.
    about 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    New DGADNTLD PARM=SYNTAX

    Requesting DGADNTLD parameter called SYNTAX. This should be similar to the $$SYNTAX option for updating Netmaps. We would like to be able to syntax check our new netmap source code before actually trying to load it into the NETMAP VSAM file. This ...
    5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

    For the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated date.

    This request is to enhance the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated dates. As of now, the extract only has the last used date. The created date is only available in the Connect:Direct panel options (in browse mode ...
    7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

    tighten up on user mistakes, and educate them

    Flush with my last success...ZOSA1679 2/21/2019 Copy File Enhancement- Introduced new field PAG 'SUBMIT MULTI MODE' to allow user for single and multi submit from CF panel ...I have a couple more enhancements that I've just implemented in my site....
    9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    CD for z/OS: historical stats using Db2 instead of VSAM

    The product only works using VSAM to save historical stats while other ISV products like XCOM from Broadcom can use VSAM or Db2 tables. We're preparing next upgrade from CD 6.2 to 6.4 and we must to define a new VSAM, then import previous VSAM inf...
    11 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Remove/hide the IP address (other address) from the transmission copy step screen.

    Request for enhancement for Batch Operations: The Batch Operations team manages file transfer for latency and errors 24x7/365. Part of this process is sending a screenshot to the client, vendor or internal team to work through getting the failures...
    over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Check the Write permission on Destination Mainframe Dataset without submitting COPY statement

    Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target zOS Dataset on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Ec...
    almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 5 Functionality already exists

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