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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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System rejected materials due to refresh to the original settings from the initial submission

Materials that are not approved before the MRO IO system refresh, either Delta or monthly, are rejected and returned to the Items list in MRO IO in the base state that they were originally in prior to review by planners or maintenance personnel. T...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Streamline Global Mailbox Install/Upgrade Process

To upgrade/install Global Mailbox is a large and complex process. My current Global Mailbox production environment encompasses two data centers, each containing the following (4 SFG/GM servers, 6 Cassandra/Zookeeper servers, 2 MQ servers). We are ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 2 Functionality already exists

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 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Configuring alerts for netmap and secure plus changes

Configuring alerts for netmap node creation, deletion, Initialization Parameter etc.. And secure plus node creation, deletion, key updation.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Documentation 2 Functionality already exists

Control center rule mute option for specific timestamp

We want IBM control center monitor to not send alert during daily restart of SFG nodes.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Need consent before exposing customer's name to others in Sandbox

If you try to register a facility, you can see other users in the drop-down list, but uses have not accepted the exposure to others.
about 1 year ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Functionality already exists

Support for Azure SQL Server PaaS

Allow Azure SQL server platform as a service as a supported database.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Functionality already exists

CAPTCHA implementation for SFG UI Interface

One of our Customer (STATE BANK OF INDIA) raised the below security issue. They are migrating their SFTP partner to Sterling File Gateway. They have requested to have CAPTCHA option when partners uploading files via the SFG UI. Their requirement i...
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Functionality already exists

Allow for FTPing files in and out of OMoC

There are times when it is much easier to have an actual file be loaded to OMoC or exported from OMoC, that isn't currently allowed. An example of import is data migration as part of go-live. An example of export, apt to why this came up, is runni...
over 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 0 Functionality already exists

inFlight filter

Somtime, I need to reprocess the inbound ORDERS messages. I would like to add a filter on the reference number. It should be displayed only once, none doubloon. Then I can reprocess all inbound order messages without doubloon.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 3 Functionality already exists