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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Possibility to choice the agent service name on windows

In the previous version of Urbancode Deploy (version 7.2.3), it was possible to choose the agent service name on Windows. Many customers have procedures to start/stop agent services in the automation service (internal name for automation). After...
6 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Submitted

WASPreUpgrade command allowed on the same version

Currently the WASPreUpgrade command is not allowed on the same version, so we must have two different versions installed on the same server or IBM i and run the command from the new version, entering the old version as a parameter. In scenarios of...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Migration Toolkits 2 Submitted

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 1 Submitted

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 2 Submitted

Implementing a Zero Downtime Upgrade Mechanism for IBM Services

Currently, IBM’s upgrade process for certain services requires downtime, even in high-availability (HA) setups, due to shared database and filesystem dependencies. This limitation affects critical business operations, leading to potential service ...
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 0 Submitted

Display the Keyring name in the JOBLOG on z/OS.

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Traditional WebSphere Application servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the TWAS server fi...
about 3 hours ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Display the Keyring in the JOBLOG for Liberty servers running on z/OS

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Liberty servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the Liberty server files.
about 3 hours ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Submitted

Support for sessionAffinity in WebsphereLibertyApplication CRD

Running Liberty in RedHat Openshift enables session stickyness. This must be set on the service spec. To do that with the Liberty operator is not possible. So the property must be added to the operator. need sessionAffinity, see the doc : https://...
about 21 hours ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Submitted

JAVA byte code only interpreter

The least privilege security and privacy control restricts compiles to the sandbox/development environments only. Unfortunately, starting with v11, the JAVA interpreter executes source code (it has built in automatic just in time compiler) which m...
6 days ago in Java Runtimes (Semeru, OpenJDK) 0 Submitted

web.xml timeout configurable on Devops Deploy

The web.xml config is replaced everytime a new Devops Deploy version is installed. It would be great to have a customized setting on GUI "Server Settings" to manage the Timeout (by default 30 minutes) instead of going to specific configuration fil...
6 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Submitted