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Draft editing for Application- & Generic Processes

Currently only Component Processes have the option to be edited safely using draft versions, as well as have approval processes enabled for them. These options do not exist for Application processes nor Generic processes. By having the option to e...
15 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Allow for notification when draft process is put up for promotion

Currently when using draft processes that require approval before becoming promoted, there is little indication that an individual has placed said draft process up for promotion. Right now that promotion is only visible if a person with the approp...
15 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Splunk Support in TWAS

1. Overview This RFE proposes native support for forwarding TWAS logs and operational data on zOS to Splunk.  The objective is to provide a standardized and supported mechanism for integrating WebSphere logs with enterprise Splunk monitoring ...
11 days ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Support for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 in IBM HTTP Server 9.0

The HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocols support improves performance in the servers and the applications, increases security and user experience as well. There protocols offer better deal with multiple simultaneous connections using lower latency and enha...
2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

WebSphere Application Server Support for HashiCorp Vault Usage

Please note this is the same as previous RFE 149411 Our Cyber team’s latest compliance requirement mandates that datasource passwords are rotated every 180 days. To meet this, we’re exploring HashiCorp Vault to manage and rotate JDBC datasource cr...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Urgent Need for a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority

WebSphere Application Server users need a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority Category: Security, Auditing, and Compliance Executive Summary: The current WebSphere Application Server design allows users such a...
11 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Ability for the plug in to leverage the sysplex distributor for the DDVIPA to determine when a systems is up

We currently have a case with IBM open on this and is effecting our production systems. If you reach out to me, i will share the case number. Not wanting to put that in the IDEA When shutting down an LPAR in a plex, and is removed by the TCPIP LEA...
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Deleted Users are not logged under Audit log

For Audit reasons, we want to see the list of users who got deleted by the system after being locked and time etc.. We are able to get that data under audit log for Locked users but not for Deleted users. This will help us to maintain the user lis...
25 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Download Users option in Authentication page in Deploy

Without the download option, not able to get the data of all the active users
26 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Functionality already exists

Maintain all the artifacts in embedded jdk that comes with WAS 8.5.5

Per the technote, the Java orb.properties, java.policy, and cacerts files are non-serviceable in WAS v8.5.5 (e.g. they are not updated). The files are serviceable in the Java SDK provided for WAS 9.0 and Liberty. WebSphere Application Server Java ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration