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OpenTelemetry Tracing support of WOLA

Looking for OTEL to support tracing for WAS to CICS
about 18 hours ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Allow to rename WebSphere traditional server-name

The renaming of WAS server-name is not support, the rename in WAS of hostname, Cell and node is supported. A reason that need to rename server name: There are times that there is a mistake in WAS server-name that it was built and a rename of serve...
3 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Move application data ("var" directory in particular) to \ProgramData on Windows...

The standard location for transient application data on Windows is the "\ProgramData" directory. This was a change made some time ago to improve application security. ClearCase still stores data in \Program Files\... In many cases, "hardening" too...
about 2 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Submitted

"Modify" installs that do not manipulate the albd service should not prompt for albd process credentials.

When performing upgrade or modify installs, Installation Manager requires that the installing user provide the albd credentials. In "modify" cases where -- for example -- the user is adding a Visual Studio or other integration, the installer shoul...
about 2 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Submitted

Support FIPS 140-3 for z/OS

The IBMJCEPlusFIPS cryptography module was certified for FIPS 140-3 by NIST in August 2024 and is supported on most platforms (as mentioned in the Operational environments section) for production use in IBM SDK for Java 8.0.8.30 or later. The IBMJ...
2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

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...
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Planned for future release

Post quantum cryptography for tWAS and IHS

Once quantum computing is used, some current encryptions may no longer be considered as secured. WAS and IHS may need to implement post quantum cryptography to be secured.
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Planned for future release

Improve SystemD Integration

When a WebSphere Traditional service such as a node agent running as a SystemD service is restarted or stopped through the admin console, SystemD is not leveraged in this process meaning when the original node agent process is stopped, SystemD con...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow dynamic resizing of the HPEL TextLog

Customer wants to be able to change the size of the HPEL TextLog beyond the default setting. They suggested that it would be preferable if the size could be adjusted dynamically rather than being hardcode
6 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

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 ...
6 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration