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WebSphere Automation

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To include IMShared directory in the WebSphere Automation backup

During the fix installation process, WebSphere Application Server (WSA) provides the option to back up the following directories:1. The Installation Manager installation directory2. The Installation Manager data directory3. The WebSphere Applicati...
4 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Under review

Request to use a well-known CA or the customer’s CA to sign TLS certificates for all communications

The customer’s security policy prohibits the use of self-signed or wildcard certificates in production environments. WebSphere Automation (WSA) allows the use of the customer’s CA for UI https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=instance-con...
4 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0

Request WebSphere Automation to support products BAW and BPM with embedded WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Automation (WSA) helps my client manage the security of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and WebSphere Application Server Liberty installations, including those embedded in certain IBM products. WebSphere Automation detects unresolved ...
5 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0

Including Installation Manager updates

When patching WebSphere environments with Installation Manager there is an option to check for IM updates, there doesn't appear to be an option for that in WSA. It would be beneficial to have the option to update the Installation Manager software ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

CVEs page also displaying associated PH

The PH fix or fixpack information isn't displayed until a person clicks on a particular CVE from the CVEs page, then selects a server to fix, clicks on "Prepare Fixes", select either Fix or Fixpack and then it is displayed what will be installed. ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow multiple CVE fixes

As part of the installing the fix process on WebSphere Automation, the server is restarted after the fixpack is applied. When you have multiple CVEs to apply, the servers are restarting a lot and sometimes that takes more time waiting for the rest...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

CVE and Patch information

I would like to suggest an improvement regarding the display of CVE and patch information across different screens. Currently, the CVE tab shows only the CVE number. When you click on a CVE, you see the servers that need the patch, and then procee...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updates to each application server within that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signific...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

Configure Polling Intervals

Can we make the polling( WSA to WAS every 15 minutes, WSA to IBM every 1 hour) intervals configurable?
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing these fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updating to each application server on that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signi...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 3 Not under consideration