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Add enhanced fields to 'Create Environment' UrbanCode uDeploy Plugin

Add fields to the UrbanCode uDeploy Environment plugin to account for 'inherent cleanup settings' and 'environment color' when automating environment creation. The lack of these fields adds manual tasks to automating environment creation using the...
over 9 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

udeploy calendar blackout - add recurring event type

udeploy calendar blackout - add recurring event type Currently one can setup a blackout period for the env in the calendar.but it is ONLY for that date and time. Need a feature to set a recurring type of blackout period, similar to application req...
over 10 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

UCDP does not have option to select Softlayer Private Network end points

Hi, When UCDP Server is integrated with Soft layer with help of API Key to Soft layer, we don't have option to select which endpoint needs to be contacted. Like if the server is blocked for the public network end point due to customer requirement ...
almost 11 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

Exit logic when saving a new Blueprint

When a user save a new blueprint diagram, the tool shoul allow to automatically invoke an external logic and use the HOT file as an input of that logic.
over 11 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

Create Generic Process Step for Locking Snapshots

This request is to create a generic process that can lock a snapshot (versions and configuration) on a particular application. As a requirement for audit, all production deployments must lock their snapshot before deploying. Using an orchestration...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy

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 ...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Highlight changes in draft process

It is difficult to see exactly where the changes are in a draft when using Safe edit for component processes. It would help both the developer and colleagues doing review if the process editor could highlight changed steps and properties. The high...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy

Action Based Security

This idea is to be able to manage "actions" in the role configuration. An example would be under "Resource", "Create Resource" we would have the actions "Create" & "Copy" and under "Edit" we would have "Update a resource's parent". Ideally we'...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Deployment warnings should be exposed as a consumable property

We are currently making use of the warnings feature in UCD where we are marking the deployment with an ucdWarning in certain cases. When looking at a deployment through UCD, it's clear that there is a warning and that the person needs to take a cl...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration