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Oracle TDE support for Rational Build forge

We would like to implement Transparent data encryption (TDE) for our Oracle 12.2 database and would request that IBM can support this for Rational Build forge.
over 4 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 1 Not under consideration

Build Forge Options menus overlay the Name column

Build Forge Options menus overlay the Name column making it extremely difficult to determine which Name has been chosen.
about 10 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 7 Not under consideration

Need buildforge agent rpm for Redhat Linux on Power

IBM has rpms for the buildforage agent for linux on intel and z. We need an rpm for the buildforge agent on power. Currently seeking for bfagent-7.1.3.4.0-0006
over 10 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 4 Not under consideration

Toggle to control related object links in left nav

Due to the large number of records we've collected in BuildForge, navigation performance has slowly degraded over time. Through talks with support, we believe a significant portion of this is attributed to the queries taking place on almost every ...
over 10 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge / Change 3 Not under consideration

Build Forge v8.0.0.3 Fails to Start When non-owner (even root) user do the start

BF v8.0.0.3 can only be started by the instance files owner user. If other user - event root is trying to start it, it will get the following error and the Perl Engine will fail to start:"Starting Build Forge Management ConsoleCan't load 'auto/Sys...
over 5 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 1 Not under consideration

Buildforge job monitoring tool

I would like to have a job monitoring tool for the buildforge. here is what we are looking for 1. Is anyway to setup a job minostoring tool so that when the job run more than 3 days it will automatically send the email to the owner of the job as w...
over 11 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 3 Not under consideration

Ability to change high level settings at the same time

Currnet version of Build Forge does not provide ability to change high level settings at the same time.
over 11 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 3 Not under consideration

Improvement of selector flexibility is necessary

It is currently not possible to use selector flexible during a deployment. E.g. once you start a project you define an environment to deploy to (ENV1) which then filters available servers to all of the ones belonging to that environment. Later you...
over 11 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 5 Not under consideration

Retain LDAP admin password after changing configuration

LDAP admin password field is displayed as blank in BuildForge Management console web page. Any configuration change to LDAP using Buildforge LDAP management console requires password re-entry. This RFE is to request that the LDAP password must be ...
over 11 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 3 Not under consideration

Build Forge v8 Does Not Work on RedHat Linux v7 OS With SELINUX Enabled

We have new servers with OS RedHat Linux v7.3 with SELINUX enabled. We have installed Build Forge Agent v8.0.0.3 on them. The Build Forge Agent connection testing is failing when SELINUX is enabled but is success when SELINUX is disabled. The root...
over 6 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 2 Not under consideration