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Enable Options to store old config backups out of WAS installation Directory during restoreConfig.bat

IBM team in Case TS006197127, has requested below To remove old backup configurations as we noticed the issues with that in the past. However we still see you keep old config backups under the profile please remove them from that folder and store ...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

IBM Cloud - manual VPC selection when creating new WAS environment

We're currently using/evaluating the WAS traditional build template on VSI v2.1.0 and have noticed you have to use a unique vpc_name in its build configuration. In an IBM multi cloud heterogeneous environment, it would great if you had the option ...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

z/OS IHS Apache - document error log messages

Most IBM components and products come with messages manuals that provide thorough documentation of messages issued by the product. I haven't found any such doc for the z/OS IHS based on Apache. Doc should provide message text and level, explanatio...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Allow Application Install for .ear Files Greater Than 1 gb

The 1 gb limit on deploying an ear file in WebSphere is causing us to have to use Configuration Manager to deploy any changes to the application and increasing downtime.
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Support Java 2 Security to restrict application acceess to local resoures

This a CAT-I finding for DoD STIG: Below is their reasoning: Rule Title : The WebSphere Application Server Java 2 security must be enabled. Discussion : Java 2 security provides a policy-based fine grained access control mechanism that increases o...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Functionality already exists

Setting Unit of Order on Message producer

We had created a Case # TS001140603 and asked to create a REF for the below feature. We are migrating j2ee weblogic application to websphere 8.5.5 ND and need to specify Unit of order. Consider below e-commerce scenario. A client makes an online p...
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Functionality already exists

The Useable WebSphere Auditing Functions Are Required by the Department of Defense

The current WAS Auditing function does provide readily useable logs to even track down simple events such as starting/stopping an application server via the WAS Admin Console. I would like to see such functionality added to the NDM audit logs. I a...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Enable Account Lockout after 3 failed logins

Passwords are prune to Bruteforce attacks, an attacker can easily brute force the passwords as the password policy is weak andallows simple alpha numeric characters without any restriction of password length e.g.: admin, passetc.Account lockout me...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

Prevent Application Redistribution

This is what the client company is requesting. I'm using WebSphere's application binary configuration. Redistribution occurs when changing application options. We want to control or eliminate this.
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Perform host name verification for SSL channels

On WAS 7 server deployed JavaEE application which acting as web service client (JAX-WS) and communicating with web service over HTTPS (SSL channel). When web service client made connection to target server, the common name (CN) from the server cer...
over 9 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration