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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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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 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 3 Not under consideration

Remove broken references on model level

For broken references that have no supplier, it should be possible to remove them on a model level, instead of having to remove them one by one.
3 months ago in Heritage / Model RealTime 0 Submitted

Allow liberty to resolve domain names via DNS

Currently we are providing domain name resolution via the hosts file in the liberty path. But this requires manual changes every time a domain name is added.
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Functionality already exists

The license for IBM Application Modernization Accelerator (AMA) should be included in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.

Customers plan to migrate traditional WebSphere Application Server for z/OS to Liberty for z/OS.To support this migration, customers intend to use IBM Bob together with IBM Application Modernization Accelerator (AMA) to generate deployment plans a...
7 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Planned for future release

Terminate the Liberty server when a stop server request is received while MDB application has been running longer than the configured timeout value.

Backgrounds Customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between WAS for z/OS traditional and WAS for z/OS Liberty. We understand that WAS for z/OS t...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

Implement a function to detect hanging MDB applications and interrupt their execution.

Backgrounds Customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between WAS for z/OS traditional and WAS for z/OS Liberty. We understand that WAS for z/OS t...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

OpenTelemetry Tracing support of WOLA

Looking for OTEL to support tracing for WAS to CICS
7 months ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

One-Click Configuration Backup & Restore for Devops deploy tool

What We Need Add a button in IBM Devops Deploy tool that exports ALL configurations (components, applications, resources, templates, settings, etc.) into one file. Then be able to import that file to restore everything. Why We Need It Problem ...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Future consideration

About "Migration Toolkit for Application Binaries" Results

The execution results of the Migration Toolkit for Application Binaries are designed to display only one target class for items that can be addressed in bulk. For example, this behavior would occur if the recommended fix is to set a system propert...
about 1 year ago in App Runtime Tooling 0 Future consideration

Java 11 support for WAS ND

I'm working for an Insurance Group, currently responsible of the implementation of Guidewire Insurance suite (https://www.guidewire.com/products/insurancesuite), which is a World Class application developed in Java. We'd implemented the Guidewire ...
about 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration