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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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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

Make IIS Config & IIS AppCmd plugins compatible with each other

We are using IIS Configuration plug in version 10.918427 to auto discover our IIS WebServer properties. We are also using IIS AppCmd 2.423623 for deployments. There are several process steps in the AppCmd plug in that have a default Command Path s...
almost 6 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 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...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 5 Not under consideration

BPM Plugin Generate Offline Package Step fails if Snapshot exists

BPM plugin step Generate Offline Package only works if the snapshot doesn't exist in process center. We'd like to Generate Offline Package to store existing snapshots in UCD even if the snapshot DOES exist in process center.this is not possible wi...
almost 6 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

web applications within an EAR should be treated as single entities with regards to changes

If I make changes to a web application that is contained within an EAR the Liberty profile will consider that as a change on the EAR level instead of the web application level and restart the entire EAR instead of the affected ServletContext.This ...
almost 12 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Request information on stereotype keywords

Request info on all available stereotype keywords (like abstract, frequent, ...) and their meaning.
almost 6 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Functionality already exists

ClearCase on SLES15 should use libncurses.so.6

ClearCase on SLES15 should use libncurses.so.6 Request that ClearCase 9.0.1.x do not require 'legacy' files from the OS but use the OS files which exist per default in newer OS versions.
almost 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

Liberty Act Spec with destinationRef using reference to App context variable

Trying to set an MDB with an activation specification that references a JMS Destination Definition that is set in the application does not work. The issue appears to be the server.xml configuration is trying to do the lookup before the application...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 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 ...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 3 Not under consideration

Monitor java heap of Rational Change.

I want to know how i can check for java heap memory usage at rational change, i can check it through GUI as shown in attached screen shot, but i want to check it through command line interface. This is required for monitoring activities at new ser...
about 6 years ago in Rational Other / Change 5 Not under consideration