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The stopServer and startServer script and the wsadmin tool cannot handle passwords containing special charachters

When stopping and starting the WebSphere server, or when using the wsadmin tool the user would like to copy paste the password from their password store (for example Keepass). This is not working when the string contains special characters. To be ...
9 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase Under review

Add support for Apache Axis2 Web services to RAD

We would like to upgrade our Web service application(s) from Axis to Axis2 runtime however, RAD does not appear to support developing/deploying applications with Axis2 Web service runtime. Axis2 Web services is not new; almost expected it to alrea...
4 months ago in Heritage / Application Developer Submitted

Transformation advisor should be able to scan application for any WEB20 FEP implementation by application and make recommendations for Liberty

Transformation advisor should be able to scan application for any WEB20 FEP implementation by application and make recommendations for Liberty, in WEB20 FEP Rest implementation is based on Apache Wink and Applications developed using WEB20 FEP , r...
4 months ago in Transformation Advisor Submitted

Option to redirect to plugin documentation in DevOps Deploy

Currently, we have options to install or upgrade plugins from the DevOps Deploy Application settings page with "Installed plugins" and "Available plugins" tabs. But to view documentation it requires additional search on internet and couple of navi...
4 months 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 ...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Industry standard issue tracker for Rational Developer

Rational Developer (for i, z) is a great tool, and like all similar applications, RDi continually has a host of minor defects and possible enhancements. Opening an APAR with IBM for this sort of thing is overly complex and an antiquated sort of us...
over 4 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer Not under consideration

API ability to monitor version imports either globally or by component

Looking to be able to retrieve details of component imports (successful, failed and active) to enable automated checking of component import status
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review

WebSphere should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication

When configuring WebSphere for LDAP authentication, if you select "use SSL", this forces WebSphere to establish an LDAPS connection with the LDAP server (port 636 by default). This is an outdated mechanism. LDAP v3 defines the StartTLS extension, ...
about 9 years ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

Option to export components/applications without secrets or team mappings

Currently when exporting a component/application from a DevOps Deploy server, the created file contains secrets and team mappings. These secrets and team mappings can prevent import of the file to another server for different reasons. The secrets ...
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

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