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

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Need to have Smart Card support restored for Rational Performance Tester

Beyond versions 9.5, smart card support was removed from the products due to a transition with the underlying JRE. Support for Smart Cards remains a requirement for US government clients and should be restored as quickly as possible.
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 3 Not under consideration

Java 8.0 with 64 bit support for Rational Synergy and Rational Change

Our customer ITZ Bund is asking for Java 8.0 with 64 bit support for Rational Synergy and Rational Change.
about 5 years ago in Rational Other / Change 5 Not under consideration

adding surgeThreshold and SurgeCreationgInterval attributes to connectionManager element for WebSphere Liberty Profile

In WebSphere Libery Profile, we need surgeThreshold and surgeCreationgInterval attributes like WebSphere Traditional. This attributes are clearly defined on KC for WebSphere Traditional.http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.i...
almost 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Create wsadmin task to get the “Management scope” for a given key store

Working on following the IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x STIG 1.0 Checklist Details https://nvd.nist.gov/ncp/checklist/872 to secure our deployment of WebSphere Application Server V 8.5. The STIG guide is noted at V9.x; however all of the STIGs are...
about 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

3th party Hardware Cryptographic Cards supported by the IBMPKCS11Impl crypto provider

We need to register vehicles @ RDW. The RDW is the organization that provides the registration of motor vehicles in the Netherlands, https://www.rdw.nl.This is done with the Certificate of Conformity which needs to be delivered in a digital way.To...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Alter the metrics.ear app to show metrics per instance in zOS WAS ND

Hi, We use WebSphere AS ND in zOS platform. In version 9.0.5, it comes with a metrics.ear app to expose metrics in prometheus format. The problem is that if we have multiple WAS instances configured, it sums up the metrics and in that case we cant...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

The GIT Source configuration message should enable saving the Commit message as a version property of the component

Commit messages provide a lot of information describing the given version. They may contain error keys and new functionalities, business descriptions of changes and so on. Currently, this data is lost during import to UCDImporting commit messages ...
over 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

WASPreUpgrade + WASPostUpgrade take days to run when processing large files

WASPreUpgrade and WASPostUpgrade allows a migration between two WAS versions, e.g. 8.0 to 9.0 or 8.5 to 9.0. The WASPreUpgrade process effectively exports the data from the original profile. The WASPostUpgrade effectively imports the data from the...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Migration Toolkits 2 Not under consideration

RTC work item mapping menu needs improvement

The Release Mappings menu for the RTC integration with Release could use a lot of improvement. Currently the mappings section is hard to use and unclear once a mapping selection has been made. The Mappings seem to be very slow to load when there a...
about 8 years ago in UrbanCode / Release 2 Not under consideration

Proactive Toxic combination validation

Hello Team, User level validation while adding to roles to avoid toxic combination proactively Example User1 is part of platoform Mgr role, So user1 should never be part of deployer role. Can we have the check in place while adding the toxic roles...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Not under consideration