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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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Deploy data sets to multiple target PDS

For deployment to production of our online load modules we have a situation where two different target PDS are involved, one for runtime (GITZ.PR2.ONLINE.LOAD)(and on for nightly deployments (GITZ.PR2.NEW.ONLINE.LOAD). When deploying to PR the use...
almost 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Planned for future release

Urbancode Deploy needs a plugin for z/API's

It will be very helpful to have a plugin available in Urbancode Deploy for deploying API's to various environments. Currently we deploy using z/OS Connect, API Connect and the Oracle Gateway. The scripts are made by our deployment team. It would ...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

To provide a 'relocate' function in Installation Manager

My client has a long history of using Installation Manager (IM) to set up WebSphere application servers (WAS). They take the IM default locations of 'Agent data location' and 'Shared resources directory.' Over the years, these directories have acc...
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Provision for Configure Automated Emailer for Audit Reports generation in PDF Format and Manual Export of Report in PDF

Provision for Configure Automated Emailer for Audit Reports generation in PDF Format and Manual Export of Report in PDF. Audit Team doesn’t accept the CSV based reports as those are editable so it would be better if the Audit Reports generation ha...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

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 This is an outdated mechanism.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, ...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Unified Reports should be filterable

To start, aware that there is a similar RFE (https://cloud-platform.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/RBF-I-31). The "solution" to that RFE (https://help.blueproddoc.com/rationaltest/rationaltestworkbench/10.5.1/docs/topics/rn_ui.html#whatsnew) lists a number o...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Test Hub 1 Under review

ClearQuest install should check for existence of dependent libraries and error or warn if they're not present

Our ClearQuest prerequisites mention this requirement, but the ClearQuest install is allowed to complete (without any error or warning), even when these dependent libraries are not present. This yields errors when running the product after the "su...
over 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Status of node is "Not synchronized" when TAI OIDC enabled on the admin console

Appears that node synchronization is not synchronizing user credentials when WAS ND is used with OIDC. There is a case (TS016344589) that outlines the detail of the issue and what has been done.
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Need WMB plug-in for ACE12 to deploy to ACE12 environments via UCD.

We've been using UCD WMB plug-in version 47 to deploy to IIB10 environments. Now we're migrating our interfaces to ACE12. The plug-in doesn't work for ACE12 deployment (attaching log while we're trying to deploy to ACE12 using the current plug-in)...
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 8 Functionality already exists

Provide the ability to assign "All Teams" to an object in UrbanCode Deploy

Our team uses UrbanCode Deploy for software deployments. However, we have several components and templates that are 'shared' among all users of the product. With current functionality, every team that wishes to consume one of these objects must be...
almost 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration