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Pinned ideas

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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UUCD 7 UI has a lot of white space and less information can fit in a window

We're updating from UCD 6.2 to 7.1. The UI has changed a lot and we are still getting used to it, but there are a few things worth mentioning. In this case it's about how much information can fit in a window. Not as much as in 6.2! I think the wor...
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Enable Logging Throttling within Quarkus as a documented option similar to OpenLiberty

This business case argues for the value of implementing excessive logging with throttling as a control mechanism, highlighting the benefits of improved visibility, enhanced security, and optimized resource management, ultimately leading to cost sa...

Allow Multiple Application & Environment Selection in Deployment Reports

Current Limitation In UrbanCode Deploy, the Deployment Details Report currently allows selecting only one application at a time. The same limitation applies to environment selection. This makes it difficult to generate consolidated deployment insi...
9 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5

IBM DevOps Deploy – Active/Active (A/A) Database Cleanup Support

1. Current Product Behavior Limits Active/Active Operations IBM DevOps Deploy supports High Availability through clustered application servers sharing a common database and file system. However, in practice, the product’s internal maintenance and ...
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review

WASPreUpgrade command allowed on the same version

Currently the WASPreUpgrade command is not allowed on the same version, so we must have two different versions installed on the same server or IBM i and run the command from the new version, entering the old version as a parameter. In scenarios of...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Migration Toolkits 2 Submitted

Host an IBM-per-Customer Maven-Repository to download the WLP license files

Currently, downloading the WLP license files (base/core) requires manual steps: Logging in to IBM Browsing through Download Central Clicking through a set of sites Downloading the license Verifying the signature Re-Uploading to our internal reposi...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

Extend IBM DevOps deploy Vault integration to support multiple vault environments(Specifically Open Source)

IBM DevOps Deploy (UCD )is currently able to integrate with enterprise harshicorp vault instance for secret retrieval during deployment. This integration is functional and in active use for the pipelines. However, our Organization operates on a Op...
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

Extend Compact Agents to AIX

Managing Agents and keeping them up-to-date is hard when requirements change (like switch from Java 8 to 11). So central management of Java versions for Agents without impacting Java installations used by other applications is an essential feature...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future 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 9 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration