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Message (E suffix) Route to z/OS system log

Team, We need our automation to capture the errors which happen during z/OS Connect startup. Current Liberty option enableLogToMVS="true" is unable to route the error messages to z/OS system log if the failure occurs at startup. It would be nice i...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Allow multiple roles to be selected in the 'Required Role' dropdown box against Application Processes

As administrators of UrbanCode Deploy, we would like to propose an enhancement to the Application Process configuration. Currently, the 'Required Role' dropdown box allows us to select only one role to restrict access to running a particular Appli...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

WebSphere ND Primary FID (wasinternaluser) should disable in console (not from backend)

We are the internal WebSphere ND engineering team at Citi, responsible for automating end-to-end installations across the global Citi network, encompassing over 10,000 servers. Approximately one year ago, Citi's security team raised concerns regar...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

To support z/OS Liberty container in z/OS Container Platform (zOSCP)

My client is evaluating the feasibility of modernizing his traditional WebSphere on z/OS applications to run in WebSphere Liberty servers. Each application has numerous customized security profiles in RACF, and it is desirable to reuse these profi...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Database Schema Documentation

Documentation on the database schema should be available from the support site.
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

Add the ability to install Quarterly Fixpacks to the menu choices in the WebSphere Automation tool.

90% of our application maintenance activities are updating WebSphere products via Fixpack upgrade. We do not install fixes unless there is the rare emergency. So the product does not provide enough bandwidth to be considered as a viable new produc...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation Not under consideration

Customize Remember Me option on login page

There is a remember me checkbox on the login page of Urbancode Deploy. If that option is not checked when logging in user gets logged out within 30 minutes. There are scenarios when user misses to check that option and then get logged out in betwe...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

API to manage Maintenance Mode

We have the ability to create blackouts within UCD as part of the API offering. When setting a blackout period maintenance mode is automatically enabled, however when the blackout ends the maintenance mode is left on. I agree with this approach in...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Functionality already exists

Retain sorting of resource properties in batch mode as is selected in table mode

Retain sorting of resource properties in batch mode as is selected in table mode or make alphabetical ascending sort as default, to match the behavior in versions prior 7.x.
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration