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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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    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

    [Liberty Server] Two Phase Commit support for WOLA to IMS/CICS

    Similar to what happen in WebSPhere Applicaiton server, we ask the introduction on Liberty the two phase commit support, for the WOLA channel outbout call to IMS/CICS.
    over 9 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

    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

    Support custom Eclipse options in ClearCase help browser spawned by cleartool man or the "online help" option on Windows.

    In the current releases, cleartool man on windows spawns CTE... If the host is impacted by Eclipse issue https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/issues/1704 The help pages will not display correctly, possibly losing the table of co...
    4 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Submitted

    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

    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

    Getting Peak License Usage

    We are occasionally asked to report our “peak” license usage. This has historically been difficult to determine because there is no persistent history tracking agent license consumption. While there is a high watermark metric (via getHighWatermark...
    5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

    Enable Stdout Protection – to prevent log files from being overwritten during server startups

    We identified the following file, which is overwritten whenever the server is restarted: /opt/IBM/devops_deploy/server/var/log/stdout This file contains information that differs from deployserver.out and is valuable for debugging purposes. Current...
    5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Functionality already exists

    Create Generic Process Step for Locking Snapshots

    This request is to create a generic process that can lock a snapshot (versions and configuration) on a particular application. As a requirement for audit, all production deployments must lock their snapshot before deploying. Using an orchestration...
    about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2

    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

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