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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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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 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Support JDBC 4.2 in WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5

WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5 supports Java SE 8. It should support JDBC 4.2 in accordance with specification of JSE 8 (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=337). However, the latest system requirement of WAS 8.5.5 only states support of JDBC up ...
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Adding Snapshot and Description of the deployment request process columns in the Reports- Deployment Detail

Our External audit team needs proof of deployments where they verify the snapshot deployed in QA environment of an application is the same deployed in Production environment. Also, we always input the change ticket number in the description sectio...
10 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2

Make Locks table usable for all

The locks table does not load for users if they lack certain read permissions. Being able to identify what's holding a lock is a useful function that should be more accessible to all. Instead of nothing loading, it would be better if at least a su...
about 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Not under consideration

Enable mpMetric feature out of the box

The current implementation of MoRE does not implement the mpMetrics feature for the Liberty servers. Therefore there is no way to get performance metrics from the Liberty servers so the customers are basically "blind" regarding the performance met...
5 months ago in Modernized Runtime Extension for Java 1 Future consideration

increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

Improve SystemD Integration

When a WebSphere Traditional service such as a node agent running as a SystemD service is restarted or stopped through the admin console, SystemD is not leveraged in this process meaning when the original node agent process is stopped, SystemD con...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

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 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Provide mTLS support in web utilities plugin for REST HTTP calls

currently web utilities plugin supports basic authentication only for HTTP calls and this does not meet our security standards for automation.
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Planned for future release

Create documentation for UCD plugins for z/OS

The documentation of the UCD plugins for z/OS is very poor, so we need to create our processes on try-and-error basis. The videos placed on the community are very good but, the plugins should have its own complete documentation, otherwise we are p...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration