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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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Support alternative server name to defaultServer using Liberty docker images

At present, the server name for IBM provided containers are 'defaultServer'. When using Liberty containers with WebSphere Automation, this 'defaultServer' name is reported. We would like to override this 'defaultServer' name to set it to a value t...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

Implement CICS virtualization to Rational Test Automation Server

Mainframe customers need this capability. Without this capability, mainframe customers will not look at RTAS
almost 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 2 Future consideration

To support AES-256 password encryption in traditional WebSphere

As per this link https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was/9.0.5?topic=files-encrypting-passwords-by-using-aes , WAS only supports AES-128 encryption. My customer's security standard requires AES-256 at the minimum.
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

RIT Database DB2 Mutual SSL / Certificate Authentication

When defining a database connection in Physical View for a z/OS DB2 database, it's currently not possible to configure Mutual SSL / Certificate Authentication as described for example on this page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=sudsdj...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Workbench 1 Future consideration

Remove the compromised ciphers from the Strong list in the Cipher suite settings for SSL

Some of the Cipher Suites in the Strong group are not "strong" anymore as have been compromised by attacks like "ROBOT". We think that they should not be included as default as "Strong" ciber-suites.
about 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

UrbanCode Deploy to Support Multi-Component Installs In a Specific Order (Where All Components in an Application Share the same Tag) Based on Snapshot Details

UrbanCode Deploy currently supports installing a component with multiple versions in a specific order based on the order that the versions are added to the component in a snapshot. However, UrbanCode Deploy doesn't support installing multiple comp...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Validating the contents of /var/plugins in agent directory by the UCD server

The contents of /var/plugins in agent directory need to be tracked as it is verifying only directory names not the file size or modifications by end-user or modifications using any process. It needs to be tracked and validated before every deploym...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 0 Future consideration

Improve support for migration of UCD objects across instances

Tools team is currently supporting active development of UCD processes for several hundred applications. We would like to manage and deploy UCD objects using standard automated development practices. Unfortunately, the available processes are inco...
over 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Application Process Properties set with Environment Variabes

We would like to allow application process properties to be set based on environments.
over 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

IBM GPFS pattern type makes use of proprietary GPFS wrappers with a defect

The GPFS pattern type version 1.2.10.0 will only use the GPFS wrappers included with the GPFS product in the next release of the GPFS pattern type. Today, GPFS pattern type 1.2.10.0, automatically deployed with two sets of GPFS wrappers. The ones ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration