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Add support for standard MIBs for SNMPv3

WAS 9 SNMPv3 capability is used for PMI exposure only, market standard MIBs are not used. We request to add support for standard MIBs to be used with external monitorizing tools, like PRTG
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Update the Technology Report to include Portlets

Today AMA/TA do not show Portlets in the technology report and it gives a false idea of all the technologies being used. Since tWAS still supports the technology it would be good to show that it is not supported in Liberty and not have to find out...
13 days ago in App Runtime Tooling Needs more information

Allow a transport to be excluded from the plug-in generation

To allow separation of applications on different thread pools (and associated transports), it would be useful to be able to specify which transport(s) propagate to the web server plug-in and which ones don't. Be it with some custom property or els...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

When using the Collectives , from the admin center screen have to ability to had ibm support and customer supported scripts used to admin the collective members.

This will bring a common place to execute scripts that will makes all the members of the collective. This will be beneficial to anyone team supporting member of a collective. IBM supplied and supported scripts would be listed . Allow a way to add ...
9 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Publish Application Modernization Accelerator in the Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog

Publishing Application Modernization Accelerator in the Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog streamlines Red Hat OpenShift deployment and support.
3 months ago in App Runtime Tooling Planned for future release

Ability for the plug in to leverage the sysplex distributor for the DDVIPA to determine when a systems is up

We currently have a case with IBM open on this and is effecting our production systems. If you reach out to me, i will share the case number. Not wanting to put that in the IDEA When shutting down an LPAR in a plex, and is removed by the TCPIP LEA...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

API for creating LTPA keys file

Liberty docs recommend to place the same ltpa.keys file to any liberty node reachable by your loadbalancer. For automated deployments, creation via Java API (liberty feature) is feasible. Please provide a feature (or extend PasswordUtilityies-1.0 ...
28 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Urgent Need for a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority

WebSphere Application Server users need a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority Category: Security, Auditing, and Compliance Executive Summary: The current WebSphere Application Server design allows users such a...
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Create more than 1 zip file while processing with the Discovery Tool

The Discovery Tool on TA/AMA may take days to run, depending on the number of applications in a WebSphere Cell. The resulting zip file may be too large to upload and process by the taserver pd/container thus resulting in an error, most likely an O...
17 days ago in App Runtime Tooling Planned for future release

Websphere liberty AES256 custom key in xml not secured

Issue Details From 26.0.0.3 Default key usage is removed from Liberty for usage along with securityUtility command for AES256 encoding of passwords New Solution delivered in 25.0.0.12 for appending our own custom AES key for encryption of password...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration