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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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Currently Jira plugin is not supporting for Jira version 9 and above

Hello, Urbancode deploy Jira plugin which has been used to automate Jira ticket creation/updation using UCD pipeline. The plugin has stopped working ever since the Jira was upgraded from v8.20 to v9.4.7. The plugin is essential for teams that they...
9 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 4 Delivered

Automation for Code to model synchronization should accept absolute TC path

There is very usefull feature called Code to model synchronization which allows modification of generated code and applying the change to model files. There is an option to automate synchronization using ANT task, more detalis here: https://rtist....

WSA to download patches to NAS/SAN disk and mount the volume to the managed host during patch deployment

WSA downloads the FixPacks to the "/home/wasadmin/.wsa/fixes" file system. My customer encounters a problem with 8.5.5 FP023. The size of FP is 6GB, and there is not enough space to download it. The customer's AIX admin set a limit to the size of ...
9 months ago in WebSphere Automation 2 Delivered

Build Forge V8.0 comatibility with Windows 2022

We would like to install and run BuildForge on Windows Server 2022 from January 2024. Currently, Windows Server 2019 is the only supported OS, but can we ask that Windows Server 2022 be supported by the end of December 2023?
11 months ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 3 Delivered

Changing the behavior of the Download option under Attachment tab

Need to change the behavior of the Download option under Attachment tab as explained in the expected behavior below. Current behavior:1. Open a Record2. Click the attachment tab3. Without modifying the record, click on the attachments. 4. Download...
11 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Delivered

API to return deployment results based on date deployment processes execute

We are looking to push deployment details into our observability platform. We noticed a difference in the deployment counts between the UrbanCode Deploy UI deployment report and the REST API call /cli/applicationProcessRequest?startedAfter... I op...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered

Would like auto mount of VOBs for AIX (as already available on Linux)

The following technote is describing the possibility to have automount of VOBs, on Linux : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/automounting-clearcase-vobs We would like to have the same kind of functionnality for AIX
11 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Delivered

Allow custom location for WAS backups

At the moment backups are stored in ~/.wsa/backups . This is not a safe default - if the directory for the home user is on a small disk, there is risk that the disk will fill up or the backup would fail. The backup location should be customizeable...
11 months ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Agent unavailable status for online agents to allow for controlled agent shut down

At the moment we need to check if an agent is licenced before stopping it to ensure there are no active deployments, often having to remove agents from agent pools to ensure no further deployments start. This idea is to be able to "wind down" an a...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 8 Delivered

Source config plugin with Identity token varaiable for Artifactory

Currently we are authenticating Artifactory using API key, we need to start transitioning to the use of Identity Tokens before end of Q3 2023 as this is a new feature by Artifactory team. So we need our source config plugin to have Identity token ...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered