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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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Add funtionality to Liberty so Handling of WAR manifest class paths is the same between tWAS and Liberty Deployments

Useful for anyone trying to migrate from tWAS to Liberty using ear files with mainfest class path outside WAR. Behavior difference between WAS traditional and Liberty regarding the handling of WAR manifest class paths. In WAS traditional, class pa...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

Add ability to add custom group names to filtering capability

We are very interested in using WebSphere Automation, however, the problem is we have over 500 WAS servers across 63 distinct WebSphere cells. We must have the ability to filter/group servers by a custom group name to be able to segregate servers ...
17 days ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Submitted

Eclipse 4.32 support for ClearCase 10.0.1.x

The customer is one of the biggest WAS customer in Japan, having over 40,000PVUs inventory. They uses ClearCase 10.0.1.0 for SCM. To upgrade Java IDE, they plan to use Eclipse 4.32 and IBM Liberty Developer Tools. But now, ClearCase 10.0.1.0 - 10....
about 2 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Planned for future release

Including Installation Manager updates

When patching WebSphere environments with Installation Manager there is an option to check for IM updates, there doesn't appear to be an option for that in WSA. It would be beneficial to have the option to update the Installation Manager software ...
2 months ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

CVEs page also displaying associated PH

The PH fix or fixpack information isn't displayed until a person clicks on a particular CVE from the CVEs page, then selects a server to fix, clicks on "Prepare Fixes", select either Fix or Fixpack and then it is displayed what will be installed. ...
2 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow multiple CVE fixes

As part of the installing the fix process on WebSphere Automation, the server is restarted after the fixpack is applied. When you have multiple CVEs to apply, the servers are restarting a lot and sometimes that takes more time waiting for the rest...
2 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Enabling Bottleneck Detection Metric in Insights Dashboard of DevOps Velocity

According to the documentation provided by IBM https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/devops-velocity/5.0.x?topic=bar-bottleneck-detection , the Bottleneck Detection metric helps highlight points in the value stream where work is slowing down, allowing us to...
about 1 month ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 1 Needs more information

AES256 product enhancement for twas on password encoding

twas 8.5.5 and twas 9 doesnt have support for AES-256 encryption of passwords. Presently supports only AES-128 encryption. Need help to enhance this password encryption/encoding of AES to 256 bits/keylength. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was/9.0.5?t...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Improve RHEL 8 lifecycle support on Cloud Pak System

We are not in a position to get a RHEL 8.x minor release rolled out at scale within the 2 years of EUS provided by Red Hat (please also refer to the uploaded diagram: IBM CPS – RHEL 8 lifecycle challenge.pdf): - Red Hat provides 2 years of EUS (ex...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 2 Planned for future release

Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing these fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updating to each application server on that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signi...
6 months ago in WebSphere Automation 3 Not under consideration