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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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Implementing Time-Based execution lock for Application processes

Hello Team, To control and restrict when an application process can be executed, we need to implement a time-based execution lock. This mechanism will allow the process to run only within a specified time window, ensuring it is executed only durin...
10 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Needs more information

SERVERWLM Support for z/OS Connect

In order to achieve high availability in z/OS Connect, the product documentation (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-connect/zosconnect/3.0?topic=availability-sysplex-distributor) recommends use of a DVIPA to distribute workload between multiple LPAR...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Integrate with DynaTrace for health data

Integrate with DynaTrace for health data
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 4 Not under consideration

WebSphere OpenID Connect Relying Party - Could you please add client_assertion as an authentication method?

Current Situation: We are using the IBM supplied replying party plugin with Microsoft Entra: Component name: OpenID Connect Relying Party TAITAI class name: com.ibm.ws.security.oidc.client.RelyingPartyVersion: 9.0 f5192405.01 This combination allo...
10 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Plugin for Snowflake

Developers at ICE Mortgage Technology are working on Suites team project to onboard on Snowflake. Since the developers use UrbanCode Deploy to deliver artifacts, they need a plugin for Snowflake.
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Needs more information

IM albd check should use alternative to NTLM

Installation Manager (IM) currently uses legacy NTLM authentication to check for clearcase server process (albd) credentials during installation on Windows.More and more customers disable NTLM in their environment which causes albd check to fail.T...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

Progress indicator for export activities in ClearQuest Web client

We are currently using ClearQuest Web version 10.0.6, with the server running on Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and backend databases hosted on SQL Server 2022. In the deprecated native ClearQuest Windows client, we ran queries and viewed the resul...
5 months ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Under review

Resurrect the IBM UrbanCode Deploy and Release Mobile App

In our environment, we had used the IBM UrbanCode Release and Deploy App and it was well received. Since it was retired, I receive contact feedback about how much of a "pain" it is for approvers to have to either log into UrbanCode Deploy to execu...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

Allow OutboundIp / Outbound Interface for IHS liberty plugin

General Description It is common for reverse proxies to use a specific outbound interface for communications to upstream, which is not the default route. IHS with the websphere plugin is the only reverse proxy which does not support this very comm...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Ability to create Snapshot without environment via Jenkins UCD plugin

We want to create a snapshot that only includes the components we are deploying, we don't want to include the components which are already deployed in the environment. Its helpful since now developers has to manually remove the unwanted components...
10 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review