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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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For WebSphere Application Server to support LDAP Channel Binding for end user authenticaion

Using Enble the LDAP Channel binding will help us to end user authention in IBM Websherer Application Server and its proves more secure in centralized authentication mechanism.
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Github Copilot Integration with Rational Application Developer

Our organization has been leveraging Github Copilot (a subset of Microsoft 365 Copilot) integration with other IDE's to great affect. We would leverage a similar tool that helps write in-line code and comments, testing, and minimizes reading docum...
5 months ago in Heritage / Application Developer 0 Under review

Deployment of HA DMGR in AWS using Application Load Balancers instead of On-demand routers

It is useful for the customer that is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod they have an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. They have the request of having ...
6 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Deployment Manager DR strategy on AWS through AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

It is useful since the customer is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod there is an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. Therefore to follow recommended DR f...
6 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Not under consideration

ClearCase compatibility with Azure AD

a. How from Architectural perspective Azure AD joined devices are not supported (since it is the future)? From a technical point of view, it is actually not currently possible to do this on Windows hosts because Azure AD is not backward compatibl...
over 3 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

ClearCase report builder should return to ClearCase 9.1

The clearcase report builder was removed from ClearCase in version 9.1. The report builder provides unique visibility into what is happening in the ClearCase environment.
about 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Liberty zOS SAF delegation switch

In WAS z/OS traditional cells, we are using the paramters: com.ibm.security.SAF.authorization = false and com.ibm.security.SAF.delegation = false.The developers use the application-bnd.xml files to map J2EE roles to a bind-able referenced role in ...
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Enable Liberty installables download through FixCentral API's

To fully automate(unmanned) Liberty software build pipelines to (1) check latest release versions and (2) download it through FixCentral, we wanted FixCentral download feature to be made available through API's, something like hosting them on deve...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Functionality already exists

Custom filtering or grouping of systems

Provide custom filtering of systems so they can be grouped as business needs or organizational needs dictate.(
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Add option to filter out "Not Started" and "Precondition Failed" steps from log

We have deployment processes that support alot of different types of deployment types while the incremental packages being installed dont always containing all of those types. This leads to alot of "Not Started" and "Precondition Failed" steps cro...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Under review