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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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Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

Create documentation for UCD plugins for z/OS

The documentation of the UCD plugins for z/OS is very poor, so we need to create our processes on try-and-error basis. The videos placed on the community are very good but, the plugins should have its own complete documentation, otherwise we are p...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Allow remote source when debugging in RDi

Provide the ability for a system definition in RDi to reference another system for source code. A possible implementation would be to associate a debug configuration with a system definition.
over 5 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Additional properties for the UrbanCode git plugin

We need to have more customization in our git config and would like to be able to configure that through the component properties on our git components.
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Planned for future release

Need WMB plug-in for ACE12 to deploy to ACE12 environments via UCD.

We've been using UCD WMB plug-in version 47 to deploy to IIB10 environments. Now we're migrating our interfaces to ACE12. The plug-in doesn't work for ACE12 deployment (attaching log while we're trying to deploy to ACE12 using the current plug-in)...
over 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 8 Functionality already exists

Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Extra check before deleting important instances

Extra check before deleting important instances PureApplication has the ability to deploy a full blown complex environment across PureApplication Systems.Before deleting an instance the PureApplication user is prompted for a dialog to 'Delete' or ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Not under consideration

Optional Description Parameter for buztool

Hello IBM DevOps Deploy Team, We would like to propose a small enhancement to the buztool tool. Currently, when creating a component version with buztool, there is no option to set the version description at creation time. It would be very useful ...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

Adaptive Connection Pool Throttling based on Latency

In high-load environments, when a backend resource (like a JMS) starts slowing down, the standard behavior of a connection pool is to open more connections to handle the queue, up to the maxPoolSize. This often creates a "death spiral" where the i...
6 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Not under consideration

Implementing a Zero Downtime Upgrade Mechanism for IBM Services

Currently, IBM’s upgrade process for certain services requires downtime, even in high-availability (HA) setups, due to shared database and filesystem dependencies. This limitation affects critical business operations, leading to potential service ...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Future consideration