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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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SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP

Background, this is for IBM Connections customers using SAML. Currently, when SAML customers try to logout of Conncetions they can't because SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP. . Find ,spec here section 4.3 of http://docs.o...
about 12 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under 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 ...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Custom filtering or grouping of systems

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

SPNEGO / Kerberos across multiple Liberty instances

Our environment is working this way:There are several different host server (Windows) which are hosting the applications:Host A (JTS, RDNG, RQM), Host B (RTC), Host C (JTS_Lic, Licenses, JRS, DW, ..) All applications are running in different profi...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Crystal Reports and "Print Record" button functionality in ClearQuest 9.1.0 64-bit client

As a follow up to case number TS004629636, we would like to submit the following Request for Enhancement. Our organization primarily uses the native 'ClearQuest for Windows' client. We use the "CrystalReportsRuntimeForRational.msi" and the 32-bit ...
over 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

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 ...
about 2 years 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. ...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Not under consideration

Expose or change CritRsctProtMethod in RSCT/TSA for Db2 HADR deployments

When deploying Db2 HADR on PureApplication, IBM TSA automatically gets installed and setup to handle the automatic failover of Db2. TSA is built on RSCT, which is configured with a recommended/default CritRsctProtMethod of 3. This default ensures ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Use firewalld in RHEL7 Core OS

In RHEL 7 firewalld is the preferred firewall solution. In the current CoreOS images for RHEL7 iptables is still in use. Please change the CoreOS (and all scripting that depends on this) to use firewalld instead off iptables. This statement could ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration