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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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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 ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Use alternate mechanism to call ClearCase from the cmi_migrate.pl script.

The current CMI migration script repetively calls the "cleartool" command to perform operations. In environments where process creation or license checks are "expensive" in terms of time, this has a significant negative impact on migration speed/p...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

cmi_migrate.pl script should gracefully handle ClearCase MultiSite environments

Reason: Migration to CMI fails if the branch/brtype of the version to be associated with the task is not locally mastered. Check mastership of a given version's branch and skip migration/association if the version is mastered remotely. At the end ...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Under review

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.
over 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
about 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

Database Schema Documentation

Documentation on the database schema should be available from the support site.
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Not under consideration

Add the ability to install Quarterly Fixpacks to the menu choices in the WebSphere Automation tool.

90% of our application maintenance activities are updating WebSphere products via Fixpack upgrade. We do not install fixes unless there is the rare emergency. So the product does not provide enough bandwidth to be considered as a viable new produc...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 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...
about 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

GitHub App integration with IBM Urbancode deploy

We are trying to use GitHub App ( documentation link https://docs.github.com/en/apps/creating-github-apps/authenticating-with-a-github-app/about-authentication-with-a-github-app ) , As a way to authenticate and clone any source code from GitHub re...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 7 Under review