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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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DevOps Deploy Plugin - F5 (BigIP)- Need a feature to Enable Health Monitor in F5 and Perform Health Monitor Check

DevOps Deploy Plugin - F5 (BigIP)- Need a feature to Enable Health Monitor in F5 and Perform Health Monitor Check
7 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Needs more information

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...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Under review

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...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Functionality already exists

Customize Remember Me option on login page

There is a remember me checkbox on the login page of Urbancode Deploy. If that option is not checked when logging in user gets logged out within 30 minutes. There are scenarios when user misses to check that option and then get logged out in betwe...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
almost 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

UCD Settings - Mainframe Pipeline Admin - Server Configuration - possibility to set different settings in Manage Security, like viewing the settings set. Now you are able to change them ALL!

We as Pipeline Admins as well as our Security department is interested in limiting the risk of people having to many privileges in UrbanCode Deploy. Today you see this if you toggle the Manage security setting on/off:Manage Security - gives you th...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4

Include requestor or requestor's group to cc line in email notification

We currently have the notification setup in UCD for approvers to receive notifications for approval on mail. These notifications sent to the approvers are sometimes missed out and requestor are not sure if the approvals are sent as they are not pa...
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Java 11 support for Websphere Traditional

When Guidewire had made the decision to upgrade from Java 8 to Java 11, The client of course looked at application server support for Java 11. What the client confirmed with IBM was that WebSphere Traditional would not be supporting Java 11. Given...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Improve error reporting for creating objects without teams

When a user tries to create an object within UrbanCode Deploy without permissions to view it after creation they get the following error template: User '$user' does not have $permission_name permission to a $object In the case where no teams are a...
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future 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