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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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Provide a shared service for Flexera FNMS (as an alternative for BigFix/IBM Endpoint Manager Service)

Since v2.3.3.2 of Cloud Pak System, BigFix entitlement is no longer included. Our organization is transitioning to Flexera FNMS (FlexNet Manager Suite), an IBM-certified alternative to BigFix/ILMT as described here (https://www.flexera.com/blog/i...
about 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration

SOAP Call (JAX-WS) with LTPA from Liberty

We need support for LTPA when calling a SOAP Service from an application running on Liberty (please see use case below).
about 9 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

RTAS Installation with No-Cluster Admin

RTAS installation in Openshift requires Cluster Admin rights and this permission is not possible for a organization using Openshift platform with a multi-tenant topology Requiring a Cluster Admin for installation of the product is not possible sin...
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 0 Future consideration

Evaluation of snapshot status in the application process

Hello all, we would like to use the functionality of the snapshot state, but unfortunately we did not find any support in the application process for this state. Based on the snapshot state, the application process would decide what to process. Wo...
6 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Needs more information

Keep preferences when moving databases to new location when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to move a database to a new location in the file system while keeping all existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by ex...
over 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Keep preferences when renaming user when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to rename the ID of users while keeping their existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by a combination of setting the "...
over 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Liberty on z/OS - Reduce the size of the SMF 120 subtype 11 User Data section when there is only 1

Today the SMF 120 subtype 11 record is approximately 630 bytes. When a customer or program product writes to the User Data section then the record grows in size by 4.5x as the User Data section has a fixed length of 2048 bytes regardless of how mu...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

SELinux support for DevOps Deploy (formally known as UrbanCode Deploy)

Currently, DevOps Deploy v8.0.0.1.1164713, on RHEL 8.8, with SELinux status set to enforcing mode. The DevOps Deploy does not run in a "confined" context, currently running in the "unconfined_service_t" context. Please add SELinux support.
6 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Needs more information

if artifact version associated with snapshot is listed, it will be easier for cleaning artifacts

To troubleshoot why some artifacts are not getting cleaned up
about 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Needs more information

add comment to ucv gatekeeping email that say click on version url

current email has 2 urls and the one for gatekeepers need to access is version url. So it would be nice to let recipients of email know which link to access
about 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 3 Future consideration