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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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Search Z Artifact should support case-sensitive search

We are trying to set up a CI/CD pipeline for supporting “old traditional” mainframe development and then use UCD as a deployment manager. Our z/OS developers are used to be able to easy see the inventory in our different environments (several dev ...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Delivered

Search Z Artifact should support wild card search

We are trying to set up a CI/CD pipeline for supporting “old traditional” mainframe development and then use UCD as a deployment manager. Our z/OS developers are used to be able to easy see the inventory in our different environments (several deve...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered

Search Z Artifact should have better Mainframe support

We are trying to set up a CI/CD pipeline for supporting “old traditional” mainframe development and then use UCD as a deployment manager. Our z/OS developers are used to be able to easy see the inventory in our different environments (several deve...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered

Limit the number of retries after a 503 on PlugIn

Plugin re-tries on 503 error code is equal to the number of jvms in a cluster. We have huge cluster with more than 50 jvms. We want to limit the number of re-tries which plugin attempts on 503. Need a setting to define the limit on the number of r...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Delivered

Scheduled System Blackouts

Enable a system wide capability to schedule a blackout period, either one-time (ad-hoc) or scheduled. This could only be performed by the designated system administrtors. As was mentioned RFE 129169, it is extremely tedious to currently do this at...
over 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Delivered

Search Z Artifact should support a cross-Application search capability

We are trying to set up a CI/CD pipeline for supporting “old traditional” mainframe development and then use UCD as a deployment manager. Our z/OS developers are used to be able to easy see the inventory in our different environments (several dev ...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered

Requesting a new deployment in UCD 7 requires too many steps

We are upgrading from UCD 6.2 to 7.1. We are getting used to the new interface but there are a couple of changes that we find hinder our ability to use the interface. This bug is for the request for a deployment. Requesting a deployment now takes ...
over 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Delivered

WSA to download patches to NAS/SAN disk and mount the volume to the managed host during patch deployment

WSA downloads the FixPacks to the "/home/wasadmin/.wsa/fixes" file system. My customer encounters a problem with 8.5.5 FP023. The size of FP is 6GB, and there is not enough space to download it. The customer's AIX admin set a limit to the size of ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 2 Delivered

Support WebSphere Automation install on an OpenShift FIPS Enabled Cluster

HCSC and many other customers that work with the government or other entities that work with the government are required to follow FEDRAMP standard. FIPS is a key part of FEDRAMP standard. When an OpenShift Cluster is created, these customers are ...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Update "Git Source Control" Plugin to use Sparse Clone for Component version creation

Currently the plugin will clone an entire repository regardless if the include/exclude parameters when creating a new component version. This means that the the entire repository is cloned to the agent directory before then making use of the inclu...
almost 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 4 Delivered