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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 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...
about 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Delivered

possibility to use a cipher other than SHA1 by encrypting the backup

There are some limitations with regard to private key used with the backup and restore process. The private key file uploaded must be a PEM encoded private key. The maximum key size allowed is 8192 bits.Currently private key is expected to be a SH...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Delivered

Agent unavailable status for online agents to allow for controlled agent shut down

At the moment we need to check if an agent is licenced before stopping it to ensure there are no active deployments, often having to remove agents from agent pools to ensure no further deployments start. This idea is to be able to "wind down" an a...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 8 Delivered

Provide Daily Log File Handler for WebSphere Liberty Profile

Many customers have a need to perform a daily rollover of their logfiles (and archive them on a daily basis). So far this is not available out-of-the-box with WebSphere Liberty Profile. It would be great if we would have/implement a solution in th...
about 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Delivered

Certificate Filter should allow access to the Subject Alternative Name fields

Hi We deployed certificate based authentication to work with IBM Rational CLM products to support Federal mandate (2F Authentication using smart card know as PIV). From past few years this solution worked with no issues. However, VA is migrating i...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 4 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 ...
about 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...
about 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...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Delivered

Support newer versions of WebSpheer Application Server and Java on Cloud Pak System

Latest version of the WebSphere Application Server pattern type is v2.3.3.4 (see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system-maintenance-and-integrated-components-ibm-cloud-pak-system-version-2335). This version was released on 6th May 2022 and suppo...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 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 ...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Delivered