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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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Fix bug in UrbanCode Release that writes favicon.ico errors to logs

UrbanCode Release v6.2.5.1 has a bug that causes errors and associated java Exception stack traces to be written to the var/log/stdout and var/log/ucrelease.log when some http(s) interaction with the application can't resolve the favicon.ico file....
over 5 years ago in Heritage / Release 1 Future consideration

Email notification to distribution list at the place of induvial emails

Hi Team, We want to implement Email notification to the distribution list in urbancode Deploy at the place of induvial emails.
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Future consideration

Container-Image for Rational License Key Server

Provide a Container-Image for the Rational License Key Server to run in Kubernetes/OpenShift.The licensing files contains the MAC address from the server(s) where the RLKS runs. Until now it is not possible to specify a static MAC address for a PO...
almost 7 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

Enhance filtering in the dashboard

On the WSA dashboard, 'Servers' tab, the filter is by cell name, CVE, and WAS version only, my customer prefers to have filtered by server name as well.On the 'Notification configuration', there is no filter to choose under what criteria to send n...
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

Support FIPS 140-3 for z/OS

The IBMJCEPlusFIPS cryptography module was certified for FIPS 140-3 by NIST in August 2024 and is supported on most platforms (as mentioned in the Operational environments section) for production use in IBM SDK for Java 8.0.8.30 or later. The IBMJ...
9 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Planned for future release

Mass deployment of efixes

In the current system an efix can only be applied to a single virtual system. It is impossible to apply an efix on multiple systems or all systems in a cloud group or environment profile.
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Inform the owner of the reason for fixes

When an efix is applied to a virtual system the owner of the system is notified through mail. Sometimes these notices may be ignored, if it is a minor fix for instance.
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Connect in/out component should support additional network interfaces

Pattern development currently supports firewall configuration through the CONNECT IN/OUT component. This component does not support multiple network interfaces.
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Allow Agent Groovy management via UCD UI

Following the successful implementation of java management via the UCD UI, it would be good to also allow groovy to be upgraded via the UI for agents. We have recently found issues for groovy-3.0.10 compatibility with java 17, which means we can't...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

"Remember Repository" option in Clearquest Login for SSO authentication

With SSO authentication, "Remember User ID" saves login name but still require user intervention to select Repository in case there are multiple repositories. The requirement is to add another option "Remember Repository" so that users can logon t...
about 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration