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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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IBM SDK v8 support for Apple Mac OS (M1 and M2 processors) to support developing J2EE applications on Apple Mac OS.

There are a lot of different WebSphere Application Server stack-products available for which all need to be running on IBM SDK v8 when using the traditional application server. More and more J2EE developers moving to Apple Mac OS, for which the ha...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Notification Scheme cannot be customized per Application or Environment when using Templates

We utilize Application Templates to enforce rules/environments etc... A notification scheme is selected in the template configuration but once an application is created from the template, the selected scheme is locked down and a different scheme c...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Integrate RBAC support directly into Design Room One

Currently in order to have RBAC support and Active Directory integration for Design Room One you need to integrate it with the Keycloak application. That means additional installation and ongoing maintenance overhead to get Design Room One up and ...
over 1 year ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Not under consideration

LIBERTY and configuration validation when starting

1)Liberty read configuration from server.xmlBut if it exists bad configuration it will start without any fatal errors. (ignore the xml that liberty does not understand)It is a kind of “best effort” starting that I do not want.I prefer that It does...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

checkvob should detect corrupted containers

Add a checkvob option to scan the VOB for corrupted source container. That option will prevent critical situation such as multisite replication stuck because of corrupted container. Currently the only way is to open all files until an error is pro...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

pluginConfiguration - functionality to change the LogLevel during plugin generation

We are running Liberty z/OS and we would like to set the Loglevel in logs/state/plugin-cfg.xml file https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/zos?topic=SS7K4U_liberty/com.ibm.websphere.liberty.autogen.nd.doc/ae/rwlp_config_pluginConfiguration.html p...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

Rational Synergy Software for Solaris

Rational Synergy Software support for Solaris,at least a client package for Solaris is needed
almost 4 years ago in Rational Other / Synergy 3 Not under consideration

"Quality of Protection (QoP) settings" display box leads to security breaches

The SSL Quality of Protection (QoP) settings (SSL certificate and key management > SSL configuration > NodeDefaultSSLSettings) panel is particularly frustrating to use and leads to security breaches 1- The list of available ciphers is contai...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Dynatrace UCV Integration

Dynatrace monitoring is effective for enterprise applications and provides a centralized dashboard view for the applications. UCV integration to Dynatrace can add more details/specifics to Dynatrace server to populate the reports/dashboards in muc...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 3 Future consideration

Support java 11 Websphere Express(8.5.5.x)/Base(9.0.5.x) WebEnablement on IBM i

As currently announced by IBM Websphere Express(8.5.5.x)/Base(9.0.5.x) are supported at least until 2030 and there is no EOS announced after 2030. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&l...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration