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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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In multi-user scenario, running UI test in a VU schedule), need an alternative similar to Selenium sendkeys methodology

Running UI Tests in (RPT) VU Schedules to accomplish load test needs. Specific tests include Navigation Actions on Windows dialogs (like Open/Save/etc.) Need a way to maintain proper focus, to select the proper dialog when there are multiple insta...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration

Need ability to disable iiopPort

We are using a feature that pulls in ejbRemote-3.2 but are not using any of the functionality that ejbRemote-3.2 provides. ejbRemote-3.2 opens up a non-secure IIOP listener on port 2809. We need to disable all non-secure ports in this environment,...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Change the license type

To avoid UCD outages (what means no deployments anywhere) during license key server downtime even when LKS has HA redundant server configuration (while license servers may be kept by different team and had downtime issues), the UCD licenses should...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

RTAS Installation for RHEL

Rational Test Automation Server installation type has been changed from physical machine ways to containerized type and we have only two types as of now 1. Openshift Containerized2. Ubuntu K3S We are currently looking for RHEL K3S type of installa...
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 2 Not under consideration

Include embedded products: BAW and ODM

I like the automation feature but it is incomplete without the embedded products. For eg, I cannot use its features on WebSphere that is underneath the BAW or ODM products. So far, I have discovered that even WAS that is installed as part of the p...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Add ICSF Use Count to SMF 123 records

Add the ICSF use count (ICSF*CRYPTO*INSTRUCTONS*COUNT) to the SMF123 records for z/OS Connect EE API counts. This is important to track the impact of requestor configurations like "idletimeout" values on the number of calls to the ICSF service whe...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

JPA warning message

The warning message is appearing frequently and it costs I/O and performance for the servers. CWWJP9991W: openjpa.Runtime: Warn: The property "openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary=disableAlterSeqenceIncrementBy" is set to true. Is it possible to avoid them? ...
about 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Impersonation deployment issue due to wrong onwership on work directory

Impersonation deployments are failing with UCD agent where work directory does not have right ownership permission.When users run the impersonation deployment /work directory is not getting created with the parent directory permissions.For ex: If ...
over 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Provide file-based ClearQuest connection support on Windows (similar to on Linux/UNIX)

The federal government has been implementing DFARS (NIST 800-171) requirements for a few years. These are mandatory and effective as of December 31, 2017. One of the DFARS requirements is that database usernames are changed every 90 days. This wre...
about 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Update Attributes capability needed in RTC Work Item plugin

Current RTC Work Item plugin only lets you update comments and work item status. The plugin should be enhanced to provide the ability to update RTC Work Item attributes.
about 7 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Not under consideration