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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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Display the compute nodes with their FQDN in vCenter instead of their IP

Since v2.3.3.2 of Cloud Pak System, BigFix entitlement is no longer included. Our organization is transitioning to Flexera FNMS (FlexNet Manager Suite), an IBM-certified alternative to BigFix/ILMT as described here (https://www.flexera.com/blog/it...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0

RTAS Installation with No-Cluster Admin

RTAS installation in Openshift requires Cluster Admin rights and this permission is not possible for a organization using Openshift platform with a multi-tenant topology Requiring a Cluster Admin for installation of the product is not possible sin...
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test Hub 0 Future consideration

Implement DHE ciphers in IBM HTTP Server to provide Forward Secrecy to clients that do not support ECDHE ciphers

We use IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5 as HTTPS gateway in front of WebSphere Application Server portal system to service a multitude of different, external clients via internet. Those clients are outside our scope of influence, so we cannot dictate securit...
almost 11 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

In Container deployments I should be able to set my Java Options from the helm chart values file

Currently java options seem to be set in the statefulset.yaml file (this example is for agent relays, but the idea is for agents, relays and servers). Currently I see this: - name: JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS value: "-Dcom.redhat.fips=false -XX:MaxRAMPercent...
9 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4

option to pass Liberty Batch joblog path

Hi IBM, In order to view joblogs of server I need to login into Admin Center Java Batch console of that server and incase of multi executor environment it will hard to identify on which executor job ran and login into that server admin center to v...
9 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Keep preferences when moving databases to new location when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to move a database to a new location in the file system while keeping all existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by ex...
over 5 years ago in Heritage 1 Not under consideration

Keep preferences when renaming user when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to rename the ID of users while keeping their existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by a combination of setting the "...
over 5 years ago in Heritage 1 Not under consideration

Implement CQ Schema Property for “ALLOWED_DBNAMES”

In the CQ Designer, the schema properties include specifying the Unix and Windows scripting languages. Implement a tab for the schema property “ALLOWED_DBNAMES” to enable/disable SQL reserved word checking and list the allowed reserved words. Th...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Under review

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...
over 8 years ago in Heritage / 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.
over 8 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration