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Urbancode Deploy needs a plugin for z/API's

It will be very helpful to have a plugin available in Urbancode Deploy for deploying API's to various environments. Currently we deploy using z/OS Connect, API Connect and the Oracle Gateway. The scripts are made by our deployment team. It would ...
almost 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Create documentation for UCD plugins for z/OS

The documentation of the UCD plugins for z/OS is very poor, so we need to create our processes on try-and-error basis. The videos placed on the community are very good but, the plugins should have its own complete documentation, otherwise we are p...
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
almost 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase Future consideration

UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

UrbanCode Deploy and 2FA

Did UrbanCode Deploy support 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) and how to enable it ?
almost 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Allow remote source when debugging in RDi

Provide the ability for a system definition in RDi to reference another system for source code. A possible implementation would be to associate a debug configuration with a system definition.
about 5 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer Future consideration

Custom filtering or grouping of systems

Provide custom filtering of systems so they can be grouped as business needs or organizational needs dictate.(
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Automation Future consideration

Crystal Reports and "Print Record" button functionality in ClearQuest 9.1.0 64-bit client

As a follow up to case number TS004629636, we would like to submit the following Request for Enhancement. Our organization primarily uses the native 'ClearQuest for Windows' client. We use the "CrystalReportsRuntimeForRational.msi" and the 32-bit ...
over 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest Future consideration

ClearCase report builder should return to ClearCase 9.1

The clearcase report builder was removed from ClearCase in version 9.1. The report builder provides unique visibility into what is happening in the ClearCase environment.
over 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase Future consideration