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Pinned ideas

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

All ideas

Add branch control capabilities to ClearTeam Explorer Version Tree.

On UNIX/Linux, the native Motif based Version Tree browser had the capabilities to create/remove branch types, as well as, the ability to attach and remove branch instances. Base ClearCase users found this to be useful where they wanted to create ...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

if artifact version associated with snapshot is listed, it will be easier for cleaning artifacts

To troubleshoot why some artifacts are not getting cleaned up
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

Liberty - Support of MVS modify commands to display status of zosRequestLogging

Liberty to provide support of MVS modify commands to display status of zosRequestLogging (SMF 120 records) similar to what is available today with WASt. Additionally support .enablement/disablement of such logging
about 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Accessing Websphere admin console hosted inside an Openshit POD

IBM provided docker base image for WebSphere application server. We use it to containerize WebSphere traditional applications and move them into Cloud, such as Openshit, for better scalability. However, the WebSphere admin console is not accessible.
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

SSL Handshake should not fail if CRLDP present in certificate is not reachable

We have observed one behavior in WAS traditional after enabling CRL. When any certificate presented to WAS for authentication and having CRLDP which is not reachable then SSL HANDSHAKE failed with below exception.Caused by: javax.naming.Communicat...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Agent service is not able to auto-restart and require reinstall service after upgrade

After upgraded the UCD server and relay from 6.2.5.0 to 7.1.0.2, login UCD webUI to upgrade agents. However, the agent service failed to restart after upgrade, and actually the agent service require reinstall. It is not practical to manually reins...
almost 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Resource template inheritance - Add functionality to inherit Resource template properties

The point with templates, in order to get those to be used as much as possible is to have the possibility to inherit ALL the values you can register in a (Resource) template.I think it would be great for all the users of Urbancode Deploy.For now, ...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

To Add "Group Owner email" Field in Urbancode Deployment

I would like to propose an enhancement to the UrbanCode Deployment (UCD) tool. Specifically, I suggest adding a new field called "Group Owner email" beside the existing "Group" field. Path: Settings -> Authorization (Groups) -> Groups Curren...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Functionality already exists

Liberty JSR-352: Liberty Batch needs to provide support for running workloads at different Service Classes

Today under WCG we can run workload under different Service Classes as defined in our WLM policy within the Batch Container. It would appear that under Liberty Profile and JSR-352 all work will run under the Service Class of the Server address space.
over 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

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...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 4 Not under consideration