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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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Liberty z/OS -J2EE end-user(the WAS principal) to DB2 (setDB2ClientUser)

Liberty z/OS applications require audit and logging in DB2. We need to know who made the changes in the database records. The idea is to pass to the DB2 the J2EE end-user(the WAS principal) and put it on the setDB2ClientUser for the DB2 connection...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Allow for multiple Subject Alternative Name DNS entries in Certificate Signing Requests in the WAS admin console

In WebSphere 8.5.5 fix pack 18 support for specifying Subject Alternative Names DND, IP, email values was added when creating a certificate signing request (CSR) via the WebSphere Administrative Console. However, the capability currently allows on...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

NGINX Ingress Controller Support for RTAS in AKS

RTAS support for AKS is currently provided with Emissary Ingress which required additional CRDs to be installed at the cluster level. Security team advising to use NGINX Ingress controller as a standard since the hardening for AKS can be done as w...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 2 Not under consideration

Support for SAML authentication

Direct access to central authentication servers using ldap/s protocol will not be allowed in many companies in the near future. Authentication must be possible using SAML and/or OpenID/OAuth
over 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Re-enable tool centric access management in Rational Change

With Rational Changes alternative to RDS, direct access to LDAP server (provided in Change 5.3.2.2), it is not longer possible to give access to Change Requests using tool specific means. Access to Change Requests is maintained using Access Contro...
over 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updates to each application server within that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signific...
6 months ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

java JPS implementation on AIX should be changed for urgent performance reasons

we use standard java JPS (java print system) functionality to print to devices from WebSphere Application Server 9.0 on AIX.Implementation of JPS on AIX uses native AIX commands which finally end up in calling rembak command which has a default ti...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 15 Not under consideration

UCV - Non-cluster admin installation

I would like to be able to install UCV in OpenShift without the need of having cluster-admin role. Ideally providing it via operators coming from the operator hub – only from categories “Red Hat Operators”, “Certified Operators” alternatively “Red...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 3 Not under consideration

Container-Image for Rational License Key Server

Provide a Container-Image for the Rational License Key Server to run in Kubernetes/OpenShift.The licensing files contains the MAC address from the server(s) where the RLKS runs. Until now it is not possible to specify a static MAC address for a PO...
about 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

Ability to export events of WebSphere Automation to ELK

Customer requests audit trail at the server level and the events to be sent to ELK; events such as: 1. When a CVE is added to the database 2. When a particular server is scanned and first flagged with the CVE (e.g. due to a newly announced CVE or ...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration