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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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Add REST API for assigning tags in Applicaction process

New REST API for assigning tags in application process will enable us to utilize the Blue-Green deployment feature when performing the deploy from uBuild
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Cleartool CMI integration chtask command needs -replace option

Right now, the steps to change the task association of a checked-out element are to:1. Use chtask -add_task to add the new task 2. Use chtask -remove to remove the old task. If the second step is missed, or fails, a single change is associated wit...
about 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Not under consideration

Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Due to Red Hat's shutting down public access to their distribution source packages, Oracle and other "compatible" linux distributions can no longer state that their kernel or userspace packages are 100% compatible with the matching Red Hat Enterpr...
about 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 4 Not under consideration

Get file size for a file object

Users cannot get the file size before copying an object to filesystem. This can be a problem especially for files with big sizes.
over 8 years ago in Heritage 6 Not under consideration

Helm artifactory for Liberty Operator

Most of the OEM software are packaged with helm. By having the helm artifactory, Liberty operator can be deployed in any flavor of kubernetes using helm deployment tool.
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Not under consideration

RSARTE: Better support for generated class operators

Better support for generated methods for C++ classes.Via the C++ general tab several C++ methods (constructor/equality operator etc.) can be generated automaticallySeveral improvements and extensions are possible:- Make these generated operators v...
over 6 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Future consideration

Create Version step to add Full/Incremental version type option

Create Version step is very useful when using UCD to create versions and upload files into CodeStation (i.e. using the tool to build the artifact). However, the step only creates versions of the FULL type. Because versions can be full or increment...
over 8 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

Confirmation dialog box before stopping an cluster in console

In the WAS console, when we try to stop a cluster(s), we select the cluster, and click on Stop, and BOOM, the cluster stop gets initiated and there is no way for us to stop that process in case we have stopped it by mistake. In the case of Applica...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

WebSphere Liberty should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication

WebSphere Liberty should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication
over 6 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Monitoring max connections on UCD relay server to the agents

We want to monitor below property value. The current value is 200, which means we can connect 200 agents concurrently to the relay server. If the number of agents are more than 200, they won't be able to connect to the relay and the deployments wi...
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration