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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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More flexible integration between WAS and Active Directory

For more optimal communication between WAS and Active directory, we'd like to be able to configure the connection based on AD SRV record "sites".This way the communication can be setup based on the closest available AD servers.
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Provide API for IBM J9 downloads

Downloads for IBM J9 are behind a log-in and there does not seem to be an API to get them. E.g. for the release 8.0.7.6, we need to download archives for these platforms: AIX 64-bit, pSeries 8.0.7.6-JavaSE-SDK-aix-ppc64-archive Linux 64-bit, pSeri...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

UCD CyberArk plugin does not support NTLM

UCD CyberArk plugin does not support NTLM https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/case/5000z00001OwTYrAAN/ucd-cyberark-plugin-impersonaiton-not-working
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

API for generating reports

We would like to have API option to generate deployment reports and dashboard. This would help organizations to generate timely report and dashboard of releases getting deployed to various environments. Details expected from these are mainly appli...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Not under consideration

CTE plugin should check version of CC full client

The CTE Eclipse plugin should check the CC full client version (installed on the same workstation) and give a warning if it's different.
almost 9 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Require a plugin to download the artifacts from TeamCity directly to the target server

We need a plugin which will allow us to download the artifacts from Teamcity to directly to target server instead of using code station and using download artifacts plugin to download the artifacts from codestation to target server.
almost 9 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

Missing source IP in SMF record type 80 when accessing with WAS or IHS

WAS and IHS need to add the source IP address to SMF type 80 records to enable identification of security breaches and also to enable the use of conditional access based on source IP address.
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 4 Not under consideration

WAS traditional: Allow setting JMS sessions as unshareable from the application configuration

There's a known issue (limitation) when using connections to databases or messaging providers from for example servlets without using server-managed transactions. It's described here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/common-reasons-why-connection...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Ease the airgap installation by providing a tar file for download

Many of our customers cannot download any containers from icr.io directly due to firewall reasons. There is a documentation how to download the images for airgap, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cta?topic=install-airgap But this still means that e...
over 2 years ago in App Runtime Tooling 1 Submitted

Snapshot Description

It would be nice to have the component description carry over to a column on the Snapshot/Component Versions tab.
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration