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Stop and Start the Activation Spec functionality

We are in need feature to stop and start the activation spec. in WAS
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Functionality already exists

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 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Alter the metrics.ear app to show metrics per instance in zOS WAS ND

Hi, We use WebSphere AS ND in zOS platform. In version 9.0.5, it comes with a metrics.ear app to expose metrics in prometheus format. The problem is that if we have multiple WAS instances configured, it sums up the metrics and in that case we cant...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow encryption algorithm to be AES-256 in GCM mode for JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime.

We have recently upgraded to AES-256 in CBC mode on JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime for our application servers, however we are required by our cryptography standards to move to the preferred GCM mode before the end of 2021. This option does n...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Future consideration

Consider to support OAuth2 modern authentication for Mail Sessions in WebSphere Administrative Console

In my organization we're migrating e-mail to Office 365, and Microsoft is deprecating basic authentication (username/password) for email accounts. Instead they are encouraging us to use modern authentication using Client ID, ID tenant... and so. I...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Create ACME agent to automate renewal of certs for WAS and IHS.

Create ACME agent to automate renewal of certs for WAS and IHS. This would help renew certificates automatically with out human inervention
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

OpenJPA and SQL Limits

As per PMR 13287,842,758 Currently running WAS for z/OS 8.5.5.14. One of our development teams complains a misbehaviour of Websphere's AS JPA embedded implementation on setting the lower limit of the number of results in criteria query. They say t...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 5 Not under consideration

Need a valid message ID for CWSJY0003W in Websphere for z/OS

Hello, Whenever a disconnect happens between WAS and MQ the below message appears in WAS log: [:] CWSJY0003W We wanted to setup an alert to capture CWSJY0003W message in automations but unfortunately [:] does not look like a valid message ID that ...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

PMI hung thread reporting

We would like to use a health policy that reacts to a condition of n hung threads. It's possible to create a custom policy, however its behaviour is obscure. This is due to the way hung threads are reported internally in WAS. PMI stats are used to...
about 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Need IBM HTTP Sever (IHS) to support OCSP Stapling

We want IHS (IBM HTTP Server to support OCSP Stapling Hello Kris, I'm Danielle Bingham from WebSphere L2 Support and I will be assisting you with the below :-) ACTION PLAN: Issue: Does IHS support OCSP Stapling? IHS does not support OCSP Stapling ...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration