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Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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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 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 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 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 15 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 4 years ago in Heritage 1 Not under consideration

Plugin Generation Utility implement File Serving Enabled/Disabled feature that mimics traditional websphere

This is useful when we have multiple web application modules in a EAR application and want to designate one of them as a default application by providing / as webcontext.
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Automated In-Doubt TX Cleanup

When there are in-doubt txs in the tranlog and partnerlogs when we undeploy an ear with a BPM resource adapter in it, there is no step done to clear the entries in the tranlog and partnerlog. Over time as we deploy new versions of our BPM applicat...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Explore the possibility of using ZERTJSSE on WAS

We are trying to configure WASv9 to make use of the ZERTJSSE provider and please note this is a continuation from the instructions obtained via previous case TS013670650. Subsequently we have opened a new case TS017440083 which the IBM support has...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

pure internal IIM repository handling logging

If you try to upload an IIM package to the internal IIM repository sometimes the upload fails, but there's no output of the reason why it fails. so it would be usefull to show some more output of the failure. If you now wan't to see the real error...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 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 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

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 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

To provide a 'relocate' function in Installation Manager

My client has a long history of using Installation Manager (IM) to set up WebSphere application servers (WAS). They take the IM default locations of 'Agent data location' and 'Shared resources directory.' Over the years, these directories have acc...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration