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Make Listener Port and Activation Spec status available as prometheus GAUGE metric

As a WAS admin using prometheus for JVM monitoring, I'd like an exposed GAUGE metric that tells me what the status of a ListenerPort or Activation Spec would be on a JVM or Application. 0 could represent stopped and 1 could represent running. It c...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Support NTLMv2 on JavaMail

NTLMv2 is the most secure mechanism communicating with Exchange server and is preferred by customers
almost 2 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...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Stale http session access during rollout update in case one browser requests multiple requests in a same time.

Today, web application architecture has changed from old style Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, AJAX, Single Page Application architecture and so on. Especially in new web application architecture, an application's client/browser side may call multiple request...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

adding a return code for the AdminTask object methods

I have been writing Jython scripts to perform basic tasks such as creating and deleting JAAS Application and J2C Auth entries in WebSphere. I noticed that some of the methods return no value so it is not easy to determine whether or not they have ...
almost 2 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 ...
almost 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Add a REFRESH SECUIRTY command like MQ uses to reload certs in WebSphere on Z

The same functionality MQ used to reload certificates I would like applied to WAS. Currently you have to cycle the WAS servers to bring in certificates when they expire or need to be updated.
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Log aggregation of repeated application runtime exceptions

This request is for improvement in WebSphere logging and tracing. Log aggregation of repeated application run time exceptions so that logs are not filled and rolled over. This is similar to FFDC logs where repeated exception stacks are not printed...
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Cluster stop/start confirmation popup to avoid production outages

We are looking for a confirmation popup or a secondary window about the action we are performing during cluster stop and start to avoid potential production impacts.
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

TS008873688

n this article about "provider_<id>.redirectToRPHostAndPort" - can this proxy url can be dynamic based on the properties or header etc https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-nd/8.5.5?topic=party-openid-connect-relying-custom-properties
about 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Functionality already exists