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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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Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updates to each application server within that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signific...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

Allow to use environmental variables (for example, %JAVA_HOME%) when providing JRE/bin directory during ClearCase installation

Currently, when you install ClearCase 10, the JRE/bin directory must be specified and it has to be a hard-coded value. The issue we are having with this restriction is that during our process to patch Java (which is done every 3 months), the path ...
over 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

Functionality for Bulk approvals in UCD

Currently we are using manual approvals for production deployment and hence there are generally lot of tasks awaiting approvals in work items tab. It is time consuming to approve them one by one. Instead if there is a option to provide bulk approv...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

Update status of TEMCLIENT role on VSI does not always happen correctly

Update status of TEMCLIENT role on VSI is not correct. We found an issue using the IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM) pattern type with updating the status of the TEMCLIENT role on a Virtual System Instance when unlinking the IEM shared service from the e...
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to set a personalized "kid" value in jwtBuilder configuration.

Currently, the jwtBuilder does not provide a method to override the "kid" in the token creation header request. Liberty automatically generates the "kid" value based on the jwtEnabled value, either by creating a random string of 20 characters or b...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Allow comparing unrelated model fragments.

Propose to enhance the compare tool to support comparing unrelated model fragments.Now, when comparing 2 model fragments (even when they inherit from the same parent) you get:Models with different root objects are not supported.Only versions of th...
about 7 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Not under consideration

MC feature: response file

When running MC with a huge amount of tc we encountered "Command line to long"We're now working around this, but it would be great if MC would accept a response file.(Or through the --options file)
about 7 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Not under consideration

Robust framework for installation of patches on IBM Cloud Pak System

Feature to ensure automated installation of patches that are automatically validated for compatibility with the firmware version and registered to they are visible.
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Ability for clients to install patches on IBM Cloud Pak System without intervention of IBM SWAT

As a client we would like to be able to apply patches ourselves, without the need for IBM SWAT to help us do so.
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Provide support for detecting custom tag / attribute in .jsp files

There might be other customers like us that depend on some proprietary presentation framework, that provides capabilities through some combination of special tags / attribute values in .jsp files embedded in the applications. If TA data collector ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Migration Toolkits 0 Future consideration