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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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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

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...
almost 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Mass deployment of efixes

In the current system an efix can only be applied to a single virtual system. It is impossible to apply an efix on multiple systems or all systems in a cloud group or environment profile.
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Inform the owner of the reason for fixes

When an efix is applied to a virtual system the owner of the system is notified through mail. Sometimes these notices may be ignored, if it is a minor fix for instance.
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Connect in/out component should support additional network interfaces

Pattern development currently supports firewall configuration through the CONNECT IN/OUT component. This component does not support multiple network interfaces.
about 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 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...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

upload cmapi jars to Maven repository

This request is to upload clearcase CMAPI jars into Maven2 repository (https://mvnrepository.com/repos/central) That would improve the visibility and usability of clearcase API to java programmers.
over 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 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...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Utility to update ALBD service credentials

For previous versions of ClearCase (<9.x) there was a utility provided by IBM to update the ALBD credentials while storing the password in an encrypted format (CCALBDPW.exe). That utility does not work starting with ClearCase 9.x. Need an equiv...
over 6 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Not under consideration