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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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enhance inheritance of transformation configurations in DevOps Model RealTime

we have a matrix of builds, compilers, targets, library versions the option to inherit the UNION of all (non blank) inherited values (at any level), for the final .tcjs (that gets generated) the option to combine a final (override value) with inhe...
about 5 hours ago in DevOps Automation / Model RealTime 0 Submitted

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
7 days ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 1 Submitted

integrate IBM Velocity approval gates with an outside source through a REST API

At our last IBM UCD/Velocity lab advocate meeting, we discovered that there is no way to integrate IBM’s approval gates with an outside source through a REST API (or any other means it sounds like) so that we can plug in the Approval Gateway Tool ...
3 days ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 0 Submitted

App expanded folder auto cleanup

When applications deployed to a Liberty server are expanded, e.g. <applicationManager autoExpand="true"/> the expanded war and ear files are not deleted when the corresponding application is stopped and removed from the Liberty server.An exp...
3 days ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Submitted

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
20 days ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 1 Submitted

Agent name integration in UCD Deployment output logs for better debugging

For any deployment log in UCD, if we open the output log, few details are displayed like below under the environment.environment: AGENT_HOME=/opt/urbancode/ibm-ucdagent AH_AUTH_TOKEN=**** AH_WEB_URL=https://ucd-service.lloydsbanking.cloud:8443 AUT...
6 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Submitted

Provide support for WXS connectivity to JDK 17 & JDK 21 application JVMs running on Websphere MoRE

We have our applications running on WebSphere 9.5.5 with java8 connecting to WebSpher eXtreme Scale cache grids seamlessly by dropping java8 wsogclient_8.6.1.6_WXS61457.jar inside WAS product lib/ext directory today. We are trying to modernize our...
7 days ago in WebSphere eXtreme Scale 0 Submitted

Implementing a Zero Downtime Upgrade Mechanism for IBM Services

Currently, IBM’s upgrade process for certain services requires downtime, even in high-availability (HA) setups, due to shared database and filesystem dependencies. This limitation affects critical business operations, leading to potential service ...
20 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 0 Submitted

Add support for proxmox hypervisor (KVM)

More teams are moving from VMWare to proxmox virtualization platform. They will use it to manage Windows and Linux VMs running clearcase. Siemens already tested it and it worked well after tuning some parameters.
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 0 Submitted

UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Submitted