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All commands with parameters have to be available in Operator Console

All shell commands have to be available in opcons with all parameters.
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Security Issue -> java process opens TCP ports with root privileges

TSA MP opens ports, default 2001; 57053; 5539 with root privileges. The ports 2001 and 5539 are even java processes.
almost 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

samadapter automation for single node domains

In case of n-node domains (n>1) samadapter is integrated into the policy. For single-node-domains this is not supported.You have to options:1. start/stop samadapter outside of TSAMP2. integrate it into the policyWith the 2nd solution samadapter...
almost 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Manual Mode On/Off Button

Currently, you have to log on the local TSAMP node to switch Manual Mode on/off. This function should also be provided by AppMan (OpCon and eezcs) as a new step to a "single-point-of-control".
almost 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

cfgeezdmn requires IBM.AgFilesystem: make this an option

When configuring high availability for the automation manager the automation policy always contains IBM.AgFilesystem resources (e.g. for the application manager policy pool or agentless adapter policy pool). However, shared filesystems is not alwa...
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Automation of SAP Master Data Manager MDM

We use SAP MDM and have a requirement for you to produce a specific SAP wizard for that product
over 9 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Adding solution manager diagnostics - SMD to allow automation

Add solution manager diagnostics - SMD to SAP build wizard for automation
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Improvements for "Manual Mode" in UI

Today, there is just a small information field in the domain detail which shows you if a TSAMP domain is set in manual mode or automation mode. With the requested enhancemants you should 1. see, e.g. by a small icon, that domain is in manual mode2...
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Silent Installation/Migration method as alternative to installSAM

If you install or update TSAMP today, you do this via installSAM. installSAM not just installs packages, it also sets configs based on the current system configuration, e.g. set java path.If you want to automate the installation, e.g. to perform i...
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Search function and multiple selection for Nodes

With the new UI multiple selection for resources is available. For nodes it's currently not provided. The "node view" should be enhanced by this function for nodes, so you can select several nodes and e.g. exclude them all by 1 click.
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 3 Not under consideration