Deprecations and removals

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You can find the features or capabilities announced as deprecated and the features or capabilities that are removed in IBM® DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). DevOps Test Hub is the new name of Rational® Test Automation Server from 11.0.0 onwards.

When features or capabilities are announced as deprecated, they continue to be supported although such features or capabilities are no longer enhanced and might be removed in a subsequent release. If you use a deprecated feature, you must migrate to the alternate feature, if applicable, before the deprecated feature is removed.

The removed features will not be available in the product version in which they are removed.
Note: You can contact the IBM Support team if you have any concerns.
You can find information about the following deprecations or removals:

Product features or capabilities

You can find information about the features or capabilities of Test Hub that are announced as deprecated in an earlier version, and the version in which they are removed.
Note: The features removed in this version are listed first, followed by the features deprecated. The features removed or deprecated in earlier versions are listed later in the table.
Feature or capability Feature deprecated in version Alternate feature, if applicable Feature removed in version
Support to generate Web UI tests by using design screens of the application with Test Genie, which was a tech preview feature. None 11.0.7
Scanning of the application code by using HCL® AppScan CodeSweep 11.0.6 You can use the HCL® AppScan CodeSweep plugin from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Running the tests on remote docker hosts 11.0.3 You can run the tests on the remote kubernetes cluster. See Management of remote Kubernetes clusters. 11.0.7

Support to run Istio based virtual services

10.5.0

11.0.0

Use of Jaeger to display test logs.

10.2.3

The capability provided by Jaeger to provide the test log traces is replaced with the use of the built-in results service to provide test logs.

11.0.0

Support of Prometheus for recording usage data of virtual services

The capability provided by Prometheus is replaced with the use of the built-in logging capability for virtual services.

10.5.3

Dependent software

You can find information about the dependent software that were announced as deprecated in an earlier version and the version in which they were removed. Dependent software can include the operating systems, license servers, applications, or software required for using Test Hub.
Note: The features removed in this version are listed first, followed by the features deprecated. The features removed or deprecated in earlier versions are listed later in the table.
Dependent software Deprecated in version Alternate OS or software, if applicable Support removed in version

IBM Rational License Key Server 8.1.6

Not applicable

IBM Common License Key Server 9.0

10.5.0

Important Advisory

Microsoft Azure will retire its Basic SKU IP addresses in the Virtual Network IP Services soon. So, you must upgrade the Basic SKU IP addresses to Standard SKU IP addresses. For more information, refer to Upgrading a basic public IP address to Standard SKU - Guidance.