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Reasonable default TCP read timeout for IBM MQ Java

Currently on Linux, my understanding is that IBM MQ Java applications runs with a default TCP read timeout of unlimited. This can lead to certain scenarios where a Java IBM MQ thread can hang indefinitely on a TCP socket read. The current workarou...
about 10 hours ago in Instana / MQ Submitted

Need better handling of mistakes in the mqtracingexit.conf file for MQ tracing

Minor syntax errors within the mqtracingexit.conf file cause the MQ Tracing to file. There appears to be sensitivity to whether or not there are spaces between the parameters, the equal sign, and the value. This is related to support case TS022198...
12 days ago in Instana / MQ Planned for future release

Adding "Destructive GET" option in MQ Panel

Hi Team, Recently we experienced a high CPU incident caused by bad messages stuck in a specific MQ queue. The messages were looping and driving CPU consumption, which led to LPAR slowness.To remediate, we had to prepare and run a JCL to clear the ...
27 days ago in Instana / MQ Needs more information

Add support for MQ HA using VCS (Infoscale)

Since many enterprises use VCS (Infoscale) to manage HA for MQ, historically it has always been the popular option, it would be great for Instana to support MQ HA using VCS.
about 1 month ago in Instana / MQ Future consideration

ActiveMQ Artemis - limit of 100 queues

Hi, We are using the Instana agent to monitor our ActiveMQ Artemis. We have more than 400 queues on our broker. Currently, the Instana agent is limited to monitor 100 queues. Would it be possible to increase this limit? Thanks!
about 1 month ago in Instana / MQ Submitted

MQ sensor should open its local binding connection as MQCNO_ISOLATED_BINDING

On the case TS021288201, our client reported the issue that after MQ forced stop, Instana Agent prevent the restart of IBM MQ. 2/17 17:37:52：MQ force stop2/17 17:39:35：MQ start-> the following error AMQ8041S: The queue manager cannot be restart...
3 months ago in Instana / MQ Functionality already exists

Need to use Queue Usage type like XmitQ in Events / Smart Alerts

Dear Colleagues, we have a customer who is using Tivoli Monitoring and consider move from ITM to Instana. The customer uses ITM situations like below to raise notifications when Message Depth of transmit queues are growing: ( Current Depth >= 5...
4 months ago in Instana / MQ Future consideration

Need to use "Queue Monitoring level" in Events / SmartAlerts

Dear Colleagues, our customer consider move from Tivoli Monitoring to Instana. At the moment they have many Tivoli Monitoring situations which use "Queue Monitoring level", for example: *IF *VALUE Queue_Status.Oldest_Message_Age *GT 420 *AND *VALU...
4 months ago in Instana / MQ Future consideration

Support for Windows Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) in IBM MQ Services

IBM MQ on Windows currently requires a service logon account with a static password, which prevents the use of modern security mechanisms such as Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA). Financial institutions and other highly regulated organization...
4 months ago in Instana / MQ Future consideration

Viewing IBMMQ Channel Maximum Connection Count Metric

Based on the case TS020305515, Customer would need to see the maximum connection count of IBMMQ on the Instana UI metrics and to be able to create event based on maximum connection count but not the connection count only (which is already presente...
8 months ago in Instana / MQ Future consideration

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