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Alignment of IBM MQ Queue Visibility Between Instana Applications and Infrastructure for z/OS Environments

This enhancement is essential to enable true end-to-end observability across IBM Z environments within Instana by ensuring consistent and correlated visibility of MQ queues across both Applications and Infrastructure views. Currently, MQ queues ar...
1 day ago in Instana / IBM Z Submitted

Disable Unused Sensor Discovery in Instana for z/OS to Reduce TFP CPU Cost

Instana for z/OS currently performs unconditional sensor discovery for all supported technologies, even when customers only use a small, well‑defined subset (e.g., WebSphere and Java only). Under IBM Z Tailored Fit Pricing (TFP), any avoidable CPU...
15 days ago in Instana / IBM Z Under review

Show the SQL query on traces from CICS transactions to DB2/z

Shows a real E2E which includes the query at the end.
over 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Z / Tracing Future consideration

Support the flow from Java client application direct to IMS Connect

Java client application making a direct connection to IMS Connect (Z application is Cobol on IMS which then goes to Db2)
about 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Z Future consideration

Enable Selective Monitoring Support for Instana for Z (z/OS)

Instana for Z currently does not support Selective Monitoring using environment variables, causing excessive discovery and preventing targeted JVM monitoring on z/OS. Requesting an alternative mechanism (JVM args, config files, etc.) and documenta...
2 months ago in Instana / IBM Z

System IPL Information after IPL to be updated on Instana

Our teams have a need for Instana to automatically retrieve and update key system‑level information from the HMC after every IPL. This would help ensure that system data remains accurate and up‑to‑date within Instana dashboards without requiring a...
3 months ago in Instana / IBM Z Needs more information

Transaction traceability using APPC architecture

This new functionality allows us to obtain and view complete traces of transactions sent from the distributed environment to the mainframe. The benefit is for all those clients who have a mainframe and still use this architecture as a means of c...
about 2 years ago in Instana / IBM Z Not under consideration

Capturing IMS Calls with WM EntireX Adapter

Title: Capturing IMS Calls with WM EntireX Adapter Detail: We want Instana to capture IMS calls which are maded from client side with WM EntireX Adapter. We would like that client adapter to be supported from version 10.7.0.21.1826 and above.
over 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Z / Tracing Future consideration

Create equivalent reporting for Instana based on Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) ITM agents and Z Enterprise agents

ITM and TCR are deprecated so customers who have moved away from ITM to Instana no longer have the reporting functionality
11 months ago in Instana / IBM Z Future consideration

Support for Db2 Connect

Transaction flow where we are accessing Db2 for z/OS data with Db2 Connect support is needed.
about 2 years ago in Instana / IBM Z Future consideration

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