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Allow for multiple criteria for disk alerting (pct and mb free)

We would like the ability to set multiple and criteria for an alert where multiple conditions would need to be met to trigger an event. Ex. Disk at or greater then 90 percent and less then 100mb free
21 days ago in Instana / Common 1

Allow for 4 hour period before alerting (current limit is 120 min)

This is to allow longer observation of issues before alerting.
21 days ago in Instana / Common 1 Functionality already exists

Disk space monitor for Windows System Drive rather than hard coded to C:/D:/etc - enable wild cards on specific drives (example disk space has to be specified per drive)

Disk space monitor for Windows System Drive rather than hard coded to C:/D:/etc - enable wild cards on specific drives (example disk space has to be specified per drive)
21 days ago in Instana / Common 1 Not under consideration

Support for Cluster Listeners in High Availability MSSQL Environments

Description: We are currently monitoring MSSQL database calls using Instana agents installed on both the machines making the calls (via .NET framework services) and the database servers. However, in our high availability (HA) environments, the dat...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 2

Would like to have a maintenance window auto delete after expiration or be able to select more than one to delete after window is done

Would like to have a maintenance window auto delete after expiration or be able to select more than one to delete after window is done
2 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Publish a list of the open source products and versions.

We need to be able to easily track what version underlying open source products are being used in the latest Instana releases (Cassandra, etc) so we can make sure we are using versions approved by our firm. Please add a page to the Instana documen...
4 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Capability to monitor database blockings & wait times in instana

We are unable to monitor databases using Instana, as we don't see options for tracking database blocking, wait times, and similar metrics. Databases: RDS Postgre MSSQL
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 1 Planned for future release

Request to Enhance Audit Trail Functionality

Background Currently, Instana provides audit trail capabilities through action logs and access logs.Action logs record changes made by users within Instana, but they do not capture screen navigation within the platform.As a result, for industries ...
3 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Ability to self-monitor Instana REST API rate limits

A predefined dashboard that allows you to see the usage of Instana REST API for each API Token, to optimize the number of times or intervals of invoking the API to avoid reaching the rate limit quickly.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 5 Future consideration

Simplify and Improve the Usability of Instana Must-Gather System

There are too many links on the Instana MustGathers page, and Instana users do not know which page they should refer to.I would like the system to be simpler—ideally, when a problem occurs, users should be able to run a single MustGather tool, sim...
2 months ago in Instana / Common 1