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Disk Alerts - Group by fs_mount in dashboard chart

Each hostname can have multiple mount points, while creating widget in the custom dashboard we are not able to group by fs_mount to display the disk mount percentage of each host. Withou tthis option, how do we know which mount i having a problem ...
about 1 month ago in Instana / User Interface Functionality already exists

Custom Script Sensor

We request the ability for the Instana agent to natively execute scripts on the host and ingest their output as metrics — without relying on Prometheus exporters or OpenTelemetry endpoints, also with a scheduler that runs the script at a defined i...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent Functionality already exists

Introduce 24x7 alerting feature for servers being monitored by Instana

Clients at KSRSAC, DBBL, Alice Blue (IBM lost this deal), Nabil Bank have requested alerting to be made available when a server shuts down. During PoC they would intentionally shut down a server and ask the sales team, how would they know if the s...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent / Alert Functionality already exists

Introduce an AI-powered root cause analysis and automated remediation recommendation feature in IBM Instana to help organizations identify incidents faster, reduce downtime, and improve enterprise observability efficiency.

As enterprise IT environments continue to grow in complexity, organizations are managing thousands of applications, microservices, containers, Kubernetes clusters, APIs, cloud resources, and hybrid infrastructure components. Although IBM Instana p...
about 1 month ago in Instana / IBM Networks Functionality already exists

Link the Reports to general/service accounts rather than specific user

Reports should be linked to general or service accounts rather than individual user accounts to ensure continuity when users leave or lose access. This feature benefits administrators and project managers by ensuring that shared reports remain acc...
2 months ago in Targetprocess / Reports Functionality already exists

Expand functionality on /api/v3/data/topn endpoint to consider custom timespan like in NMS Web UI

The /api/v3/data/topn endpoint accepts a variety of parameters (aggregation unit, device filters, sorting, etc.), but it does not include a timespan selection. While the API response does include a label attribute (e.g., "Today") and a timeRanges ...
2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Functionality already exists

Add ticket information in download

What I experience: Often I want to analyze my opportunities, currently present with or with a tick already created. I often take a download from the tool and pivot the data to help my stakeholders take appropriate action. The export I get from the...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Introduce a dedicated space (Outside workflow) for defining variables and service account details

We should introduce a dedicated space for defining variables and service account details, which can be reused within workflows. This will allow us to externalize configuration values such as IP addresses, URLs, port numbers, and credentials. By do...
3 months ago in Concert Workflows Functionality already exists

As a user, I am looking to include six business dimensions for budgets and forecasting within Cloudability Financial Planning. The current limit is restricted to four.

The current budget and forecast workflow and costing allocations is set for six Business Dimensions. Unfortunately, this limitation is preventing full adoption and value for CFP within our FinOps model and practice.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Planning Functionality already exists

Getting a stack trace in Java

In Java, please display the full error stack trace so I can investigate the detailed content when an exception occurs.
3 months ago in Instana / Java Functionality already exists