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Support for new IBM Power11 Systems

Since the release of the Power11 platform, Turbonomic has also needed to support the new version of HMC as a target, in order to meet customer demand for upgrades or migrations to the new P11 platform.
7 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM Delivered

Request for Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8.0.11 tracing support

Hello, We are doing an Instana POC, and we need your support on the .NET Npgsql tracer. The application to be monitored is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. Also, it connects to AWS Aurora (Postgres) DB using the Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Delivered

Enable API access to alert comments (journals) in Watson AIOps.

In our current migration from Netcool OMNIbus to Watson AIOps, we have identified the lack of an API to programmatically retrieve historical alert comments (journals). This capability is essential for audit purposes, operational traceability, and ...
9 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Delivered

Integration between Concert Workflows and Ansible Automation Platform

Is useful because actually Concert Workflows is integrated only with Ansible Tower (that use different API). Using the Ansible Tower authentication and building blocks in Concert are not working with Ansible Automation platiform (Looking at the An...
7 months ago in Concert Workflows Delivered

Non-root installation of Instana agent

By installing the agent as a non-root user, the Instana administrator has the ability to stop, start, or reconfigure the agent without having to manage or request access as the root user. This process can sometimes take up to 24 hours to grant acc...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Agent Delivered

Instana IBMi Host Discovery of IBM HTTP Apache Host Service

Currently, our customer is discovering all Springboot and WebSphere Services but we are not discovering their Apache Tomcat Services and stitching them in our Services Dependency Mapping. This is critical for our Worldpac to have End to End Visibi...
5 months ago in Instana / IBM i Delivered

Kong API Tracing

In Instana, Kong API gateway monitoring is limited in basic metrics moniotring but not support for tracing. However, from our Instana In Instana, the current monitoring capabilities for Kong API Gateway are limited to basic metrics and do not supp...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing Delivered

Dark mode toggle ability

Aside from being trendy within UI design, enabling dark mode can have benefits for all users, including but not limited to: Reduced Eye Strain in Low Light: Less bright light from the screen can make it more comfortable in dim environments, reduci...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Other Delivered

Extending Compatibility to Spring Boot version 4.0.6+

Upgrading Spring Boot compatibility from 4.0.3 to 4.0.6 or newer is essential to address known issues and recommended fixes that impact application stability. The newer release provides critical bug resolutions, improved dependency management, and...
16 days ago in Instana / Sensor Delivered

The new Commitment Portfolio column preference feature is limited in flexibility and requires further enhancement.

Allow users to fully customize and persist their preferred column selections within the Commitment Portfolio view, ensuring that these preferences are saved across sessions and can be tailored to different organizational needs.
2 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Delivered