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extract the complete Instana device inventory—including each device’s first reporting timestamp—export it to CSV directly from Instana, and share the file via email

We received requirement from client to extract the complete device inventory from Instana, including the date when each device first started reporting. The report should contain all monitored devices along with their initial reporting timestamp. A...
1 day ago in Instana / Business Systems / Portal 0 Submitted

Rest API to configure Agent run mode

We have a feedback from one of the customers who wanted to turn instana-agents off in bulk as a emergency shutdown in a situation where agents lead to production outage. (Happened in the past). None of the current REST APIs seems to have this func...
4 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

Turn off Share View Expiry

Currently if the share view isn't used in a month then the functionality is turned off - this causes issues as the share view may only be used for monthly or quarterly packs so with a date limitation, it can cause issues Suggest removing the time ...
4 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Monitorng Nutanix AHV - Monitoring of critical hardware events and virtual machine state

Many organizations want to move from VMware to Nutanix and these monitoring capabilities are fundamental for a Nutanix monitoring sensor, ensuring platform availability, stability, and early detection of issues. As a business partner, we manage hu...
19 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

Downloading and executing Java files in synthetic monitoring.

Hello,We require a product enhancement in Instana Synthetic Monitoring to enable the controlled download and execution of Java files (JARs/classes) within synthetic monitoring scripts. This would allow the script to download a Java artifact from a...
5 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

I want the default display when a user accesses the Team configuration which I configured

Currently, Instana allows you to restrict the screen visibility of users based on the settings assigned to a "Team." For example, you can display only specified apps, such as the Application Perspective. However, the current default behavior is th...
6 days ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

Reports on Entity Views as Tabs

Multiple users have expressed how useful it would be to see reports inside of entities within a 'reports' type tab. This would give them the ability to see child item progress over time for an epic ON the epic itself.
3 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Multiple Tags at Object Level

Can IBM please add the option to allow multiple Tags to be associated with Objects at an Object level not Agent level, for example MQ Queue Managers / Ace Integration Servers . This is required on a large enterprise to allow custom dashboards to e...
16 days ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Submitted

nstana Agent Operator: Missing Required Images, Incorrect Tag Usage, and No Offline Image Selection in Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog for Air‑Gapped OpenShift Environments

BWI reported that the Instana Agent Operator from the Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog cannot be deployed successfully in air‑gapped OpenShift environments due to several concrete technical issues. Two required container images are missing from ...
11 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Regarding Monitoring of Multiple PostgreSQL Instances on a Single Server

In terms of PostgreSQL monitoring, if a single instance contains multiple databases, it is possible to monitor all databases. However, my understanding is that it is not possible to monitor multiple instances when there are several instances on a ...
19 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted