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PINNED Self hosted backed on Docker, Support for RHEL 9.x
According to support matrix RHEL 9.x is not supported for self hosted backed installations. However vast majority of customers are using RHEL 9.x RHEL 9.x OS support required for Instana self hosted backend
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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request with "override depencies"

Today it's not possible to stop a resource that has a stopAfter relationship to an online resource without touching this resource. In SA z/OS you can create requests with parm "Override Dependency". Then, TSA ignores all depencencies.You would lik...
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 3 Not under consideration

Plugin Powercenter - try to reconnect in case of broken connection

When we submit Powercenter jobs, if the connection between IWS and Powercenter is broken by any external reason the jobs currently end in error on IWS, but continue to execute on Powercenter. Therefore the user always needs to enter on Powercenter...
almost 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

We are interested in NFM-P probe for NSP 21.3

Customers are upgrading to NSP 21.3 for better features and security. A certified probe is required for the same.
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Future consideration

ktor library support

Everyone using Kotlin platform.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Java 0 Future consideration

Publication of API docs for the self-hosted k8s operator releases

API documentation for Docker-based self-hosted backends is available via https://$INSTANA_URL/docs/index.html.The customer would like to have the same for the Kubernetes operator self-hosted backend for each released version.Ticket: https://instan...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Kubernetes / Self Hosted 0 Future consideration

enable the possibility to rerun a job or a jobstream cancelled

we need to have the possibility to rerun a job or a jobstream previusly cancelled
almost 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Hide authorization token in alert channel header value

Please provide an option to hide the value field when there is a token inside for security reasons. You will find this in the alert channel header area. Details please find in the attached screenshot.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 0

Increase Event Time Window Selection for a Spesific Time Period While Creation Event

We want to monitor the number of calls made to an endpoint in a certain time interval and create an alarm. However, the time interval options in custom event configuration of instana can be arranged as maximum 120 minutes. If we can extend this ti...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Insight Packs latest Supported versions Enhancement -Microsoft IIS Insight Pack

Can you please provide the information on latest versions supported by Microsoft IIS Insight pack and let us know by what time it can be available . As the reference links provide information on older versions and its not providing information on ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Insight Packs latest Supported versions Enhancement -Microsoft Exchange Server Insight Pack

Can you please provide the information on latest versions supported by Microsoft Exchange Server Insight pack and let us know by what time it can be available . As the reference links provide information on older versions and its not providing inf...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration