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PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.
PINNED Need documentation on how to uninstall Instana for K8 and Docker self hosted installation
We need documentation on how to uninstall Instana and the resources created during the installation of Instana on K8. These steps are helpful especially recovering from failed installation so that the customer could retry the steps.

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Switch TEPS Dashboard User ID without shutting down and reloading the dashboard

Currently, if a user wishes to access the TEPS dashboard from a second user ID, the user must start a second invocation of the dashboard. This request is to allow the user to log out of one session and establish a new session without having to rel...
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 0 Planned for future release

Allow event handler to specify Variable Table to start job/stream

An event handler action which starts a job and/or stream should be able to specify a variable table to be used. In addition, it should be possible to run an executable with parameters to determine the variable table name. An absolute name could be...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Get notification of updates & patches for on-premise installations

A customer running an on-premise installation will never know if there are patches or updates available for their Instana version. What happens if a CVE patch is published? Will Instana notify the customer that they have a vulnerable version and t...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Business Systems / Portal / Self Hosted 1 Not under consideration

Create operand to delete operators when uninstalling MCM v2.0.0

When uninstalling MCM v2.0.0 the user should have the ability to use an out-of-the-box operand to uninstall all of the operators MCM v2.0.0 creates. It is tedious to delete every operator when an install goes wrong.
over 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

Using Kustomize to Simplify Client Configuration

Kustomize is a declarative management tool that allows users to create different variants or configurations of a base yaml. A tool like this can assist our clients configure our product during the installation process.
over 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

IWA - Dynamic Agent job persistance on "no resource found" error

Add the ability to define jobs that run on a dynamic agent to not error if there is no resource found to run the job. Currently, if all agents defined for the job are down, the job results in an error and must be manually rerun. Add the ability fo...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Performance alarm storage in TNCP database

Currently performance alarms are triggered from threshold configuration in TNCP. However the data of what has been raised, when, etc are not stored. We can only get current snapshot of alarms, not history. Customer has a requirement for a report, ...
almost 2 years ago in Cloud Pak for Network Automation / Performance 0 Not under consideration

Administrator permission should not be required on Windows

Programs such as conman and composer should not require Administrator permission on Microsoft Windows.
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Enable SSL configuration for Oracle database connections

We had planned to deploy IWS 9.5FP2 (MDM and DWC) into Amazon cloud however our environment is mandated to use SSL connectivity to RDS instances. Currently only DB2 supports SSL which is not an option for us as Oracle RDS must be used in our AWS e...
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Add Weblogic Name in filter/group fields of custom dashboards

Today the only attribute related to Weblogic Servers (WLS) is the port. It's clearly not enough. Please include server name in the Dynamics Focus search, the filter and group fields in custom dashboards widgets.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Infrastructure / Sensor 0 Future consideration