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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

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ITNM 3.9 Path-Tool should show/use all information available

ITNM 3.9 Path-Tool : Use all available information (L2, L3, routing information (costs, type, ..) in PathView + HopView
over 10 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 4 Not under consideration

The Filter Options on Object Manager should default to "show both"

Every admin should, by default, get a holistic view of what the discovery for a device is actually doing. If they cannot make this a default, then at least make it an option in the settings to make this the default.
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration

Instana should integrate with DB2 DBA/Management tools for deep dive export DB performance for troubleshooting and administration.

Instana customer have to use 3rd party DB management tools, like DBMariine, to retrieve more detail DB2 performance information for troubleshooting. Suppose Instana should integrate DB2 DBA related tools.
over 1 year ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

New function in Impact for dealing with special characters

As suggested in case, we would like to suggest creating new function for handling special characters. In rules file for probe exists similar function called printable(). In situation when event need to be updated through Impact policy and event co...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Not under consideration

Automation within Huawei's Fusionsphere

Resource optimization for VMs working in Huawei's fusionsphere
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Not under consideration

Ability to Roll back actions

Recent actions page where actions can be selected for rollback. The rollback should have a scheduling action.
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM 1 Not under consideration

Implementation of log suppression function with "CRI-O"

We would like to deal with this problem as soon as possible. Since I want to suppress the output of Instana Log, I was previously taught how to support it. However, the adapted method is log suppression for "containerd" and cannot be applied to lo...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 2 Not under consideration

Gateway for Message Bus (XML Gateway) Should Allow Inclusion of Custom Headers When Running in HTTP Transport Mode

Allow inclusion of custom headers when the Gateway for Message Bus (nco_g_xml) is running with Gate.XMLGateway.TransportType : 'HTTP'Most significantly, an authentication header. Currently per IBM support, only basic authentication is supported, a...
about 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Openstack agent for CP4MCM

On Telco to support network virtualization is very common to use Openstack as the cloud operations which operators runs their VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) and is very important to monitor this environment. A CP4MCM agent for Openstack can help...
about 4 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

Differentiate between Agent and JVM offline events.

It is not possible to differentiate between a JVM going offline and if there is a communication drop with the Instana agent. This has been discussed with IBM support TS013050872. Request for service improvement to be able to tell the difference so...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration