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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?
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

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Oracle alert log data on the mcm console

We are missing oracle alert log data in UI (mcm console), I had a discuss with UI developer team to develop UI so that we can see the oracle alert log data in mcm console same as ITM oracle extended agent. IBM Case# TS014762727
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 1 Not under consideration

Autometic Geo failover of Two separate MCM environments - how we can failover agents without a post-configuration script such as 1) using the same custom certificate and 2) DNS hostname change with the same ip address.

Geo failover prevents a single point of failure. Using the same custom certificate for two different MCM environments gives active/active or active/passive failover mechanism for uninterrupted 24X7 monitoring.
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement request to take an action when all rerun attempts got completed using Event rule.

1. IWA to invoke Python script only after final attempt of re-run of a given job fails a. We need to submit script using adhoc job in event rule whenever there is a job ABEND, when all the automatic reruns/ iterations are completed. b. Currently t...
3 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Enhancement request to remove character limitation of event rules for variable resolution.

a. We need adhoc job having a Meaning full name, b. Tried to pass the actual job name, but we can't run multiple jobs with same job name, due to iteration we need multiple triggers. c. To add dynamic value along with Job name due to 40character li...
3 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Specify multiple threshold values, to have different during day/night

Our network traffic pattern is similar to a sine-cure. During the day, around 100 000 request and during the night, around 20 000 calls. The reason for this pattern, is simply that our end-users are sleeping during the night thus, a less number of...
3 months ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 1 Future consideration

AWS discovery sensor to support AWS temporary credentials, not just long term credentials

There are 2 types of credentials available when accessing AWS' public URL - temporary, and long term. My organisation, in consultation with AWS, have implemented an AWS security policy that only allows the use of temporary access credentials.Since...
3 months ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

IWA need to invoke script only when all the automatic rerun attempt has been finished.

1. IWA to invoke Python script only after final attempt of re-run of a given job fails a. We need to submit script using adhoc job in event rule whenever there is a job ABEND, when all the automatic reruns/ iterations are completed. b. Currently t...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Not under consideration

ai scheduling

I would like ot see a monitor for my sla's (critical jobs) that can help make suggestions to reduce the amount of time that an SLA woudl take
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

We would like to manage/control an individual Mailman Server process. Start/stop on the MDM

As with IBM/HCL recommendations, we have multiply Mailman Server(n) controlling and managing FTA message traffic TO/FROM the MDM . We have seen an individual mailman Server(n) have problems connecting with its subset of workstations . This general...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow APScheduler to be supported on Instana

APScheduler library is not supported by Instana. I have written an automation code that uses the library. Since the library is not supported by Instana, the traces are not getting collected to be monitored. I request Instana team to kindly include...
4 months ago in Instana / Python 0 Future consideration