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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 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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Ability to add dependencies to individual run cycles

Ability to add dependencies to individual run cycles. Currently can't. See highlighted example below of what is required. We have a jobstream with multiple runcycles, but want one of those runcycle to follow another jobstream, not them all. We hav...
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Support for selects/inserts/updates/deletes/others queries metrics on Postgres database

I have enabled the PostgreSQL monitoring as describe in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-postgresql I am able to see common metrics. It is mandatory to have Query based monitoring for postgres...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Add a new time option for configuring an Event

The only current time option is the "time window". It would be much appreciated if there is another time option to specify the time for which an event will only trigger if the conditions are met continually during that time. For instance, if we se...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 0 Functionality already exists

Default MSL *LINUX_SYSTEMS should segregate the rhel 7 & 8 versions.

There are certain process which are different in rhel7 & rhel8 so while creating situaiton for these process monitoring it is difficult to separate the OS versions. and it will be huge effort in larger environment to manually creating separate...
about 1 year ago in ITM/IBM APM 2 Not under 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

TNPM. Dynamic Y-axis and threshold line for Resource DetailedReport

TNPM. This problem is actual for the Customer because it is not comfortable to work with report when metric values ​​are less than 10%, and threshold is 80%. Everything is very small on such graph. Besides threshold value is useless on graph if me...
over 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Network Automation / Performance 0 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

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

Can you please provide the information on latest versions supported by Microsoft SQL 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 informat...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Insight Packs latest Supported versions Enhancement - Webaccess Log Insight Pack

Can you please provide the information on latest versions supported by Webaccess Log 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