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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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TEPS migrate script (used on non-Windows platforms) to operate against a remote MSSQL DB on Windows.

Hi IBM support, As a follow up to an IBM case which we had opened (Case ID: TS012735674), it was found that the existing TEPS running on non-Windows platforms like for example, xLinux and zLinux do not have the capability to perform migrate export...
over 1 year ago in ITM/IBM APM 6 Not under consideration

Ability to specify OS Type in ITNCM

ITNCM is based upon the concept of distinguishing between devices using Vendor/Type/Model/OS, however, this does not sufficiently take into account that there can be different OS Types.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 0 Not under consideration

Make Instana ui color and fonts with backend version 261 configurable

Make Instana ui color and fonts with backend version 261 configurable.
9 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 1 Not under consideration

New Timeframe: Custom Period

Add the ability to create a Custom Timeframe. It could be very helpful to scope a view to Custom Timeframe (or period). It is quite FRUSTRATING that you can't!
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 1 Not under consideration

Preserve comments in ITNM's config files

When saving changing to a configuration file via the Discovery Configuration GUI, custom comments within the header of the document are lost.
over 8 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Event Manager - Have the ability to update 'Senders' name in communications

Hi, As per support ticket TS003773566, we are experiencing a low response rate from potential candidates after they receive the communication (an email) from Event manager inviting them for an interview. The sender's name is 'SystemIntegration'. T...
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Retard the generation of a webhook alert

Hi team, at the moment, when you have configured a webhook in a policy alert, when this policy alert is triggered, at the same time, the webhook is sent. We would like to have another option of sending the webhook, when the alert continues active,...
9 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration

Cancelation of WebSphere batch job (wsgrid.bat) on Windows should invoke shutdown hook i java

Cancelling a WebSphere Batch job on Windows, a java.exe process started from the wsgrid.bat only kills the java process. The shutdown hook in java is not called and the job/step i the websphere bacth container is not interrupted/stopped. This is "...
almost 9 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Custom time period at top of page to apply to all widgets on page

I’d like the ability to add a custom date range on the top of a page (Dashboards, regular VM/Group pages, etc) so it propagates to all the widgets/graphs – similar to how the limited selections do now. When using Turbo to evaluate utilization or r...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 1 Not under consideration

Could not find any Instana API to enable or disable all built-in/Custom events at once

Hi we are trying to disable all buit-in events at once and then enable few which we need for our infrastructure. Instead of walking through all existing events we found this would be more helpful to have an API to disbale/enable all events at once.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration