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PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...
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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List workstations in dynamic pool the same way as its possible for pools in TDWC/TWS

When using dynamic pools with "ordered list" it's difficult for operators to see which workstations that are active/defined in the pools.Should be possible to answer questions like:1. Is the agent part of a pool2. which agents is in a poolRFE 2254...
almost 12 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

XML names monitoring in IBM DataPower using APM

We would like to use the DataPower agent from IBM Application Performance Management to monitor the "XML names" usage as described in here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/what-are-xmlnames-and-why-am-i-running-out-space-them-my-ibm-websphere-da...
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

Tracing 'Send Email' actions

"Should we see emails sent by our java apps using springs Java mail sender? (I am missing outgoing Emails inside the trace or the email-server as an unmonitored system / host)"
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent / Java 0 Not under consideration

Detailed framework and JDBC information

Ability to collect and report on the used versions of instrumentation frameworks and jdbc drivers. Use-Case: Having performance problems on the database front and with having this information we can determine or exclude problems based on the jdbc ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent / Java 3 Not under consideration

WebGUI 8.1 : Column add comments directly to that field without right click tool

Users requested to have “new” field (similar to Journal), so that it is possible to add comments directly to that field, without opening new window (right click tool). According to requirement it should work like in excel sheet. Additionally, user...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Not under consideration

IBM Tivoli Management Services need to support Linux on Z monitoring agent for IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)

The government of Canada has a very large Linux on Z environment and we want to make use of this footprint to run ITM monitoring agent for TADDM without having to acquire additional hardware
over 1 year ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

Ability for Profiling IBM J9 runtime

Please add the ability for Profiling IBM J9 runtime
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 2 Not under consideration

Linux Running Services in Data Model and Data portal

The Data model is missing Linux Services. It currently has Windows services only.I would like to see Linux services added to the data model; Have Linux Sensor populate the data into the model and have that information displayed in the data portal ...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

The product should cater for duplicate SNMP Labels across MIBs

Description: Allow ITNM to handle duplicate SNMP Labels across multiple MIBs.We have two MIB files that both contain the same Labels (difference equipment models).In order to get the Poller, MIB Browser and MIB Graph tools to work for this equipme...
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration

Capability to add and populate custom field on device via UI as supposed to using backend stitcher

Looking for capability to add and populate custom field or attribute to device via UI. Currently we use backend stitcher and customization to add new custom field or attribute.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Not under consideration