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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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Native HA for the Self Hosted Instana Backend

In a self-hosted Instana backend setup, there is no native support for redundancy or high availability (HA), resulting in a single point of failure. This poses a risk to monitoring continuity in the event of a node or service outage. We kindly req...
7 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Instana Synthetics should support CyberArk to store the passwords

Instana Synthetics should support CyberArk to store the passwords
7 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Please add the effective cost in the downloaded file for executed actions (widget)

We are seeing the effective cost in the UI, however when the report / details are downloaded to in excel format, it contains the on-demand cost rather than the effective cost.
13 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts 0 Submitted

Automatic CVE Resolution via CPE in SBOMs

Why is it useful? SBOMs often include CPEs, which are globally recognized identifiers for software components. Leveraging these identifiers enables IBM Concert to automatically discover associated CVEs using public databases, delivering immediate ...
13 days ago in Concert 0 Submitted

Instana support local monitoring For IBM DataPower Physical Appliance

Currently, Instana’s support for DataPower is limited to remote monitoring options for the DataPower Physical Appliance. However, our client is requesting local monitoring capabilities on the appliance itself. Since DataPower operates as a black b...
about 2 months ago in Instana / DataPower / MQ 0 Submitted

Move Visualization - Filter for Your Own

When moving a Visualization to another Report, provide a filter that narrows the Select Report dropdown to your own Reports, as rare that one would move visualization to someone else's Report.
8 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Monitoring of API Endpoints

Kindly consider implementing monitoring of API endpoints, considering all existing authentication mechanisms in place e.g. Bearer Token. We are getting requests from Business teams to onboard APIs for monitoring which use Bearer Token authenticati...
8 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Ability to see all processes on host infrastructure information

Oftentimes, it would be useful for the client to see the entire process list for a certain host, and not just the top process list.
about 2 months ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

A new line formatting on the "Define email body" section feature of the Email Subscription

Untruncated text in the Email Body field of Email Subscription "Define Email body" option is essential to deliver a comprehensive message ensuring the recipients receive the message as intended by the IT Finance team. This is to guarantee that cri...
25 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Billing 0 Submitted

Subscription emails

Leverage more than one global filter on the email feature for Costing
18 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted