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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 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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Custom MessageKey value for XMLGateway and Kafka

nco_g_xml_11 allow using only @ServerSerial or @ServerName as value for ate.XMLGateway.MessageKey property. We need to use at leas the combination of the both fields (for example: @ServerName+to_char(@ServerSerial)) or any other field from Objects...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Not under consideration

Allow the engine to load more than 250 AD Groups.

Currently when attempting to filter the Edit share list for available groups only 250 groups are shown in Available Groups. When we select All to share , in the Groups Selected for Sharing, all the groups should be visible so that we remove the Gr...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Add schedule to Trap Event Editor

Hi team, regarding the Trap Event Editor that generates an alarm message when a specific trap is received, we would like to avoid the creation of this alarm message under a schedule given (in the same way that Policy Alerts do it). In that way, we...
7 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Future consideration

Add Java Sensor Support for: Jobrunr Scheduling Framework as Quartz replacement

Intoduction: Quartz used to be the standard for scheduling in java application for years. For modern applications JobRunr is the new standard and used a lot in modern applications. https://www.jobrunr.io/en/documentation/alternatives/ Problem: We ...
7 months ago in Instana 1 Not under consideration

Dashboard threshold - marked out/backlighted

In Big Number widget add a field, that will include threshold. When threshold will be reached widget should be marked out/backlighted.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Future consideration

Request support for Oracle Fusion Middleware Versions - 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.4

Request to support Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.4 Currently tracing shows "Source not monitored by Instana" for 80% of the SOAP calls.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Java / Tracing 3 Future consideration

API token for configuration only

Currently - when creating an API token, this token allows full access to monitoring data, including traces and potentially user data. Considering that API tokens are widely used in automation use cases and CI/CD pipelines it should be possible, if...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Request to be able to get a list of all currently active users in WebGUI from CLI

From CLI to be able to generate a list of all the active users currently in WebGUI. A list of all currently active users would be added to a log when run or when scheduled. Allowing the Admins to see and log who was online and when.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Filter Kubernetes namespaces

In some cases, customers want to install IBM Instana host agent on K8s workers nodes from K8s cluster managed by third party and used by several clients (shared resources). If worker nodes are dedicated for a customer, it could be great to be able...
7 months ago in Instana / Agent 1 Future consideration

Endpoint grouping for mobile monitoring

Background & Context Endpoint grouping is very useful for monitoring REST API's. The problem we face is that we cannot properly compare endpoint traffic in backend with endpoint traffic monitored from frontend, as the endpoint grouping does no...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Future consideration