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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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Test button in New Target UI

We need to have a Test button in New Target UI like we have in Park My CLoud. The test button will validate the whole permissions and access needed. This can speed up troubleshooting and avoid frustrations to discover problems only after target re...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 2 Delivered

Support for AHV VM storage

Currently AHV VHDs/disks are not stitched to VMs. Adding support would improve cloud migration planning and resizing/action recommendations.
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 0 Delivered

Automated Data Management - pushing plans from IIP to CT - how to push plan to January

This functionality was available in the prior version of IT Planning.  In the prior version of IT Planning, the data was pushed to January of the year that the Plan started in.  So, if the plan start year was FY2023, the plan would be pu...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Delivered

Add Required Investment to Top Accounts Widget Download

When you download from the Top Accounts widget, Potential Savings are part of the export, but the Required Investments are not included. This skews the data and could lead our clients who use this report to conclude that investments are less impor...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Delivered

Support AWS Cloudfront

Hello, Would it be possible to monitor AWS Cloudfront services in Instana ? Regards, Quentin
about 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Delivered

Add time shift comparison on a weekly base

Update: I've just seen this is already implented :) Dear Instana Devs and POs, We really like the newly introduced "Time Shift" feature of Instana. However, for our use cases, the options "Previous Timeframe" and "Yesterday" are often not sufficie...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Delivered

Email integration with the atlassian status page - Need dynamic configuration to be added as placeholder in email alert notification .

We would like up and down keyword to be send in email subject to integrate instana synthetic monitor with the atlassian status page as the email component only works in that way. Atlassian requirement : https://support.atlassian.com/statuspage/doc...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 4 Delivered

PATCH method in the Restful plugin

We need PATCH method to be included in the IWA restful plugin for partial update to the resource. The current plugin does not support the Patch method.
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Delivered

Support for monitoring IBM Informix

Instana do not have support IBM Informix database monitoring. I suggest to add support.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 3 Delivered

To be able to monitor AlmaLinux

Currently AlmaLinux was not supported by Instana. Currently, the number of customers using AlmaLinux is increasing as it is the successor to centOS. So, it will be greate if Instana could monitor AlmaLinux.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 2 Delivered