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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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Start / StopCommand is not issued to the resources with Unknown state, during start / stop of resource group or takeover.

"StartCommand / StopCommand is not issued to the resources with Unknown state, during starting / stopping of resource group or takeover" This request comes from the PMR - 04264,616,760The request is for a change to issue StartCommand / StopCommand...
about 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Gateway for Message Bus (XML Gateway) Should Allow Inclusion of Custom Headers When Running in HTTP Transport Mode

Allow inclusion of custom headers when the Gateway for Message Bus (nco_g_xml) is running with Gate.XMLGateway.TransportType : 'HTTP'Most significantly, an authentication header. Currently per IBM support, only basic authentication is supported, a...
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Openstack agent for CP4MCM

On Telco to support network virtualization is very common to use Openstack as the cloud operations which operators runs their VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) and is very important to monitor this environment. A CP4MCM agent for Openstack can help...
over 4 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

Auto Upgrade JVM with Instana

Please update Java(Azul or Eclips) when updating instana via the agent update. As vulnerabilities appear instana should update the Java it uses and allow for the update to be seamless
about 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Meta Data in traces and end-user beacons used for smart alarm metrics

We tried to create smart alarm with using our website's metadata in traces and end-user beacons. With the current version, we can use these for filtering the available smart alarm metrics but we can't create alarms based on them. Some errors can b...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Need to be able to configure non-standard ports for CP4MCM external communications

I was talking to TELUS regarding an upcoming POC. They have a requirement that you can't open standard ports for communications between firewall zone. They have requested that CP4MCM allow for the configuration of alternative ports. They indicated...
over 4 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

Signing Instana agent images

Instana agent images should be digitally signed to verify content integrity.
about 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Built-in Event on docker container - CPU Usage

Hi team, Currently, on the docker container entity type, there is only one built in event (on the memory) : https://instana.io/s/oAKdnEMqQtuTNHKaq1JBAw We would like to know if it's planned to have a built in event also on the CPU usage which woul...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Not under consideration

Extend the agent API for finer tuning

Hi, We recently came across a monitoring issue of "max_metrics_reached" on an agent. We wanted to investigate which metrics were collected by this agent, to be able to fine-tune the max_metrics parameter without resorting to trial and error. This ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / API-C 1 Not under consideration

Automated fallback from IBM-hosted monitoring locations

When IBM offers hosted/maintained synthetic monitoring locations. it might be helpful to provide automated fallback or automated verification of failed tests. For example, if a test fails from a monitor in a Virginia datacenter, retest from New Yo...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Synthetic 2 Not under consideration