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PINNED Distribute the Instana kubectl plugin with Krew
Krew is a popular open source plugin manager for the kubectl command-line tool maintained by the Kubernetes SIG CLI community. The tool helps to discover, install, and update kubectl plugins by offering a centralised plugin repository. The usage o...
PINNED Self hosted backed on Docker, Support for RHEL 9.x
According to support matrix RHEL 9.x is not supported for self hosted backed installations. However vast majority of customers are using RHEL 9.x RHEL 9.x OS support required for Instana self hosted backend

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Search function and multiple selection for Nodes

With the new UI multiple selection for resources is available. For nodes it's currently not provided. The "node view" should be enhanced by this function for nodes, so you can select several nodes and e.g. exclude them all by 1 click.
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 3 Not under consideration

Loader (And Gateway) elasticity to deal with increased in data volume

TNPM. Currently Loaders (and Gateways) can deal with data backlog though backup instances that have been pre-configured. This request is to have Loader (And Gateway) elasticity to automatically and dynamically deal with unexpected increases or bac...
almost 11 years ago in Cloud Pak for Network Automation / Performance 3 Not under consideration

Up-issuing a Definition should automatically up-issue any Rule and/or Policy which calls it

ITNCM Compliance manager has a feature whereby once you "activate" a Policy, Rule, or Definition - the version number of that Policy, Rule or Definition is automatically incremented whenever it is edited. It is normal to have each Policy call one ...
almost 11 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 3 Not under consideration

For AAA SmartModel in ITNCM-Base not matching SmartModel in ITNCM-Compliance.

aaa authorization commands 15 default group tacacs+ appears to be modelled in the driver but when using the "create a new definition" wizard only the following is available aaa authorization commands 15 similarly aaa accounting network default sta...
about 11 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 3 Not under consideration

hacadapter should move hacmp RG containing only one member

with hacadapter it should be possible to inject a move request if it contains only one member like a Volume Group.
about 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Prevent Start-loop

We need a Resource go Failed Offline, when it is started more then a defined number during a defined time interval. This prevents inlimited restart cycles, which isn't noticed by monitoring.
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Movegroups

A move group is similar to a choice group with preferences to ensure a more granular, automatic control A move group is like a choice group with satisfactory target 1 see SA z/OS
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Dependency visualisation

In case of an online or offline request the operator should get an visualisation of everything the automation will do (starting parents, subtask, etc.) This should be a confirmation panel to help the operator to decide if he realy want to do this ...
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Better integration of SA z/OS in operator console

Better integration of SA z/OS in operator console
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

override dependencies

override dependency like in SA z/OS
over 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration