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PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...
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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Datastage Plugin ability to adjust the invoked job log

Add the functionality to be able to adjust the -log parameter being passed to dsjob. As of now, when you run the job through IWS, the output provides information from all of the times this job has been executed within DataStage. As of now it seems...
almost 5 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Planned for future release

Event Analytics - Option to define the pattern discovery timeframe

If groups/pattern timeframe can be set during discovery rather than post discovery via edit pattern option.
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

Remedy ARS Gateway Support for Version 18.08

The current gateway supports v9.1, but that version is no longer offered to customers.current version is 18.08 and formal support for this version is needed.
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

ITNCM Cisco/Switch/2960 - add models

There are quite a few different models of Catalyst 2960 switches with slightly different requirements for images and configurations but they are all modelled the same in NCM Support team advised to launch an enhancement request to split them up in...
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Planned for future release

Ability to programmatically change rptuser password and insert into users' DWC configurations

I support high-security policies by programmatically generating passwords for accounts used by IWS and making corresponding changes on the IWS side (like with changePassword.sh), without human intervention. The exception is the rptuser account use...
almost 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Able to filter alarms by major and minor and search alarms using identifier in service diagnosis anomaly search

The Customer wants a facility in service diagnosis anomaly search where they can search using major and minor alarms and search using anomaly identifier.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Planned for future release

Compliance housekeeping script

Keep only one distinct policy result for each Managed Network Resource.
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 2 Planned for future release

IWSz Specific Dashboard

A product provided Dashboard specific to the IWSz end to end environment should be provided with the product
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Update TWS/d code to prevent a command (conman start) from running if it is already running.

Citi had an issue were the "conman start" command appeared to be executed AFTER the Switchplan job was already running and caused different run number values in different areas where it is stored. This caused the switchplan job to NOT report back ...
almost 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Enable support for STIBO metrics

Canadian Tire is currently using 8 technologies to support business critical application. Instana supports TibcoEMS, Oracle, AzureFunction and remaining listed above are not supported leaving client without the observability in this area of their ...
3 months ago in Instana / Java / Sensor 0 Planned for future release