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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.
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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Report for All Types of Failed Jobs

We would like an option in the IWS reporting tool to display failed jobs (ex: jobs that fail because there are no resources available.) If a job creates any kind of error, (failed/abended/etc.), we want to be able to see it in a report to keep tra...
about 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

API: Support EntityId->Host parameter in query to get all Snapshots of a single Host

Introduction: In an Enterprise Context, Instana contains valueable informations about running software on single machines or clusters, when an Agent is installed. With the current API it is hard to replicate UI functionalities, like showing all pr...
over 1 year ago in Instana / API-C / Infrastructure 2 Functionality already exists

Allow for local administrative login while utilizing SSO/MFA

When using MFA/SSO with Turbonomic it will only allow for login via that MFA/SSO provider. If something changes or the login no longer functions, it is then impossible to access the Turbonomic UI. I believe it would be a good idea to leave some so...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Authentication & Security 1 Not under consideration

Would love to see a VPN feature for targets that sit behind one

When creating demos for customers, we don't always get access to their production environment during pre-poc stages. I was attempting to connect a Azure ROKS instance where Turbonomic is installed to another techzone instance of a vCenter for samp...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 1 Not under consideration

TSRM Gateway needs a new property Gate.TSRM.MaximoAuthentication

Maximo v7.6.1 no longer allows anonymous logins. There is a new parameter, mxe.int.allowdefaultlogin, which overrides ALLOWDFLTLOGIN in SMP\maximo\applications\maximo\mboejb\ejbmodule\META-INF\ejb-jar.xml in ICD. When mxe.int.allowdefaultlogin is ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Add Global Search on the main home/landing page to make is easier and quicker to search

Adding a global search option in the white space in the top bar on the main home screen to make is easier and quicker for users to search for anything in Turbo. As the search on the side is not a good user experience as it defaults to VM's and use...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0

NCM Compliance result should give more meaningful Evaluation

Currently it's hard for user to identify which evaluation in NCM Compliance that's failing or passed. IN each of the execution, under each run, it only show list of Evaluation which mapped to each definition. If 1 of the definition failed, user on...
almost 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration

NOI Scope Based Policy Table

US Cellular has requested to make the Scope Based Policy details to be exposed in a database so that they can build a dynamic dashboard to show the alarm reduction metrics.
about 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Possibility to configure ulimits of instana containers (docker-based on-premise setup)

We recently had an issue with the max amount of open files per container. The Instana support told us, that there is currently no option to configure that. We'd love to configure that for specific containers in the settings.hcl file.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Self Hosted 3 Not under consideration

Last Resort Circuit Status Support in ITNM

We need to be able to manage last resort circuit status where the interaface is normally ifadmin up and ifoper down until the primary circuits fail at which time the last resort circuit moves to ifadmin up and ifoper up. We need to not create inte...
about 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration