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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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Custom Template Sensor - executeCommandWithTimeout (may) block if standard input is not redirected from a file

The executeCommandWithTimeout command (may) block if standard input is not redirected from a file. The command we are executing does not as far as I can tell read from standard input, so I don't really understand why this is happening). We redirec...
about 7 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Is a defect

Custom Template Sensor - executeCommandWithTimeout does not handle standard error

The jython executeCommandWithTimeout does not handle standard error. We had to redirect stderr to stdout to see anything written on stderr. The output on stderr should be logged by default.
about 7 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Alignment to industry standards RFC1123 for host lenght name

A change has been applied to the IT industry standard for host name lengthThe syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952.Host name syntax is hereby changed: the restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a let...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Selectively include concurrent program output in IWS job log

Output from Oracle E-Business concurrent programs, managed by IWS, is not currently included in the associated IWS job logs. Having the ability to selectively include the program output in the IWS job log can make it easier for Operations teams to...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Support selection of print style and layout

The Oracle E-Business plug-in does not currently support the selection of a layout template or a print style.
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Ability to manage Request Sets

Oracle E-Business requests can be combined into request sets, where Oracle Concurrent Manager executes the individual requests in the set according to the relationships defined in the set. The IWS Oracle E-Business plug-in currently only supports ...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Optionally allow Warning status to be accepted as success

Customers use the Oracle E-business plug-in to manage individual Concurrent Manager requests as IWS jobs. Those request may complete in Oracle Concurrent Manager with a Warning status. The IWS Oracle E-Business plug-in does not currently provide a...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Optionally consider status of child requests

Customers use the Oracle E-business plug-in to manage individual Concurrent Manager requests as IWS jobs. Those request may submit one or more child requests to Oracle Concurrent Manager. The IWS Oracle E-Business plug-in does not currently provid...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Wait for child requests

Customers use the Oracle E-business plug-in to manage individual Concurrent Manager requests as IWS jobs. Those request may submit one or more child requests to Oracle Concurrent Manager. The IWS Oracle E-Business plug-in does not currently provid...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Document statistics schema between versions

Currently the historical statistical data can only be upgraded in a single pass, and there is no way to selectively transfer statistical data for specific workstations, which is required if a customer performs an upgrade in separate, multiple phas...
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration