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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
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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Circular ForcedDownBy relationships, DependsOn relationship & MANDATORY attribute

Requirement for circular ForcedDownBy relationships, DependsOn relationship & MANDATORY attribute. We'd like to be able to define 2 resources under TSA AM, with relationships so that either one will stop if the other fails. Under TSA MP we can...
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 3 Not under consideration

Improvements for state "Stuck Online"

Today, we have very limited possibilities to operate a resource with state "stuck online". There are two functions that should be improved:1. a resource stays in "stuck online" if the stop request is canceled and the desired state isn't "offline" ...
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 3 Not under consideration

rgmbrreq for concurrent resources

Today, it is not possible to create a request for a concurrent resource on a specific node. With the new function rgmbrreq should work for concurrent resources in the same way as rgmbrreq for fixed resources. see forum discussion: http://www.ibm.c...
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 4 Not under consideration

Encrypted EIF-Events

Encrypted EIF events would greatly enhance the security of the product.Why: Today it is possible to send faked EIF-Events to the SAAM. This could bring the SAAM Server to react in an unsuitable way.
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

SAMP - samadapter in non-root context

It would be a great security enhancement if the development would redesign the samadapter-process not to run in root-context anymore.It is generally awkward to open an IP-port with UID 0 due to the possible option of exploiting the process and gai...
over 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

TWS job and job stream char limit increase

pmr 744070,082,00 This PMR addresses the question about the jobstream character limit. I found that a request has been made to change the character limit for both jobstream and job names from 16 and 40 to 40 and 64 respectively. I tested the jobst...
almost 13 years ago in Workload Automation 5 Not under consideration