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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 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.

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Preserve comments in ITNM's config files

When saving changing to a configuration file via the Discovery Configuration GUI, custom comments within the header of the document are lost.
about 8 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Customise DASH LOGON.JSP

Just want to customise LOGON.JSP with company logo or background image. Also add some HTML Anchor links or buttons to access the external app or internal DASH pages [DASHBOARD] Create banner or maintenance message and special instructions to users...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Future consideration

Improving Resiliency #3: gracefully resuming TWS services even after a sudden TWS stop

Event in a scenario of a sudden TWS Stop (abrupt kill of TWS services), the TWS Agent needs to have the capability of gracefully resuming its services after a failover.
8 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Differentiate between Agent and JVM offline events.

It is not possible to differentiate between a JVM going offline and if there is a communication drop with the Instana agent. This has been discussed with IBM support TS013050872. Request for service improvement to be able to tell the difference so...
8 months ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration

Instana Agent/Sensor to monitor the ISAM & ISIM physical appliances

We have the IBM Security Access Management & IBM Security Identity Management applications which are hosted on the physical appliances. We are looking for an Instana Agent Sensor to connect to the physical appliances and monitor the applicatio...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Add End User's IP Address and Hostname to INSTANA's Action Logs and Access Logs

This will help companies in regulated industries like Banking to feel more confident their data is secure and identify security incidents. This is a requirement for PCI Certification.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Access Control 0 Future consideration

Cancelation of WebSphere batch job (wsgrid.bat) on Windows should invoke shutdown hook i java

Cancelling a WebSphere Batch job on Windows, a java.exe process started from the wsgrid.bat only kills the java process. The shutdown hook in java is not called and the job/step i the websphere bacth container is not interrupted/stopped. This is "...
over 8 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Add functionality to monitor status pages of other tools and trigger events or query data from them

Add functionality to monitor status pages of other tools and trigger events or query data from them. Users will be able to keep an eye on all used thrid party services in one place.New Relic and other products also provide this service. See https:...
8 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Future consideration

Azure HyperScale DBs have read-only replicas which are very expensive. Can Turbo provide recommendations for the number of these?

Azure HyperScale Databases have the option for read-only replicas. These can cost $1000+/mo in addition to the cost of the main db. Is there a way that Turbo can recommend how many of these read-only replicas are needed to maintain performance but...
8 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APM & Applications & Databases 0 Future consideration

RTEMS IBInterface doStageTwoProcess messages to be sent to the MSG2 log

Currently the Stage 2 messages are sent to the RTEMS RAS log, which roll and are overwritten the frequency and speed of which is determined by the amount of tracing that is enabled. These messages : (64D867A4.0008-7:ko4crtsq.cpp,6936,"IBInterface:...
8 months ago in ITM/IBM APM 0 Future consideration