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PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.
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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When exporting data from unattached volumes, provide the data of the last attached VM as one of the exported fields.

When exporting data from unattached volumes, provide the data of the last attached VM as one of the exported fields. That data will allow for additional validation of if a VM is still active (and perhaps the user is using attaching/unattaching dis...

Support AWS API Gateway

Customer asked if Instana could extend their monitoring capabilities by adding AWS API Gateway to the supported technologies.
over 3 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Delivered

Add Storage Cluster Filter to Create VM Groups

Create VM groups using a storage cluster filter. Customer wants to move VMs from storage cluster A to storage cluster B. VM groups are needed for the place and do not place policies.

Unable to copy data of "Tool Tips" when Mouse over on link or device icon in ITNM Hop View

Some background to this case.If you bring the mouse over the connection between two devices in the Hop View and other views as stated in title, you get a popup with information about the link(s).They are called "tooltips".Megaport want to be able ...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

Update Android Client of Instana - So it will work with upcoming Gradle 8.0

Can you pls make the Android client Gradle 8.0 compatible? Error from Gradle (Android Studio build): API 'android.registerTransform' is obsolete. It will be removed in version 8.0 of the Android Gradle plugin. The Transform API is removed to im...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 1 Delivered

Oracle Job definition import with all the associated parameters

Oracle Job definition import with all the associated parameters
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Delivered

Time Shift in K8S and other views

It would be great to have "Time Shift" (from Applications) to other views. In particular it would be really useful at a Kubernetes Service/Deployment/Pod... level to compare the CPU/memory/etc. usage based on previous periods especially comparing ...
over 3 years ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Delivered

composite index monitoring or polling [Optical Interface of Rx and Tx for Cisco and Juniper]

Cisco & Juniper Optical Interface Rx or Tx monitoring using composite index or topological index
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

ITNM integration with Infinera TNMS

Globe Telecom is planning to integrate Infinera TNMS to its existing network. Based on the support case raised earlier it was learned that ITNM doesnt have a collector which can retrieve inventory information from Infinera TNMS. We would like to i...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 5 Delivered

ISM TCPPORT monitor support for TLS

This is coming from support case TS004712321. We need to use the Internet Service Monitoring product functionality from ITCAM for Transactions to monitor custom SSL ports. Right now, the TCPPORT monitor doesn't support SSL/TLS configuration, so wh...
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Delivered