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Support apache http client 5.X

The apache http client version 5.x has now been released for 3 years and is meeting a large adoption as a replacement for the 4.x client. Instana should add support for this client.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Java 1 Delivered

Variance analysis - Change column name to month + "actuals"

In the variance analysis section 1st column with actuals has only month name and it doesn't specify if it's actuals or forecast. As you can see from the attachments the title of the column is only April which doesn't specify if it's actuals or for...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Delivered

PHP 8.2 support

PHP 8.2 was released on 8 December 2022. Instana only supports 8.1, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-php#supported-versions
almost 2 years ago in Instana / PHP 2 Delivered

kubeturbo capability to execute rollout command after making change on Deployment Config in OpenShift 3.11 environment

A prospect with a large OpenShift environment has legacy 3.11 clusters which "ConfigChange" triggers are not defined (empty). In this scenario, k8s will not automatically initiate a rollout with a change that kubeturbo made to the spec template. T...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Container Platforms (K8s & OpenShift) 1 Delivered

ITNM not discovering the CSR routers from Ericsson ENM

Current ITNM Ericsson ENM collector doesn't discover CSR's.
almost 2 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

Synthetic monitoring - Be able to do security request (auth)

Currently, it is possible to create a test suite in javascript where the auth data (token) is set through headers.It is true that this token that is generated must be done using basic authorization data (client id, secret...) that are exposed in t...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Synthetic 2 Delivered

Target page used to have search. The new one 8.8.2 doesn't have search. Can we have it back?

For a large enterprise with scores of Azure and AWS and OnPrem Targets, the customer said he needs the search function. This is probably in the backlog. Just wanted to accurately record the voice of the customer.
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 2 Delivered

Add Repository Parameter for Proxy Artefact Servers

Problem:---------- The current Instana Synthetics Helm chart is using static URLs and paths to the container images. In an Enterprise Context, it is not always possible to access external Docker repos directly. Therefore teams has to use an intern...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Synthetic 3 Delivered

Instana cannot capture the IMS JDBC

Instana cannot capture the IMS JDBC calls by default if application uses this jar file.IMS uses two APIs for accessing the IMS data; the first one is JDBC 4.0 spec, and the second is the DL/I API. The IMS team confirms that JDBC implementation is ...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Integrations 2 Delivered

DB2 Log_space percentage monitoring.

In this use case the customer Julie Yates wants to monitor log_space from her DB2 servers based on percentage. Since her team has multiple DB2 servers and the log_space may differ from one database to another, the ideal monitoring for this metric ...
about 2 years ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Delivered