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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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Add VERSA objects for Upstream and Downstream capacity %

Unlike VIPTELA, up to this point VERSA has not provided Upstream/Downstream capacity %. This is now available: https://docs.versa-networks.com/Management_and_Orchestration/Versa_Analytics/Versa_Analytics_Log_Collector_Log_Types/WAN_Interface_Utili...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Software Defined WAN (SDWAN) 4 Planned for future release

Showing P90, P95, P99 actions all at the same time.

Showing P90, P95, P99 actions all at the same time. If showing for all VM is too hard due to resource perspective, it is ok to run as "Plan" basis and show the result in a screen.
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 2 Future consideration

IsBank wants Instana to support Oracle ODP (Oracle.DataAccess.Client) library version 4.122.x and above. Current support is 4.121.

We are experiencing some problems in monitoring the card system side, one of our most critical systems, on Instana. While the Oracle ODP (Oracle.DataAccess.Client) library version on the relevant servers is 4.122.1, Instana supports 4.121.2 and be...
7 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

reduce false positives for used space on data_files for "IBM® Tivoli® Composite Application Manager for Microsoft® Applications" ITM6 agent

Add an attribute, for example 'maxsize unlimited', to attribute group 'MS SQL Database Detail' that would allow to trigger a situation only if the maxsize is not unlimited (cf with auto extend capability).
7 days ago in Instana / ITM v6, ITCAM v7, APM v8 0 Submitted

Turbonomic support for Oracle Cloud

The support for OCI (Oracle Cloud) was initially raised as "TURBO-I-274", but it seems to have stalled in discussions, being marked as "Not under consideration". On the other hand, there has been an increase in the use of OCI among Japanese custom...
8 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 6 Not under consideration

The customer wants an alarm when the same test goes wrong on 2 different POP

The customer wants an alarm when the same test goes wrong on 2 different POP.
4 months ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Future consideration

It would be desirable if multiple currencies could be handled by one Turbonomic

Currently, only one currency symbol can be set, so if AWS (USD) and Azure (Yen) are mixed, it will be confusing. Each time, we create a group just for AWS and refer to that dashboard, which is cumbersome.
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts 1 Future consideration

Add features suitable for multi-tenant usage. Ex) Creating templates for user groups

Original Request from the customer.------------------------- Add features suitable for multi-tenant usage. Ex) Creating templates for user groups Question by IBM team.------------------------- Please provide examples and desired outcome. I want to...
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Enable each dashboard creator to assign multiple Dashboard owners.

Original Request from the customer.------------------------- Enable each dashboard creator to assign multiple Dashboard owners. Question by IBM team.------------------------- Valid RBAC request. Have you seen our new SaaS reporting option? This is...
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Pre-flight data volume measurements for all AIOps connectors

We need the ability to connect to data sources and run a pre-flight check on how much data will be generated by the connection. It is difficult to guess how much data will be generated up front without actually connecting to the data source and se...
8 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Submitted