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Automatic event creation for process alerts

We are looking for a solution to employ a predefined list of Processes on the agent config and would need an event for "process down" created if the Instana server detects that process metrics came in from a host at any point and maintain that sta...
14 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Integration into CMDB

ideally, Instana should have an integration with CMDB where information about these technologies and hosts are maintained. It will be efficient if Instana can read the CMDB so we can scope internal classifications for monitoring or alerting (Dynam...
14 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Future consideration

Provide minimal Helm charts for Instana Enterprise Operator and Instana Backend

Summary Our CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins) and artifact-mirroring process are Helm-centric. Today, Instana Enterprise/Backend requires copying individual images and using kubectl instana to render/apply manifests. We request official minimal Helm charts...
14 days ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Submitted

IBM i agent to collect ILE/RPG/CL/Cobol tracing information (iDoctor light)

A customer , iDoctor user; would like to have a consolidated view of the IBM i agent tracing info and ILE tracing. Currently , the solution is to identify a job/program with Instana and use a PEX trace /JW collection to drill down and investigate....
about 1 month ago in Instana / IBM i 1 Future consideration

Show the SQL query on traces from CICS transactions to DB2/z

Shows a real E2E which includes the query at the end.
12 months ago in Instana / IBM Z / Tracing 0 Future consideration

Filtering traces and trace spans based on time spent in various stages such as self-time, network time, waiting time

Knowing the self-time and waiting time of HTTP requests would help in understanding the performance of the system and the performance of downstream systems. This will be helpful in creating accurate SLO dashboards that measure the performance of e...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Under review

Supported DataPower versions 10.5

Instana supports metrics and configuration data for IBM DataPower 2018.4, 10.0.1.x, 10.0.x and later versions, ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-datapower#supported-datapower-versions Most...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Functionality already exists

Missing traces for pods that run for about 5-10 minutes

The issue is caused because the instrumentation is not completed by the time the job completes its execution, which results in missing of trace data. We need the agent to be started - and running - before the application so we can instrument all t...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Start basic remote monitoring for detected unmonitored hosts

Capability to refine unmonitored services and be able to create an infrastructure representation of still unmonitored host (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.302?topic=instana-monitoring-applications#the-unmonitored-infrastruct...
3 months ago in Instana / Tracing 2 Needs more information

Utilise K8s secrets for InstanaAgent configuration

We are currently using the Instana Agent operator in Red Hat Openshift, and need to configure the Instana Agents. There are several places where use of secrets are in plaintext - this is problematic as we use gitops to manage the configuration of ...
6 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration