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Add GPU and GPU memory to container cost allocation

We need Cloudability Kubernetes Cost Allocation to include GPU and GPU memory weighted by GPU importance along other existing metrics (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network) and COST measures in Cloudability Dashboards+Reports properly reflect allocation Tod...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting / Kubecost/Advanced Containers 2 Future consideration

Enable OCLI and Composer extract/create commands to append output to an existing file

Currently, when using OCLI or Composer to extract multiple object types, each extract operation requires its own output file. As a result, users must execute multiple extract commands and manage multiple files before performing a subsequent add or...
about 1 month ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Provide an option in Orchestration Monitor to display all job run instances within a job stream by default

Within the Orchestration Monitor, when a job has multiple executions due to manual reruns, Recovery Options, or the "Repeat Every" setting, only the most recent instance of the job is displayed in the job stream view. Currently, users must select ...
about 1 month ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Enforce Resource Configuration as Multiples of Increment Values in Container Specs Policies

I would like to submit an enhancement request for Turbonomic regarding policy settings for Container Specs. Currently, Turbonomic policies allow us to define: minimum configuration, maximum configuration, and increment steps. However, it would be ...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 1 Submitted

Infrastructure linking for MaxScale proxy mariadb

The proxy (MaxScale) operates between the application and the MariaDB instances, preventing Instana from correlating database spans with infrastructure entities. Thus, a MaxScale tracer/integration is necessary to facilitate the correlation with M...
2 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Future consideration

Multi-Filesystem alerts

We need to monitor multiple filesystems on a host using a single rule, while allowing a different threshold for each filesystem. Today, when creating an alert covering multiple filesystems, the webhook payload does not clearly identify: Which fil...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Functionality already exists

Have GPU rightsizing for Azure

Missing the data for GPU rightsizing that would help give better recommendations
28 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Streamline "Take Ownership" Action: Auto-Acknowledge Alerts and Remove User Group Selection Pop-up

We are requesting an enhancement to the Alert Viewer Take Ownership workflow to reduce unnecessary operator actions and improve alert triage efficiency. Currently, operators must perform multiple manual actions to take responsibility for an alert ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Introduce a built-in Targetprocess diagnostic and client-side logging capability that allows users to easily capture and securely submit troubleshooting data, including HAR files and browser-side errors, directly from the application without requiring advanced technical knowledge or Support case management

Support and Engineering teams frequently rely on HAR files and client-side browser diagnostics to investigate issues related to application behavior, performance, integrations, and reporting. However, obtaining this information today can be cumber...
4 months ago in Targetprocess / Other 0 Submitted

Support HTTPd tracing on IBM i

Dear colleagues, our customer runs WAS infrastructure on IBM i and manages Apache HTTPd servers using WAS admin console. We discovered that Instana doesn't have support of IBM i platform for HTTPd tracing: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-obser...
4 months ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Planned for future release