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IBM i sensor: add Subsystem name to the Active Job table and support it as a filter in job-based events

Add the subsystem name as a collected attribute in the IBM i sensor's Top Active Jobs table. Let users include it in the match criteria for job-based events, so a missing-job event can be scoped to a subsystem. Problem / current limitation INACTI...
15 days ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted

Optional flat chronological view for Request comments and replies

Greetings, Please add an option to switch between threaded and flat chronological comment views on Requests in both Targetprocess and the Service Desk portal. Currently, replies remain grouped beneath their parent comment. Sorting oldest-to-newest...
15 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Submitted

Have a UI notification in the Turbonomic UI that shows when the OVA k8s certificates are close to expiring.

Recently our Production OVA deployed instance of Turbonomic had its K8S certificates expire. We did not get any notification in the UI and found out after the fact.  

Many customers are moving to private 4/5G networks, would like the collectors for this to be productized for PCMD & CCMS data collection

IBM SevOne would benefit as this is a new and growing opportunity
2 months ago in SevOne / Other 0 Under review

Support Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to enable secure, standardized AI assistant integration with Apptio.

We would like Apptio to support the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable secure and governed integration with AI assistants and LLM-based tools. MCP provides a standardized way for AI systems to discover and interact with enterprise tools and AP...
10 months ago in Cloudability / AI/ML in Cloudability 1 Planned for future release

Automated tracking of OpenShift Licensing Costs

Customers leverage Kubecost to help understand the total cost of ownership of their kubernetes clusters. For customers who use Red Hat OpenShift, a key component of these costs is the licensing fees. While customers today can leverage the CSV manu...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Kubecost/Advanced Containers 3 Under review

Add Coverage Threshold to Commitment Alerts

Currently, commitment alerts only cover expiring commitments and utilization thresholds. However, Coverage is also an important KPI that customers would want to be alerted on. Please consider adding support for Coverage-based alerts as well. Thanks!
2 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 2 Future consideration

Auto Failover for IWA v10.1 DM and DDM Components

This RFE addresses the need for native auto-failover capabilities for Domain Manager (DM) and Dynamic Domain Manager (DDM) components in TWS v10.1, aiming to improve operational resilience and reduce downtime due to hardware any service crash duri...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Add recommendations for AWS FSx

Looking for a recommendation that minimizes waste from over provisioned storage and throughput for AWS FSx. Please comment which variant of FSx your organization uses.
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Prediction of alerts

The operator wants to know when the next alert is expected. Currently, the temporal model already contains information about the pattern identified in a group of alerts:- Alert A arrives at time N- Alert B arrives N time after alert A- Alert C arr...
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration