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Enable functionality to ITNM Network Views to add annotations to maps

ability to add annotations to Network View maps
over 9 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Enable SSL configuration for Oracle database connections

We had planned to deploy IWS 9.5FP2 (MDM and DWC) into Amazon cloud however our environment is mandated to use SSL connectivity to RDS instances. Currently only DB2 supports SSL which is not an option for us as Oracle RDS must be used in our AWS e...
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Allow Responsible Role for Team Workflow

It would be helpful if the Responsible Role for states in team workflows could be managed per team workflow.
about 3 years ago in Targetprocess / Other 1 Not under consideration

Allow capability to change TimeZone

Please allow capability to change the timezone. We have multiple teams globally and each of them see instana which shows time in their own timezone.But while reviewing together, most of the time we want to change it to one timezone, say EST so tha...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 2 Functionality already exists

Support runtime data collectors to monitor applications using gRPC

When deploying an application that uses gRPC with the runtime data collector, that is, even if the communication between the kubernetes services is other than HTTP/HTTPS, it can be viewed the service dependency topology and the transaction sequenc...
over 6 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

Ability to save & restore, clone Event & Alert configurations or create templates

Use cases: - When Events and Alerts are created, users would benefit to have ability to save configuration as a template to use as baseline for other events - save configuration to be able to revert back to after trying some changes - as a work ar...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Alert / Extend Capabilities 1 Not under consideration

Multiple datasets for actuals & plans

We have a client which works with 2 different sets of plans. Each using different set of actuals. When publishing the plan into CT, it would be nice to have 2 entity mappings for the plan (each with its own dataset).
about 3 years ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Under review

The Filter Options on Object Manager should default to "show both"

Every admin should, by default, get a holistic view of what the discovery for a device is actually doing. If they cannot make this a default, then at least make it an option in the settings to make this the default.
about 3 years ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration

Instana should integrate with DB2 DBA/Management tools for deep dive export DB performance for troubleshooting and administration.

Instana customer have to use 3rd party DB management tools, like DBMariine, to retrieve more detail DB2 performance information for troubleshooting. Suppose Instana should integrate DB2 DBA related tools.
about 3 years ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Way to calculate license usage of product with new IP address based licensing that excludes COC objects

Hi, with new IP addressing based licensing calculations we should calculate from device manager amount of IP addresses. There are also COC objects there in the listing which also have IP addresses. Requesting a way to exclude those COC objects so ...
about 3 years ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration