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Custom metadata for definition objects

We would like the ability to add custom key/value metadata to all object types in the database. We utilize a lot of custom scripts to monitor and maintain our IWS system. This is useful in scripting scenarios where you need to make different decis...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Being able to select a specific month to drop IT Planning files

Being able to select a specific month to drop IT Planning files vs only having it send to January and replacing monthly files. When loading files from ITP to CT would like the flexibility to have it drop in different months. For example Jan – drop...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Not under consideration

Ability to setup event on multiple conditions

The possibility to compare / set into relation more than one value in an Event definition? I mean I have Data Source, Metric, Operator, ... - but only for _one_ parameter. What I need is something like this: Value A > 70% value of B -> Alert...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Ping Agent / Status of Ping

I want to check a process using your Ping Sensors. Therefore I defined the Ping Sensors , which works OK (see screenshot). But how do I create an Event / Condition for "Status of ping (status)"? (see screenshot). I assume status = 200 is OK - but ...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Cloudability support for AWS & Azure China

Our company is using Cloudability globally to manage all public clouds except for AWS & Azure in China. We'd like to have consistent way to manage FinOps in our global estate. Can Cloudability start to ingest data from AWS & Azure China.
5 months ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations 1 Not under consideration

ALSAC would like to be able to monitor the SalesForce Cloud

We need to proactively monitor the SaleForce Cloud which is used extensively in ALSAC. We would like to be able to observe data such as (but not limited to): Logins and ip addresses related to them Data loads and deletions - unusual activity API A...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Not under consideration

Enhance CP4AIOps to get topology data from Meraki devices

Meraki's marketshare has exploded in serving large enterprises with cloud-managed networking in the last 5 years. Meraki now accounts for 10-20% of Cisco's switching business revenue and it is considered a leader in Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant f...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Need performance Disk and SAN data (NPIV and physical ports) from AIX Client and AIX VIOS like we have today with NMON , NJMON utility or e.g. with iostat command from AIX (See uploaded example textfile)

We need to collect permanently disk and san infrastructure because most of the problems came from this environment in the past beside typical cpu,memory, filesystem etc. This integration was included in Tivoli ITCAM or in free tools from IBM like ...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Filtering resources like Databricks instances and other actions listed on show actions page

Filtering resources like Databricks instances and other actions listed on show actions page. Need the ability to exclude and include using some query expression. Currently, they are seeing many action recommendations for databricks [short lived] a...
11 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 3 Not under consideration

Forward slots from event custom fields as part of the body when using a outgoing webhook to forward incidents to a external event management tool

When forwarding events via the outgoing webhook integration to an external event management tool (BMC Truesight Operations Manager) i.e. CPU, Filesystem, swap space etc. We only see event info and resource affected slots passed with the body. Key ...
about 4 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 4 Not under consideration