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Self-recovery in case of OOM error to improve reliability of the instana agent service

Background Instana agent has default JAVA heap as follows: JAVA_MIN_MEM=64mexport JAVA_MIN_MEMJAVA_MAX_MEM=160mexport JAVA_MAX_MEM Despite setting more than 3 times the heap size for JAVA_MAX_MEM (eg. 512m) over the nominal memory usage (eg. avera...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration

IBM APM 8.1.4 supports RHEL 8.3 or RHEL 8.4?

Please let us know what will be the ETA for IBM APM 8.1.4 supporting RHEL 8.3 or RHEL 8.4
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 2 Not under consideration

Allow Instana data source in Grafana to "Skip TLS verify" when using proxy

The Instana plugin in Grafana doesn't work if you use the proxy mode and the Instana on-prem uses a self signed certificate. You get this error message:Proxy request failed" err="x509: certificate signed by unknown authority" Most other data sourc...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Future consideration

Export as image and Export option missing in Action drop down of Topology Lite Widget

Export as image and Export option missing in Action drop down of Topology Lite Widget But in Topology Lite widget documentation in Knowledge Center , it is available . https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEKCU_1.1.3.0/com.ibm.psc.doc/tip_...
over 4 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 7 Not under consideration

Netcool probe can connect any other component in service assurance platform

Currently Netcool probe is designed to read only static data as lookup file and can insert data in Objectserver. No other DB or updating alarms is possible. If Netcool probe can handle any other database other than objectserver also can connect an...
over 1 year ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Under review

Customise DASH LOGON.JSP

Just want to customise LOGON.JSP with company logo or background image. Also add some HTML Anchor links or buttons to access the external app or internal DASH pages [DASHBOARD] Create banner or maintenance message and special instructions to users...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Future consideration

Need to see NUMA Scoring from HMC per Lpar in Instana

Hi for HANA on Power it is essentiall to see the NUMA Scoring for each VM from HMC in Instana
over 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Power / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Update OMNIbus WebGUI to process ExtendedAttr as if it was Details

With NcKL being moved away from details() and instead using nvp inside ExtendedAttr, we need a way to make that field (ExtendedAttr) human readable/consumable. A fourth tab should be added to an alarm when double-clicked (Information tool), which ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

When DataType detects a DB Type change should show a sign e.g. an exclamation point to indicate the required D.T. refresh

When DataType detects a DB Type change and updates the data in DataType (for instance from Oracle NUM16 to NUMBER) and data in the DataType changed from Integer to Float, it should show an exclamation point to indicate that DataType has detected D...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

CLOSE_WAIT status monitoring

We need Instana to monitor, alert and publish CLOSE_WAIT status for running processes on a host. It will be used for troubleshooting as well as proactive measure to avoid any potential outage.
8 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Future consideration