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Instana

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HMC Sensor - Add the HMC "release version" version to the product metrics

NOC agents must generate platform reports with the version to determine if there are changes. Currently, they cannot view through Instana UI and must contact the administrator of each HMC to obtain the version.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Under review

Feature to convert "Global smart alert" to "Application smart alert" when we do it from application perspective !!

For instance, if we have a global smart alert for 404 errors with a static threshold of 5%, and there are 50+ applications that require different thresholds, the ability to convert the global smart alert to an application smart alert from within t...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

We should have an option to stop auto resolve events or smart alerts.

Having the ability to disable auto-resolution for smart alerts or events would provide greater control over how they are closed. For example, if I want HTTP 500 smart alerts to remain unresolved until I've added all the case notes, gathered necess...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 1 Submitted

OTEL Contrib Collector should be automatically installed via our Agent

OTEL Contrib Collector should be automatically installed via our Agent
about 1 month ago in Instana / Logging 0 Under review

Need OTEL Contrib Collector for AIX and Solaris

Need OTEL Contrib Collector for AIX and Solaris
about 1 month ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

Simplified UI for Agent configuration

Many times Client find it difficult to edit configuration.yaml for agent configuration as this is huge file, indentation sensitive and not so user friendly. A more intuitive UI for making changes to agent configuration is requested through this idea.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Exclude Local FileSystem from monitoring

Currently, there is only option to INCLUDE REMOTE filesystems to be monitored within Instana agent configuration file. Customer is looking for the option to EXCLUDE LOCAL filesystem from monitoring. They do have some filesystems which are nearly f...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 2 Functionality already exists

Terraform support for Infrastructure Smart Alerts is needed

There is currently no terraform code available to creating Infrastructure Smart Alerts. This capability is missing but needed for a customer engagement.
about 1 month ago in Instana / API-C / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

Document the recommended number of events and smart alerts the SaaS by default can support

The information would be useful when development of a solution in which is a replacement of an existing APM. The primary benefit would be to not pick a path only to find out after a large time investment that that option is not able to support the...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Alert 2 Not under consideration

Distinguish between instance names in IBM Cloud Databases instances on Infrastructure Map.

[Background] The customer is developing the system on IBM Cloud, and uses a lot of "IBM Cloud Databases for PostgresSQL" and "IBM Cloud Databases for Redis" instances.Checking these instances on Infrastructure Map, all instances are listed with th...
about 1 month ago in Instana / IBM Cloud 0 Submitted