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PINNED Self hosted backed on Docker, Support for RHEL 9.x
According to support matrix RHEL 9.x is not supported for self hosted backed installations. However vast majority of customers are using RHEL 9.x RHEL 9.x OS support required for Instana self hosted backend
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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ASM Topology Viewer: Status or Colouring

Current STATUS of resource in ASM, especially its colouring based on event severity is incorrect. if a link down only the connectedTo or layer2 link between the interface and device should change colour and rest all remain black. Unless there is a...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Functionality already exists

Open ID connect - Group based access

The customer has integrated the Open ID connected to our self-hosted Instana. They would like to have the options for giving access to group-based access. Currently any authenticated users can be given access with Default roles. But they would lik...
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Functionality already exists

In IWS Scheduling Factory submitJobStream add Variable Table parameter.

submitJobSream only supports jsname, start time and alias. For my needs passing a Variable table is required.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

Automatic rebuild topological view after discovery

After run of discovery we need the automatic update of topological view for include new devices discovered. See also further datail in reported case.
almost 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Functionality already exists

Create a new "Search ASM" widget for ASM topology search in DASH which should be case insensitive and searches using "NodeClickedOn" event and able to search node name with exact match

Create a new "Search ASM" widget for ASM topology search in DASH which should be case insensitive and searches using "NodeClickedOn" subscribed event and able to search node name with exact match.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Functionality already exists

DWC - Manage Engine function was not enabled for Developer and Operator role to create Engine

DWC server - ttfai740OS Version - AIX 7.2.0.0DWC version - 9.5 FP02 Manage Role Section --> Only Administrator role have access to "Manage Engine" function, there are many application teams in our environment, we had plan to assign Developer an...
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

Limits by combining multiple job streams

Today we can set limits at Workstation level and Job Stream Level. However if we have to have a combined sub limit for multiple job streams, it is hard to achieve. Requirement is for grouping of job streams and setting a limit on them.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

2 or more poll data on a same graph

There is a need to show data from at least 2 poll polices on a same graph for single device. This is necessary to provide in order to replace other vendor software usage with ITNM at customer and to keep same device usage visibility that previous ...
about 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Functionality already exists

group of calls "Without log message"

They want the possibility to group the calls "Without log message" in Analytics.
about 3 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Functionality already exists

SSO and Groups

The idea would be that we configure the dedicated groups in AD and assign them to the corresponding users. Instana would have to use the group provided in the SAML request and map the user to the group within Instana.
about 3 years ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Functionality already exists