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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

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OTEL integration on Instana running Docker Container.

Want to enable the Open Telemetry (OTEL) acceptor (otlp-acceptor) so we can start testing OTEL as more standard way to send telemetry data to Instana. Instana backend is running on Docker Container
8 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Not under consideration

Use websockets to establish communication between MCM Cluster Hub and the managed cluster (Public Cloud)

Sometimes the cluster hub could be installed in a data center with several security restrictions, with some exceptions the customer could open the outbound traffic to internet, in order to manage another cluster like EKS, AKS, etc. but at the end ...
over 4 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 1 Not under consideration

Show alerts using Mobile App

Options to view Instana Alerts using a Mobile App
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Have a simple interface for bulk-adding targets

When adding new features, like initial install of multiple vCenters or adding Databases to an existing installation (pretty much any type target that may have multiple entities), on the "add target" screen have the option to select a CSV file for ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 2 Not under consideration

URLs for direct access to Action Center & Action Center Details

Desired customer use case: Customer is leveraging webhooks to send pending Turbo actions directly to end-users. They want a way to expose a link that takes the user directly to the Action Center Details view for a given entity/action. Today, we ca...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 2 Not under consideration

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4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Not under consideration

Make action execution limits a per-target configuration via UI

Today, we can limit concurrent actions as one line in the yaml. This setting applies to all targets and is only adjustable via command line. This idea is to allow for us to modify this setting on a per-target level and through the UI. Additionally...
about 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 2 Not under consideration

Use native AWS memory metrics without renaming so that AWS Users can view Memory Metrics in AWS CloudWatch Resource Health View.

A Business application team requires the use of the AWS CloudWatch Resource Health view. The Resource Health view requires the native AWS metric names which conflicts with the Turbonomic requirement to rename the metrics. Change the way that the T...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 1 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 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 4 Not under consideration

Provide a metric that shows actual usage of Azure disk drives along with allocated space.

Azure provides an ability to conduct a dynamic life resizing upward on disk drives, but not decrease in size. All current products and the Azure Portal will only show allocated drive space. We are unable to accurately determine if we over commit o...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 1 Not under consideration