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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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Default to all rows when using search filter in Pack Service

Default to all rows when using search filter in Pack Service1) Select Pack Content2) Select Search and enter search criteria3) I do not want to select (all pages) when searching (Why would I want to do that by default).
10 days ago in Cloud Pak for Network Automation / Performance 0 Submitted

Health Agent and indicators for "all" Solutions e.g. credential validation, api key validation etc.

We've had a number issues with the solutions and it usually involves trawling through log files to identify that there has been an issue with credentials and api keys. This idea is to have a "Health Agent" for the respective solution that provides...
10 days ago in SevOne / Software Defined Networking (SDN) 0 Future consideration

PromQL capable Grafana Datasource plugin

Overhaul and/or extend the Grafana Plugin, or create a completely new Datasource to provide Instana metrics which can be consumed via PromQL.
10 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted

Add an integration with a source code management/testing tools such as GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins to measure Four Key Metrics(DORA Metrics)

Background: In today's software development landscape, achieving high performance in delivering software is crucial for gaining a competitive edge. DORA(DevOps Reaserch and Assessment) Metric, also known as the Four Key Metrics, provide a standard...
2 months ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Under review

Instana observing MinIO Object Storage

MinIO’s enterprise class features represent the standard in the object storage space. Customer needs to have observability at this level, more detail in this: https://min.io/product/overview
3 months ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage 0 Under review

NMS needs to contain functionality pre process SNMP String type values and based on identifiable returned string values assign an integer/number value and record that as the associated indicator metric value.

Within the area of responsibility for Verizon GTS there are several hundred SNMP objects that need to be tracked the return a STRING value instead of a number or integer. Many of the strings are fixed. e.g. a status code of "active" vs "inactive"....
2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration

Allow for re-calculation of indicator of seconds/minutes/time

If creating a report based on indicators that have values in seconds, such as system uptime, DI should provide me the choice to change what the display shows. If the indicator normally displays as seconds, allow me to select days instead and show ...
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 3 Functionality already exists

Correct discovery of links in topology when mib ifstack is not enabled.

According to case TS016456788, the IBM engineering team reported that they need to investigate a way to discover topology links when the mib ifstack is not enabled on the equipment.
20 days ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Future consideration

Turbonomic support for Oracle Cloud

The support for OCI (Oracle Cloud) was initially raised as "TURBO-I-274", but it seems to have stalled in discussions, being marked as "Not under consideration". On the other hand, there has been an increase in the use of OCI among Japanese custom...
about 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 7 Not under consideration

Provide a means for high availability of the Turbonomic platform

As a user I would like the ability to run Turbonomic in an active/active or active/passive model, so if my primary (or any) Turbonomic instance in my environment fails, I can continue operations without putting my infrastructure and business appli...
11 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / General/Other 2 Future consideration