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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?

Instana

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Monitor Processes that are in zombie State

REF : https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-os-process#process-abnormal-termination Instana does Monitor Process Abnormal Termination, but does not seams to monitor processes that are in zombie sta...
22 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

Monitoring file or directory - Recursive, Counting only files

REF : https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-file Currently the probe counts the number of files in a specified folder . If there is a folder within the said folder , its being counted as a file The...
22 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Under review

Monitor Windows Task Status

Instana should be able to Monitor the status of Windows task
22 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

Supported DataPower versions 10.5

Instana supports metrics and configuration data for IBM DataPower 2018.4, 10.0.1.x, 10.0.x and later versions, ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-datapower#supported-datapower-versions Most...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Functionality already exists

On IBM AIX, Instana should not count filecache (completely) as "used_memory"

AIX by default uses available memory as filecache (between limits set by parameters minperm% and maxperm%), usually up to 90% of the total memory size. When the applications use only a small portion of available memory, the remainder (or large par...
15 days ago in Instana / IBM Power 0 Submitted

Monitoring of Specific Local Network Port and Distant (reacheable port)

We request a Plugin that would basically check the status of a specified local port or a reacheable port from where the agent is residing. USE CASE #1 ( Local Port ) This would be usefull to validate the status of an application port . Sometimes a...
27 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

Support for databricks on AWS EKS

Databricks monitoring is supported in Azure and we need support for this on AWS EKS.
26 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Under review

Instana Reporting Capability

We have notice that Instana does not have reporting capabilities like Grafana reporting or Tivoli Common Reporting. We are requesting to add following reporting capabilities: Automated Scheduling: Schedule regular reports, including daily, weekly,...
8 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Under review

Request for Multi-Domain Compatibility for SharePoint Environments in Instana

Instana currently lacks support for monitoring SharePoint environments spread across multiple domains, which is essential for BWI’s infrastructure. BWI operates a complex, multi-domain SharePoint setup, and without this feature, they cannot captur...
8 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

Adding row count metrics to database query monitoring

By enabling database administrators to identify usage patterns and understand user interactions, it allows for optimization of inefficient queries that return a large number of records, leading to improved response times. This metric needs to be a...
3 months ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Under review