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PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...
PINNED Instana on OpenShift Route Flexibility
Hi, My customer has a question about Instana route definitions on OCP. Basically, they have an OCP console address like console-openshift-console.apps.ocpcluster.ibm.com. According to the document; - basedn URL should be like instana.apps.ocpclust...

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Linux Running Services in Data Model and Data portal

The Data model is missing Linux Services. It currently has Windows services only.I would like to see Linux services added to the data model; Have Linux Sensor populate the data into the model and have that information displayed in the data portal ...
about 3 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Normalize Manufacturer and Model fields CDM

Normalize the Manufacturer and Model fields in the TADDM DB, so we can use the values to find enhanced information on the product.
over 6 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Free day rule E on IWS Distributed

Difference between IWS z/OS and IWS distributed on the freeday rule.In IWS z/OS you have a freeday rule "E" which exclude the freedays. This feature doesn't exist on IWS D
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Expose PHP FPM connectionResets metric

Currently it is not possible to add a custom event based on the connectionResets FPM metric. This would be important to us as the limits set by the default "Too many connections reset" FPM event are too low and we would like to customize it.
over 1 year ago in Instana / PHP 0 Future consideration

DWC 9.4 - Critical jobs progress bar with date and time filters

DWC 9.4 - Would like the ability to display a progress bar for jobs in the critical path and be able to set parameters for input arrival date.
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RUNCYCLE EXCEPT Logic

Currently RUNCYCLE EXCEPT will prevent a job stream from running on a specific day (defined by calendar or any other means.) We would like the EXCEPT to optionally shift the run date to the next working day (or previous working day) In other words...
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Runcycle offset, extended math

Allow offsets of runcycles to be layered, as in recursive. Starting from a runcycle frequency statement or calendar, allow it to be nested inside offsets by day, weekdays, workdays, other runcycle frequencies or calendars. For example, to run on t...
about 8 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Tivoli Configuration Manager - Device Support

Requesting a device driver to be added for the following Cisco router: VTMOS - Cisco/Router/C1111/16.9.5Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 16.09.05 Cisco IOS Software
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 4 Not under consideration

Add (java) context to logs

We're currently writing java logs with logback/slf4j. Using the logstash ArgumentsJsonProvider in our logback.xml this allows us to extend the log message with context information like stack_traces, logger_name, log level but also custom informati...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Logging / Tracing 3 Functionality already exists

In the Alleviate Pressure Plan the for the cold clusters the sorting order should be reversed to put green clusters at the top.

When utilizing the Alleviate Pressure Plan first a hot cluster is selected which is either a red, yellow, or orange cluster - which are sorted to the top for easy selection. On the next selection to select a cold cluster the sort order is the same...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 2 Not under consideration