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PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.
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...

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Infra metrics for IBM DB2warehouse monitoring

We have integrated IBM DB2warehouse production instance with instana and we are able to access the default dashboard with some metrics. We are exploring the available metrics to configure alerts, but unfortunately we don't see the required metrics...
21 days ago in Instana / DB2 0 Submitted

Ability to pass details on service when an alert is triggered for custom events/built-in events

Need ability to pass details on service when an alert is triggered for custom events/built-in events. Required format - subject line+ service name.
9 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 3 Future consideration

ELK and Instana Deep Link in Slack is required to make SREs and Developers analyze the incident easier

Due to the difficulty of understanding Alert details in AIOps Console,it can help SREs and Developers to add ELK link and Instana link in the Alert Details in AIOps console to Slack channel as Deep Link. This can make SREs and Developers analyze t...
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Under review

Maintenance windows to have Object Level Filtering

Use Case - A device is up and running, however a specific object is down for ‘maintenance’. It would be nice to be able to suppress Alerting for that specific object or group of objects. Example: Circuit maintenance on a router with more than one ...
10 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 3 Future consideration

Function to notify maintenance downtime in advance (SaaS Turbonomic)

As you can see in SaaS services such as Salesforce, if downtime occurs due to maintenance, it would be good to have a function that notifies us in advance. (For example, from about a week before maintenance, a notification screen will be displayed...
2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / General/Other 1 Future consideration

Create custom Dashboards / Panels with Sythetic results data

Teams want to see the status of single or multiple synthetic checks in custom dashboards for better overview.
22 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Synthetic Secret Management

For Scripted Tests, there is a need for API Keys. These keys are secrets and need a limited visibility scope
22 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Future consideration

Monitor files into S3 bucket

We would like to have a way to monitor files into S3 bucket.As same as we use a normal file dependency, client has a need to monitor files into S3 bucket prior triggering a job/job stream.We see cloud as the future statement and would like to have...
22 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Sankey diagram for Custom dashboards

Instana ingests lots of data and we need different ways to represent it, one of the things that can be helpful is to have a Sankey diagram for Custom dashboards.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

Create baselines based of netflow data

The specific ask from the customer is the ability to learn normal behaviour (and alert when there is an anomaly) of the IP flows going through the network (source IP, dest IP and application). This is a specific use case, but it would be great if ...
5 months ago in SevOne / Dedicated NetFlow Collector (DNC) 0 Future consideration