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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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Modify how DA launches a job to mimic how FTA launches the same job

FTA launches a job by first launching jobmanrc and then if LOCAL_RC_OK is set to true, it launches .jobmanrc in the logon user's home dir. In this process, it never sets the variable PATH. A DA launches a job by first launching taskLauncher.sh and...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Device Mover GUI Updates

When using device mover it can be very easy or tedious. Adding updating functions to device mover would allow the use of it to become easier. for example adding: a larger selection box under "Device Name" the option to perform one device move by s...
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Planned for future release

exclude a specific peer from having new devices added to it

I think it would be helpful if there was a drop down list that you could you add to "Cluster Settings" of available peers that you want to allow to be use when a new device is added, essentially adding the functionality of marking peers or HSA's a...
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Planned for future release

Drag And Drop within "Object Rules"

It would be useful if you could drag and drop rules with an popup "Confirmation" window within SevOne's "Object Rules" page. Wight now if you need to move a new or existing rule from the top to the bottom it can take quite a bit of time if you hav...
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

We would like to control what information is written to the ../TWS/audit/plan files

We can see in the ../TWS/audit/plan the following messages. CONMAN |20231221|095021|20231221|095021| PLJOB |STDLIST | SERVERNNN| twsUSER| | SERVERNNN#Y-ABCDEFG-HIJ[(0800 12/21/23),(0AAAAAAAAAAZGYUW)].Y-QWERTY_JOBLOG sj YBSXLXNNN#0AAAAAAAAAAZGYUW.Y...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Provide ENCRYPT_PASSWORD option to allow connections to a fully encrypted Sybase database

Provide ENCRYPT_PASSWORD option to allow connections to fully encrypted Sybase databases.
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Not under consideration

Finalizing a plan with unapproved Cost Objects

It appears that we are currently able to finalize a plan with unapproved Cost Objects (i.e. changes have been submitted by the end user but not yet approved by the CO Owner).  There may be instances where this is acceptable, but I would think...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

ITM Agent shows wrong OS version in TEP on Windows 2022 platform

ITM monitoring agent V6.3 with SP6 seems to work in recently published Windows 2022 Server OS. However Attribute "Windows Operation System Type" shows wrong OS version in TEP like Windows_2019 for Windows 2022. I remember there was a same problem ...
about 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 0 Planned for future release

Enhance the Workload Widget to show where new workloads are coming from to properly estimate and manage Turbo licenses.

There is a widget called Workload Improvement – and it has 3 types, On-Prem, Cloud and Hybrid. I think it would be VERY useful if we add various parameters to this graph (focusing mostly on cloud) 1)Provider (aws, gcp, azure0 2) Subscription (Acco...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 2 Not under consideration

Ability to add Cell wise comment on the IT-Plannning Expenses page

Users have demanded an ability to add cell wise comments similar to Microsoft Excel. For e.g. If a expense has T&M billing then each cell will have a different forecast value and the user needs the ability to save comment on each cell. 
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review