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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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Instana monitoring MQ can only filter on queues, not able to filter by a channel or topics and per client.

Instana monitoring MQ can only filter on queues, not able to filter by a channel or topics and per client.
7 months ago in Instana / MQ 0 Planned for future release

At the time of first reviewing the case to request for the backend server logs to be preserved by the SaaS team for retrospective review.

During the initial review of a case, the SaaS team should be able to save the back-end server logs and conduct a retrospective review.Of course, the customer needs to report the issue as soon as possible in order to have the best chance of preserv...
4 months ago in Instana / SRE 1 Not under consideration

Run FlightRadar and Instana Agent together

Unfortunately it is not possible to run FlightRadar and Instana together. This has been confirmed with our Engineering Team.Need a supported way to solve this issue , we already know about the incompatible agent workaround. To resolve the issue, r...
7 months ago in Instana / Java / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Monitoring of AWS MSK in Topics Level Metrics

Instana can currently monitor AWS MSK in the cluster and broker level of metrics only. To improve the AWS MSK monitoring quality, additional metrics in topics level with the following functions will definitely useful and helpful for the MSK opera...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

Azure extension install & update

The only way to install and update the Instana Azure extension is my manuell clicking in the Azure webUI. This is not a scalable solution if you have hundreds of App Services. There should be a way to install och update the Instana Azure extension...
9 months ago in Instana / .NET 2 Planned for future release

Instana Cloud service agent for Oracle Cloud (OCI)

I'm looking for a Cloud service agent for Oracle Cloud like Instana one for Azure or AWS in order to be able to observe the services we are using: Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) Data Catalog Integration Cloud (OIC) Gen ...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage / Sensor 1 Future consideration

While creating global smart alert for throughput triggers in Instana , Time threshold Evaluation Granularity showing till 30mins only but if it is available at least for 24 hours, that could be more helpful on tracking more requests.

While creating global smart alert for throughput triggers in Instana , Time threshold Evaluation Granularity showing till 30mins only but if it is available at least for 24 hours, that could be more helpful on tracking more requests.
2 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

vSphere sensor should be able to monitor multiple vCenter environments

Most customers have multiple vCenter environments. With the current design, customers must dedicate multiple VMs in order to monitor multiple vCenter environments. This is a waste of resources and means that the customer must dedicate multiple ser...
12 months ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Support for Red Hat AMQ Broker

We are using Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.11 for our critical transactional production. This component is very critical for our environnment. In order to achive end to end observability, we need full tracing on Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.11 We know that Artemis...
9 months ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage / Tracing 3 Future consideration

WebMethods

We need more support for WebMethods from Instana. WebMethods API Gateway 10.11 ( top priority ) WebMethods Developer Portal 10.11 WebMethods BigMemory Max 4.3 (Terracotta) WebMethods Centra Site 10.11
over 1 year ago in Instana / Java 1 Not under consideration