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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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Enhancement Request: Ability to Set 'SHOW ALL' as Default for Rerun Instances

It would be beneficial to have a configurable option to set 'SHOW ALL' as the default view for rerun instances in the job workload monitor. Currently, the default is set to 'Show Only Last,' which requires manual adjustment each time users need to...
20 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

APIs needed for adding Tags and Zones for Instana agents

It will allow to do bulk tags and zones for a group of agents. We can of course use git based and Ansible but APIs are these days the easiest one to go for and if you provide swagger gui for APIs it will be even easier to manage. Since you are giv...
20 days ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted

Can we add the direct link to automation library on RNA

Adding a direct link towards RNA automation library updates site directly on the the Pliant integrations page ( https://automation-library.ibm.com/templates )
21 days ago in Rapid Network Automation 1 Future consideration

Add integration for Opengear Lighthouse software

Allow direct integration with Opengear lighthouse softwar https://ftp.opengear.com/download/lighthouse_software/current/documentation/og-rest-api-specification-v3-7.raml HTML Version https://ftp.opengear.com/download/lighthouse_software/current/do...
21 days ago in Rapid Network Automation 0

I want the SNMP Working Yes/No filter to be real-time - not based on the last successful discovery

When I set the SNMP Yes / Working No filter, I expect the result to be accurate - not based on the result of the last successful discovery. I should not have to manually check the results of the filter to see if they accurate.
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Need a way to disable GeoDB database for air-gapped environments

Dear colleagues, Customer uses custom deployment of Instana in air-gapped environment, they see error tat GeoDB database can’t be loaded in eum-acceptor, self-monitoring agent reports it to dashboard and this way the event started to bother them. ...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Future consideration

Direct Access to a Complete List of Successful and Failed Actions

To enhance transparency and accountability, Turbonomic should implement a comprehensive audit trail capturing all actions (including successful and failed attempts) and configuration changes within the platform. This will enable clients to easily ...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Retroactive proposals (before 90 days)

I want you to make recommendations using any 90 days of data from the past.Not the last 90 days.The goal is to provide recommendations that take into account past load peaks so that users can perform optimizations in a planned manner. Attach a ref...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / SaaS 2 Future consideration

Host Agent sensor needs the ability to monitor files and directories

Host Agent sensor needs the ability to monitor files and directories. Want capabilities that are similar to ITM v6. Customers use this capability to indicate whether their applications are performing properly. For example, if there are too many fi...
8 months ago in Instana / Common 1

Add an "at least" option to go up to maximum when scaling up and down to minimum when scaling down

Today, Turbonomic calculates the desired sizing of a VM and then generates an action to go there. Currently if there's a minimum set in a policy, Turbonomic could just discard the action if the Desired State is below the minimum and then not resiz...
about 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM 0 Future consideration