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PINNED Need documentation on how to uninstall Instana for K8 and Docker self hosted installation
We need documentation on how to uninstall Instana and the resources created during the installation of Instana on K8. These steps are helpful especially recovering from failed installation so that the customer could retry the steps.
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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Provide annotation and export of maps to Visio, PDF, PNG and print.

Provide annotation and export of maps to Visio, PDF, PNG and print.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Functionality already exists

Redesign Cisco/Juniper Remote Ping Polling

urrently requires R/W access to device MIB to enable. This is a security finding in DoD and typically not allowed. Need a way to track BGP routes that does not require this access for rping. Would be nice if BGP routes could be identified in some ...
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Ability to add background images to maps

Ability to add background images to maps and be able to resize them. Currently images do not stay where they are put and don't scale with window size.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration

Add proxy user credentials to Amazon EC2 Plugin configuration

Within our company connections to AWS are internet facing and routed via a proxy where we are required to provide user credentials. We would like the ability to provide the proxy settings within the plugin configuration file.
about 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Datastage Plugin ability to adjust the invoked job log

Add the functionality to be able to adjust the -log parameter being passed to dsjob. As of now, when you run the job through IWS, the output provides information from all of the times this job has been executed within DataStage. As of now it seems...
about 5 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Planned for future release

Create Apple/Android TWS App to Manage Jobs and Schedules

Create an Apple/Android app that allows IT Operations to manage jobs using their mobile phone or tablet.
about 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Smart driver support for ALU 7342 FGU4.10.30b

Driver update for Nokia 7342 is required to support version FGU4.10.30b
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 2 Not under consideration

Set the stream's priority at the run cycle/run cycle group too

I would like to see a feature added to the stream's run cycle(s) and the run cycle group(s) object to allow the ability to add a PRIORITY for that stream's run cycle or stream's multiple run cycles or run cycle groups. When there is a priority def...
about 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Switch Domain in Domain Page View

Today you can switch to another a domain, if you are in the "Explore Automation Domains" view. With the new enhancement you can change the domain in this page.
over 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Export Topology Maps to Visio

The client would like the ability to export Topology Network Views to Visio as current functionality via SVG or PNG does not provide enough detail.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration