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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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src stops too early at system shutdown / reboot

during shutdown a linux server we want to exclude the node using /etc/init.d/rcx.. scripts but src was killed as soon as shutdown begins so we have no chance to stop our applications before.
about 10 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 5 Not under consideration

Bearer authentication for IWS

On the Manage Data sources, there is anew feature where allow multiple REST API to be consumed. Although only offers basic authentication.
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Device driver for Checkpoint gateway, Model 4800

We are requesting driver support for the Checkpoint gateway, Model 4800 because current driver package does not support this device type.Software version on these devices is: Check point gateway and management server: R80.10
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 2 Not under consideration

Remedy AR 20.2 gateway

we need to integrate Omnibus 8.1 with remedy AR 20.2however the only available gateways is up to remedy version 9.1we need to have a gateway for remedy AR 20.2 to be able to do the integration.
about 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Not under consideration

Dependency(File,Resource etc) should contain wait & timeout options

Dependency(File,Resource,prompt etc) should contain wait & timeout options
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Variable passing value by the predecessor job need to viewable in successor Job log

There are two jobs. First (predecessor) job is SQL job which will pass the variable value to the second job (Oracle EBS job). When we schedule this setup and execute the jobs via job stream, the first job is running and completed fine. After that,...
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Make MAXDUR/MINDUR available in Job History as are latest start and DEADLINE already present

It is not possible to report on jobs that have exceeded their MAXDUR setting nor those that did not meet their MINDUR setting as this information is not recorded in the TWS database. This request is to include the amount of time the job exceeded t...
about 10 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Keep Jobstream when conman cancel Js

When you cancel JS;pend the Jobstream keeps into the planning but when you cancel without pend the jobstream disappear then you cannot use Rerunsucc function
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Time slicer

In some situations it is more practical to have a time slicer. The purpose here is to fix the relative time (i.e. a week) but move the slicer over a timeframe to look at data from a week with various start dates.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Future consideration

Offline events for critical infra components

The current Instana alerting isn't picking up when a critical infra component is off the map. I.e. a system that was previously receiving a large amount of calls suddenly is gone (i.e. a database back-end). REWE suggest that Instana should "know" ...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 2 Not under consideration