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Instana

Add audit trail logging for Instana alert channel

Hi, While implementing Instana at a banking IT data center in Germany we discovered the need for logging the alert channel interactions that have happened. The automation framework already provides such an action history. We need exactly that for ...
5 months ago in Instana / Alert 0 Future consideration

Request to support locales other than English for DB on i.

Currently, the agent only supports the English locale for DB on i.However, many Japanese users have their locale set to Japan, and this situation is causing many IBM i users to miss out on the opportunity to use Instana. With support, Instana's bu...
5 months ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Planned for future release

GPFS Sensor

GPFS (Spectrum Scale) is an enterprise-grade solution for environments that require extremely high performance, scalability, and resilience.Its use is common in sectors where data access time and reliability are critical.Implementing monitoring an...
9 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Request to Enable Retrieval and Display of Metrics Equivalent to Navigator for i

For users who integrate IBM i with other systems, relying solely on Navigator for i for IBM i operations is inefficient.Meanwhile, the metrics that can be retrieved via Instana for IBM i are fewer than those available through Navigator for i, whic...
5 months ago in Instana / IBM i 1 Future consideration

Ability to self-monitor Instana REST API rate limits

A predefined dashboard that allows you to see the usage of Instana REST API for each API Token, to optimize the number of times or intervals of invoking the API to avoid reaching the rate limit quickly.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 5 Future consideration

.Net core Windows service should auto discover without adding the Nuget package(Instana.Tracing.Core.Rewriter.Windows).

In order to setup the monitoring for .Net core Windows service we need to install Nuget package (Instana.Tracing.Core.Rewriter.Windows) and rebuild/publish the application which requires a new release and therefore we need a solution which will au...
almost 3 years ago in Instana / .NET 5 Not under consideration

System IPL Information after IPL to be updated on Instana

Our teams have a need for Instana to automatically retrieve and update key system‑level information from the HMC after every IPL. This would help ensure that system data remains accurate and up‑to‑date within Instana dashboards without requiring a...
about 2 months ago in Instana / IBM Z 1 Needs more information

Need the ability to delete data from Instana

There are cases where teams configure agents and accidentally feed data into Instana that they do not want in the system. The customer might not want the data for a couple of reasons. First, we have our "fair use policy" and some data might be unw...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 0 Under review

Want to separate out the Delete permissions from the Create and Update permissions for key RBAC roles

In the past, the customer has had many cases where people and teams have accidentally deleted resources such as Applications. They want a VERY small number of people that have the ability to delete objects. Today, when going into the RBAC settings...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to see which Agent and which custom data is generating the most data. And, the ability to block high volume consumers

With the fair use policy, there is the possibility of a customer exceeding their data usage. The customer wants the ability to prevent that from happening. The challenge is that they don't know who is generating the majority of the data. The audit...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Under review