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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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Smart Model Driver for Cisco 9000 series switches to add support for IOS 17.*

Smart Model Driver for Cisco 9000 series switches to add support for IOS 17.*
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 0 Delivered

Instana cannot capture the IMS JDBC

Instana cannot capture the IMS JDBC calls by default if application uses this jar file.IMS uses two APIs for accessing the IMS data; the first one is JDBC 4.0 spec, and the second is the DL/I API. The IMS team confirms that JDBC implementation is ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Integrations 2 Delivered

Client wants an enhancement on the Impact Maintenance page

Would like to have the ability to select an overnight schedule on the re-occurring maintenance option:(Recurring Day of Week Time Windows) if I select days of the week and then the time frame: 11PM - 6AM it does not allow me to do that.it wants me...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Delivered

Cognos report for all Chassis

We have the requirement to report on all Chassis that are discovered, in a similar format to the that of the report Card Detail by Device Type report. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/networkmanager/4.2.0?topic=reports-card-detail-by-device-type-report...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Delivered

DB2 Log_space percentage monitoring.

In this use case the customer Julie Yates wants to monitor log_space from her DB2 servers based on percentage. Since her team has multiple DB2 servers and the log_space may differ from one database to another, the ideal monitoring for this metric ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Delivered

Improve Redisson support for Java apps

Improve Redisson support for Java apps. By Github stars, Redisson is the most popular redis client for Java apps (amongst others like Lettuce and Jedis). However, Instana stopped supporting Redisson some time ago: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/insta...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Java 1 Delivered

ITNM NetAct collector missing device types

ITNM NetAct collector configuration is missing below device types of NetAct managed network elements.AAA,AXC,CBAM,CBIS,CMREPO,CSCF,CSCFLCC,CSCFVNF,DDE,DRA,DSC,ENET,EPDG,GOMS,HPHW,HSS,HSSCALLPVM,HSSFE,HSSMGMTVNFC,HSSVNF,IMSHW,IMSNFM,IMSOAM,INBL,ISB...
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

When the rate of resize is NOT 3 – show the desired end state. – let it be clear that it will take more steps to get to desired state.

If a customer has a Rate of Resize set to 2-Medium then Turbonomic will create an action to take it 25% of the way to the optimal value. And this jump (let’s say 32GB –> 34 GB memory) appears in the Action and Details. The optimal value is 8GB ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Delivered

Policies relating to a VM should always show under policies for an entity even if not active - ideally with the related schedule.

If I, a customer, attach a policy schedule to a policy (often by accident instead of an execution schedule) it is not easy to find. I am trying to understand the behaviour of a VM, so I got to that VM and look in the policies tab. I THINK that the...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Delivered

Rate of Resize should have default of 3 High.

Make the Default Rate of Resize 3-High. Currently for on-prem the rate of resize has a default value of 2-Medium. This means that for both upsize and downsize recommendations – the action suggested is only 25% of the way to the optimal desired state.
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Delivered