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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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2 months ago in Concert 0 Not under consideration

Support for multiple proxy servers in the agent configuration

The ability to configure and use multiple proxy servers, which can enhance network flexibility, redundancy, and HA.
3 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

[Copy] Add support for Amazon SES as a destination of an email notification integration of CP4AIOps

Background: CP4AIOps v4.6 has an email notification integration function. When we create the integration in CP4AIOps, we must set the following value on the Add integration page following this IBM documentation. Name: Description (optional): Hostn...
3 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Not under consideration

Provide a option to export and import API keys when migrates from one MDM to another MDM Database

lets say we have 100+ API keys on MDM created by DWC, while migrating Database from one environment to another , we don't have option to extract/ export the API keys from MDM/ DWC. it is very difficult to create again 100+ API keys after migration...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Need Not Synchronizing / Suspect state metrics in MS SQL events.

Hi Team, We need metrics for MSSQL Database went Not Synchronizing / Suspect state in Instana events.
5 months ago in Instana / DB2 1 Future consideration

To be able to monitor Nginx for Windows

We would like to monitor Nginx and PHP on windows. But according to our checking, both Nginx and PHP for Windows is currently not supported. So, it would be great if you support Nginx and PHP soon to be able to monitor by Instana. Best Regards, Kh...
5 months ago in Instana / C / Team Proxies 0 Future consideration

Enable support for STIBO metrics

Canadian Tire is currently using 8 technologies to support business critical application. Instana supports TibcoEMS, Oracle, AzureFunction and remaining listed above are not supported leaving client without the observability in this area of their ...
8 months ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Monitoring Tibco BW - tracing

Hi, Based on Request #24197 and Request #24185 Tibco BW (https://www.tibco.com/products/tibco-businessworks) is not supported by Instana. We have all our business logic there and right now we do not have any way to monitor or trace it. Business wo...
8 months ago in Instana / Java 0

Instana more flexible and agile with flexible the installation ports

Customers from Banking using McAfee antivirus which can block Instana-Backend and Instana-Backend cannot installed. The issues are McAfee using port 8081 which is same with Instana-Backend using port 8081 too.So, the ideas are Can the Instana-Back...
10 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Not under consideration

Show Context Menu when right click in time chart

Thanks for providing the great feature "Download a time chart as a CSV file"! https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=saas-build-265#download-a-time-chart-as-a-csv-file I used this feature, and it's a very nice feature, but...
10 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Future consideration