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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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Instana Backend on ARM

Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Self Hosted 2 Not under consideration

Improved scoping on Host Unavailability Detection

As a user wanting to detect host unexpectedly going offline, I want to be able to filter the scope of this detector based on attributes beyond just host tags (e.g., to exclude a few of the worker pools from alerting using DFQ such as "entity.selfT...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert / Infrastructure 1 Not under consideration

Queued planning orchestration tied to automation

Would like to be able to create orchestration plans and priorities that drive automation within superclusters. Example: Create a proactive plan that as new hardware is added to a supercluster that older hardware is drained in the specified order a...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Not under consideration

Provide detailed user and usage statistics to satisfy internal audit requirements

Need to know detailed user metrics such as the last log on date, product metrics showing hourly and daily usage of the product for justification and audit. A way to look at usage trends and the number of concurrent logins over a trend. Ability to ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 7 Not under consideration

"mediation-vcenter" enables the use of a proxy

Currently, "mediation-vcenter" does not have a feature for connecting to vCenter via a proxy as it is intended for on-premise use. However, as the use of VMC increases, accessing via a proxy will become necessary in environments with strict securi...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Not under consideration

Enhancements to Self-Service Catalog

There were some Features in the 9.4 Self-Service Catalog that our Business Partners depended on as critical functions. We would like some form of these functions / requirements returned to the 10.1+ Self-Service Catalog - The ability to see the ex...
10 months ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Integration of TDWC and SPLUNK Real User Management

SPLUNK Real User Management provides insight into the user experience via a HTML based plugin for applications. It is used to simulate the user experience and collect data to provide a baseline for alerting/monitoring
10 months ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Job stream copy in Dynamic Workload Console Workload Designer

This copy of the Jobstream will allow the user to revert back any changes made by deleting or pending the edited Application.
10 months ago in Workload Automation 5 Not under consideration

Agent for Kafka

It would be useful for our Company to be able to monitor Kafka leveraging the existing ITM infrastructure. As a second choice we would consider using the APM infrastructure
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

To support HP-UX for installing agent with Unix

We wish to newly install an agent to a server whose OS is hp-ux. Currently, however, only Solaris and AIX can be chosen when we select "Unix" on the screen of "Installing Instana Agent". If you could support hp-ux as well, it'd be great for us and...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration