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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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Redesign Cisco/Juniper Remote Ping Polling

urrently requires R/W access to device MIB to enable. This is a security finding in DoD and typically not allowed. Need a way to track BGP routes that does not require this access for rping. Would be nice if BGP routes could be identified in some ...
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Ability to add background images to maps

Ability to add background images to maps and be able to resize them. Currently images do not stay where they are put and don't scale with window size.
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration

Add proxy user credentials to Amazon EC2 Plugin configuration

Within our company connections to AWS are internet facing and routed via a proxy where we are required to provide user credentials. We would like the ability to provide the proxy settings within the plugin configuration file.
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Add a run cycle for an event rule

Having the equivalent of a run cycle in the job stream but for the event rules, which would allow an event to be available for instance from Monday through Friday
about 11 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

SA MP / LVM integration

looking for a functionality that would prevent you from the ability to mount the shared file system manually. the shared file systems are shared with 2 DB2 cluster nodes.
about 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

preventing IBM.RecoveryRM issuing uncontrolled ctsnap

in case of IBM.RecoveryRM failures the deamon issues the ctsnap command. This will fill up the /tmp dir uncontrolled.
about 11 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Datastage Plugin ability to adjust the invoked job log

Add the functionality to be able to adjust the -log parameter being passed to dsjob. As of now, when you run the job through IWS, the output provides information from all of the times this job has been executed within DataStage. As of now it seems...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Planned for future release

Create Apple/Android TWS App to Manage Jobs and Schedules

Create an Apple/Android app that allows IT Operations to manage jobs using their mobile phone or tablet.
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Smart driver support for ALU 7342 FGU4.10.30b

Driver update for Nokia 7342 is required to support version FGU4.10.30b
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 2 Not under consideration

Set the stream's priority at the run cycle/run cycle group too

I would like to see a feature added to the stream's run cycle(s) and the run cycle group(s) object to allow the ability to add a PRIORITY for that stream's run cycle or stream's multiple run cycles or run cycle groups. When there is a priority def...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration