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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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Java Object in heap memory

Could it be possible to add the possibility to have a look on the Java Objects in the heap memory ? Currently we could see the threads that are waiting or consuming a lot of CPUs but we cannot see which objects in the heap memory are taking up a l...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java 1 Not under consideration

Kill Zombie Jobs: Add functionality to be able to recover from a corrupted Jobtable on an FTA

When an FTA crashes and gets a corrupted Jobtable and the Jobtable must be removed, jobs that were in EXEC status before the crash remain in EXEC state and take run slots against the server limit, and job stream limit if applicable, even after the...
about 7 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

TADDM should create IpDevice for ALL IPs that respond to ping

Expectations are that all active IPs will be detected by TADDM, and at a minimum IpDevice will be created. We have detected this is not happening today. Today, TADDM only detects devices with certain TCP ports active. RFE is to enhance the PingSen...
about 7 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Enable user impersonation in docker Zcentric agents for running the jobs under different application usernames.

For now, IWS have limitation on executing the jobs only under wauser in docker zCentric agents and per IBM documentation user impersonation is not feasible on docker agents. In a traditional TWS environment, user impersonation is possible. We are ...
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Ability to save & restore, clone Event & Alert configurations or create templates

Use cases: - When Events and Alerts are created, users would benefit to have ability to save configuration as a template to use as baseline for other events - save configuration to be able to revert back to after trying some changes - as a work ar...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Alert / Extend Capabilities 1 Not under consideration

Support for getting Logs through API

In Instana we are able to get all data from the API but the logs. We need to expose an API to extract logs. This would also help to extend retention of logs outside Instana.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

Team / Org Seperation needed from CloudAutomationManager to AnsibleTower

Customers are setting up a single CAM / Tower system and want to be able to separate the templates and what templates each team can see. Team A: access to tower templates in project ATeam B: access to tower templates in project B Today the teams...
almost 5 years ago in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Ideas 0 Not under consideration

The Filter Options on Object Manager should default to "show both"

Every admin should, by default, get a holistic view of what the discovery for a device is actually doing. If they cannot make this a default, then at least make it an option in the settings to make this the default.
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration

Instana should integrate with DB2 DBA/Management tools for deep dive export DB performance for troubleshooting and administration.

Instana customer have to use 3rd party DB management tools, like DBMariine, to retrieve more detail DB2 performance information for troubleshooting. Suppose Instana should integrate DB2 DBA related tools.
about 1 year ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Dedicated Juniper and Huawei telnet agents to collect and process OSPF data

Our customer have a need for specific Juniper and Huawei OSPF disco agents, because right now OSPF data for this vendors collected not fully (for example missing connections if OSPF protocol configured on a subinterface rather then on interface).
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration