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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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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

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

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

Auto Upgrade JVM with Instana

Please update Java(Azul or Eclips) when updating instana via the agent update. As vulnerabilities appear instana should update the Java it uses and allow for the update to be seamless
over 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Add VMWare Cluster to TADDM Integration Plugin (for ServiceNow)

We require the TADDM Integration ServiceNow Plugin to be able to send VMWare Clustering CI and relationship data to the appropriate cmdb_ci_vmware_cluster table (and also associated VMWare cluster resource tables) in ServiceNow.
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Automation within Huawei's Fusionsphere

Resource optimization for VMs working in Huawei's fusionsphere
about 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Not under consideration

Meta Data in traces and end-user beacons used for smart alarm metrics

We tried to create smart alarm with using our website's metadata in traces and end-user beacons. With the current version, we can use these for filtering the available smart alarm metrics but we can't create alarms based on them. Some errors can b...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Signing Instana agent images

Instana agent images should be digitally signed to verify content integrity.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Built-in Event on docker container - CPU Usage

Hi team, Currently, on the docker container entity type, there is only one built in event (on the memory) : https://instana.io/s/oAKdnEMqQtuTNHKaq1JBAw We would like to know if it's planned to have a built in event also on the CPU usage which woul...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Not under consideration