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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?

Instana

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To enable the monitoring of Job count based on Queue Library only where the Queue Name could be anything

To enable the monitoring of Job count based on Queue Library only where the Queue Name could be anything For example, Job Queue Library is "QGPL" and count is >= 200
about 1 month ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted

Monitoring Nutanix Kubernetes Platform

We need support for monitoring the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform. Nutanix was named a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.
17 days ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Submitted

Tracing: Ensure 365-Day Retention for Critical or Viewed Traces and Calls

Overview: Our current Instana environment does not reliably persist traces and calls beyond the default 7-day retention period. According to documentation, when a trace meets specific conditions—such as being viewed or containing critical errors—i...
18 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

Exclude traces from Java´s endpoints.

Optimizing data ingestion in Instana, customer needs to exclude tracing from Java´s endpoint,
about 1 month ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

Addition of disabling stack trace retrieval for monitored processes in InstanaAgent configuration

Regarding the inquiry made in IBM Case: TS018068058, I have received a response stating that when retrieving Java traces, stack traces are obtained each time a span is captured. To disable stack trace retrieval, it is necessary to configure the JV...
3 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Would like Dashboards and Application perspective to be able to use dark mode

We have TV displays that show Infrastructure (which will show dark mode of browser) but the Dashboard and Application does not and is bright white. See additional details
about 1 month ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Submitted

Support for Node.JS Sensor on native IBM i Agent

This is beneficial to expand tracing to applications utilizing Node.JS.
2 months ago in Instana / IBM i 1 Submitted

Granular breakdown of data ingested from Infrastructure

There is evidence of data ingestion at a general level, but it is not possible to discriminate which host, metric or application is generating the highest consumption. This request goes in two ways:1. To have a report or dashboard that shows how t...
22 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Submitted

Natvie Prometheus support

Instana supports Prometheus in a customised way to transfer and work with Prometheus metrics. Basically, Prometheus metrics can be collected and transferred to Instana. But core features like Metrics Labels do not work with the Instana backend in ...
23 days ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Submitted

Add support of SLES15 on zLinux for Apache(IHS) tracing, to suppport Auto Instrumentation of End User Monitoring

We want to use Auto Instrumentation of End User Monitoring, through Apache HTTPd tracing module. Now our IBM HTTP Server v9 is running on SLES 15 on zLinux. Please provide the support of SLES15 on zLinux. Now we only support SLES 12 on x86-64 arch...
23 days ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Submitted