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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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When DataType detects a DB Type change should show a sign e.g. an exclamation point to indicate the required D.T. refresh

When DataType detects a DB Type change and updates the data in DataType (for instance from Oracle NUM16 to NUMBER) and data in the DataType changed from Integer to Float, it should show an exclamation point to indicate that DataType has detected D...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Provide kerberos support for IWS REST API

Currently the IWS REST API only supports basic authentication (usage of hardcoded user/password combination). We need to implement the REST API using just a userid with no password.
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Ability to report Namespace quota and suggest quota values based on formula

My customer's challenge is that their OpenShift clusters are full in Request while actual resource consumption is very low. There are thousands of namespaces with request quotas in their environment. They would like to have Turbonomic identify the...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Container Platforms (K8s & OpenShift) 2 Future consideration

Ability to add more than one prefix in monitor job and monitor jobstreams

We like to be able to add more than one prefix in the 'Task Name' field when creating a new job or job stream monitor.
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

NMS Device Grouping by Product OID/Device Type

A device post discovery is always defined as a particular device type, such as F5, Cisco ASA, etc. Device Group Membership rules should allow for the ability to use Device Type as a means of membership. Currently I am forced to define what the OID...
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 3 Future consideration

Updates on the WMI Plugin

The WMI Plugin is quite outdated at this point. Additionally managing the mapping of devices to WMI Proxies is a nightmare, as it can only be done through the API. Additionally, WMI Proxies are set on a per device basis. Ideally I'd like the abili...
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Alerts on Apdex/SLA/SLI/SLO

Currently the data is only visible on custom dashboards It would be nice to have the option to alert on this, and also have those more prominent in the Application Perspective Overview.
over 1 year ago in Instana / SLO/SLI (STAN) 2 Future consideration

Support for Db2 Connect

Transaction flow where we are accessing Db2 for z/OS data with Db2 Connect support is needed.
8 months ago in Instana / IBM Z 0 Future consideration

To add custom time range in a instana chart filter/query

We don't have an option to add custom time range in a chart query - like need to display a chart for last 1 day but without changing time filter of the overall dashboard
over 1 year ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Future consideration

HA proxy routes with SPK ingress needs to be configured - Need enhancement from product

Platform configures OpenShift Routes which is prohibited in Customer environment (RedHat recommendation). HA proxy routes with SPK ingress needs to be configured - Need enhancement from product
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration