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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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Support the flow from Java client application direct to IMS Connect

Java client application making a direct connection to IMS Connect (Z application is Cobol on IMS which then goes to Db2)
5 months ago in Instana / IBM Z 0 Under review

Supported DataPower versions 10.5

Instana supports metrics and configuration data for IBM DataPower 2018.4, 10.0.1.x, 10.0.x and later versions, ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-datapower#supported-datapower-versions Most...
12 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Functionality already exists

Receive a newsletter about Instana changes

It would be useful for our customers if we send a (choose one) weekly, bi-weekly or monthly newsletter with all related to Instana, similar to the one that we receive internally at IBM.
13 days ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage 0 Submitted

Enable Instana backend to accept EUM traffic from Mobile App that uses key from different Instana instance

Why is it useful: This requirement to support High Availability architecture (fail-over scenario) which is crucial for mission-critical apps. Who would benefit from it: Enterprise with mission-critical apps will get benefit of Observability tool t...
6 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Future consideration

Please add seconds parameter in the input dates field for UI time range section

In general, logs are generated at a nanosecond level. However, in Instana, the current filtering and time range adjustment options are limited to a minimum of one minute. While this granularity may suffice for some use cases, it becomes insufficie...
5 months ago in Instana / Logging 0 Under review

Services and applications should support opentelemetry logs

Application Perspectives (and Services) cannot currently display logs ingested from OTEL, even though the logs are mapped to a service. We raised support case TS020036806 which was closed with the advice to submit an Aha idea for this to go to our...
14 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

Regarding the Usage Rate of the Oracle DB Temporary Tablespace (TEMP01)

We have received your response that the following SQL is being executed when retrieving information from the CDB. However, as a result, the usage rate of the temporary tablespace has increased. SELECT * FROM ( SELECT max(ss.inst_id) inst_id, ss.sq...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

Allow granularity to Disable Profiles

BackgroundWe recently created a dedicated group to manage and restrict access to infrastructure-related information. This group has been granted access only to specific application perspectives and selected websites, ensuring that sensitive infras...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Functionality already exists

I would like to request a policy change so that a new version number is assigned to the Instana agent with each BootStrap release.

There are cases where the version number of the Instana agent does not change even though the BootStrap included in the Instana agent has been updated. Because of this, when a bug is detected in BootStrap, it becomes impossible to identify which v...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Request for 32-bit Support in mqtracingexit for ITCAM MQ Agent Compatibility

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=mq-tracing#downloading-ibm-mq-tracing-user-exit-for-on-premises-ibm-mq We are currently facing an issue with the IBM MQ Tracing Exit (mqtracingexit) on one of our Linux environments t...
2 months ago in Instana / MQ 0 Under review