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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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support Scala 3.x and ZIO

this feature request based on debug case number TS018964881. right now instana agent does not support Scala 3.x and ZIO. can you support in next release.
about 2 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

Update mappings instantly

When creating a Business Mapping or Business Metric, it is necessary to wait 24 hours for the metrics to be populated, causing delays in deliveries or data visualization. We want updates to be instantaneous or at least with a short update period, ...
19 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Utilise K8s secrets for InstanaAgent configuration

We are currently using the Instana Agent operator in Red Hat Openshift, and need to configure the Instana Agents. There are several places where use of secrets are in plaintext - this is problematic as we use gitops to manage the configuration of ...
2 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Add quota management information and recommendations - including reductions

Quota management and related recommendations, which is very important to the client since they determine the built capacity, and they see potential there to manage inefficiencies that the tool currently couldn't exploit. Please consider the possib...
2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Container Platforms (K8s & OpenShift) / Policies 1 Not under consideration

Include .Zip format in Datalink File import and export connections

Datalink Classic used to allow files provided in '.zip' format to be imported and exported from Apptio Cost Transparency. This file format has been dropped in Datalink. This is a blocker for us to migrate from datalink classic to Datalink as our u...
2 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 1 Submitted

View-Based Filtering for Cost Ownership Accounts in Forecast Summary

Overview: We request the implementation of a filtering mechanism in the Forecast Summary page that limits the "Cost Ownership" dropdown to display only the accounts relevant to the selected planning view. Current Behavior: When creating a plan ...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Planning 2 Planned for future release

Windows cluster monitoring

Need support for windows cluster related metrics, and for Cluster Shared Volumes
2 months ago in Instana 0 Submitted

Support for Cognos password 25+ characters allowing special characters

GIS is requiring the Cognos application us service ID passwords with min 25+ characters supporting special characters. IBM support has stated that "Passwords in Cognos Configuration do not have a password policy associated with them in Cognos (the...
6 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support for DASH/ WebSphere password 25+ characters allowing special characters

GIS is requiring the DASH/WebSphere application us service ID passwords with min 25+ characters supporting special characters. IBM support has stated that "There is no restriction on special characters for users except for the primary admin user (...
6 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

LDAP redundancy

Customer is wondering on a setup with multiple LDAP servers, could we have a redundancy scheme whereas if an LDAP server fails, another on the list would take over.
6 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Submitted