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Add v3 endpoint equivalent to GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data

POST /api/v3/metadata/indicators (using filter) is listed as the v3 replacement for GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data However, this endpoint does not retrieve the same information as the v2 counterpart...
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Is a defect

AIOps Incident Lifecycle - User Config Option for Incident Closure Resolved State for Incident

The current lifecycle process doesn’t allow users to control when or how an incident should be marked as resolved or closed—it’s fully automated based on the Netcool alert status. This becomes an issue in certain use cases, especially when inciden...
3 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Require DNC appliances to support much higher FPS than supported limit of 80KFPS on single appliance

DNC appliances are spec'd based on the Number of Interfaces and FPS (Flows Per Second). Different devices can be distributed to multiple NMS appliances (DNC's) for handling large FPS. However, how can the NMS monitor single devices that far exceed...
3 months ago in SevOne / Dedicated NetFlow Collector (DNC) 1 Needs more information

AD/LDAP Integration with Client's certificate for bind

LDAP integration (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.300?topic=configuration-configuring-ldap) accepts client's certificate for binding, additional to Bind DN and Password. It should be another configurable option.
3 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Suppport Custom field of a type Targetprocess Multiple Entity in detailed view

Suppport Custom field of a type Targetprocess Multiple Entity in detailed viewCurrently not available according to dev guide https://dev.targetprocess.com/docs/detailed-views-1#add-custom-field
8 months ago in Targetprocess / Other 0 Needs more information

Adding Support for importing device configurations from an EMS system that manage non IP-Based Devices

EMS systems can manage group of devices that could not be accessable from ITNCM. These devices are optical or wireless devices (non-IP based) so ITNCM will not be able to access these devices. If IBM can provide a connector to gather device config...
8 months ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 0 Needs more information

Support monitoring for onPrem OpenSearch clusters

It would help us a lot if Instana would support the monitoring of an OpenSearch cluster even if not the AWS service is used. Currently we're replacing some onPrem ElasticSearch Clusters with OpenSearch Clusters (also onPrem). ElasticSearch is supp...
9 months ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Future consideration

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...
9 months ago in Instana / Agent 1 Under review

Save option SNMP V3 credentials and WMI credential

Will allow automatic discovery of devices and automatic updating in case of changes. Makes SNMP V3 work the same as SNMP V2 - WMI same as SNMP per customer
6 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Ability to Add Account Groups to Filter Dropdown in Rightsizing

Currently the filters in Rightsizing contain some Cldy standard dimensions and then all tags and all business dimensions. It would be helpful to also include the Account Groups in the filter dropdown options.
5 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration