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PINNED Self hosted backed on Docker, Support for RHEL 9.x
According to support matrix RHEL 9.x is not supported for self hosted backed installations. However vast majority of customers are using RHEL 9.x RHEL 9.x OS support required for Instana self hosted backend
PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...

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Azure extension install & update

The only way to install and update the Instana Azure extension is my manuell clicking in the Azure webUI. This is not a scalable solution if you have hundreds of App Services. There should be a way to install och update the Instana Azure extension...
5 months ago in Instana / .NET 2 Planned for future release

Retrieving Error Information for traces with the New V2 API Endpoint

We have encountered an issue with the new Instana APM tool API v2 and require your assistance to resolve it. **Problem Description:** Previously, we have been using the endpoint `//api/application-monitoring/analyze/traces/{id}` to obtain details ...
5 months ago in Instana / API-C 0 Planned for future release

Otel C++ SDK official support in AIX and RHEL

Now Otel C++ SDK is supported only for Ubuntu 2020 and Windows 2016.But in the IBM delivered financial systems, C++ applications are running in AIX and RHEL, which are considered to be more appropriate for Enterprise usecase. Please add Otel C++ S...
5 months ago in Instana / Other Tracers 1 Planned for future release

Auto Profile support for AIX

Auto Profile support for AIX https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=monitoring-profiles https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=processes-configuring-profiling From the above link: At the moment Aut...
5 months ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 3 Planned for future release

Trace Analyze: Show full log message when expanding a Log entry in Logs Panel in a Trace.

Current Issue: In the current layout of Trace Analyze, the log panel of a trace displays truncated versions of log messages. Often, these excerpts are too brief to provide sufficient context or understanding of the underlying issues. To view the c...
5 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Planned for future release

Filter the 'Current Transfers' table

The 'Current Transfers' table (for MQ MFT) currently shows the transfers as 'Successful', 'Completely Failed', 'Started' or 'Progress'. Could you add a filter to this table, for example with checkboxes, so we could filter in/out (un)wanted statuses?
5 months ago in Instana / MQ / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

MSSQL - Implement correlation between service and infra entity

Instana agent is able to monitor MSSQL but its missing the correlation between the service and the underneath infrastructure.If we click on Application Icon -> Services -> Database name -> Infrastructure tab. We can see the amount of call...
6 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

Alert for Integration Nodes in IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

We are submitting a Instana feature request for the introduction of Built-in Events specifically for Integration Nodes in IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE). The current lack of alerts when the ACE Integration Node is stopped poses a challenge, as A...
6 months ago in Instana / ACE/IIB / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Rename 'Current Transfers' to 'Current Active Transfers'

When file transfers are going on, and the Instana UI is in live mode, the 'Current Transfers' metric on the 'IBM MQ MFT Coordination Queue Manager' dashboard always remains '0' (see the yellow highlight on the screen shot). On the other hand, the ...
6 months ago in Instana / MQ / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Support for httpd tracing library for Apache web server on z/Linux (s390x)

This support is critical for clients on z/Linux who have IBM IHS, which is based on httpd
6 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Planned for future release