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Enable End-to-End Transaction Tracing for EntireX → CICS Integration in Instana ZAPM

Use Case Our organization uses webMethods EntireX adapter to call CICS via ECI protocol. We are implementing Instana for z/OS Application Performance Monitoring (ZAPM) to trace transactions on z/OS and visualize them in the Instana backend. Howeve...

Allow the user to customize attribute collection, keeping the current minimum set as "mandatory" and additional metrics as optional. In this way, the client will be responsible for granularizing the collection of metadata from the environment, as well as the balance between the desired level of detail versus the overhead caused.

We recently conducted a PoC for this client, which uses a competitor's solution (Dynatrace) in a small portion of its environment. Unfortunately, we were disqualified for failing to meet the following requirements: The CICS transaction informati...
2 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

Trace IMS Application which TN3270 kicked

Would you add tracing function for IMS Application which TN3270 kicked?Our customers're interested in Instana, but they hesitate to use it because most their application is kicked from TN3270.We think trace id cannot be added for TN3270 transactio...

This request is for a CICS PLT Shutdown program for the IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect product

We recently encountered an 0C4 abend at offset X'07C6' in program DFHDSTCB during CICS shutdown. We opened problem case TS020375660. It was determined that zAPM was causing the abend. IBM stated that this will happen sometimes and that we need to ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

No error code for IMS transaction is showed

Please add error code information of IMS transaction which includes IMS-MQ Bridge on Instana panel. Instana can show error code of IMS transaction if it is kicked via z/OS Connect, but it is not supported for IMS-MQ Bridge application. Please see ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Submitted

IMS transaction's elaps time cannot be showed

Please correct to show the correct elaps time when IMS-MQ Bridge is used. Instana cannot show the correct elaps time for IMS transaction when IMS-MQ Bridge is used, not z/OS Connect. Instana deals IMS transaction as calling GET, not remote procedu...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Submitted

See support for building and loading outside of s390x, especially on x86

Support for building and loading outside of s390x, especially on x86 The most likely operating system is going to be an x86 Linux system (Red Had or Ubuntu) Programs that we need to be ported to x86 The binutils toolchain(tpf-g++,tpf-ld, tpf-ar, t...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 4 Not under consideration

CTG .NET Client Support

We need Instana on Z/OS to support CTG (CICS Transaction Gateway) .NET clients. This will help us better monitor and trace transactions. Please prioritize and implement this feature in Instana. It's crucial for our operations and will enhance our ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 3 Planned for future release

Command driven reload of AGM components in zCEE

Most of the zAPM functions can be manipulated dynamically. We can AGMU STOP/START the CICS component, AGMQ TERM/INIT the MQ components & F container,AGMA IVP to trigger a comms attempt to the DG from container. There does not appear to be a wa...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Future consideration

Distributed Gateway on AWS EKS

It is critical for customers who are committed to AWS and need to provide monitoring and observability capabilities for MainFrame
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Not under consideration