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Version 7.3

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API or CLI for MDS management

Add support in REST API or CLI for configuration of all aspects of MDS Plans. This includes • Get MDPlan.xml• Add, remove plan (distribution tree)• Add, remove consumer• Add, remove resource group• Change resource group preference• Update OverComm...
about 3 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 1 Planned for future release

Adding session close info into INFO log.

When the SSM is running as normal level log, we need to have into info logs all metrics that will be interesting to know when we reach SSM limitation. THe most important metric for use to have is : - Active live session- Yield taskbut others metri...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 2 Future consideration

add support for SIs in containers on Windows

Add feature parity for running service instances in containers. This page should be equally applicable to both windows and linux - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZUMP_7.3.0/management_sym/docker_overview.htmlTo the extent that windo...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 1 Planned for future release

Lightweight API to get MDS demand and allocation stats

Lightweight API to get MDS demand and allocation stats
over 3 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 1 Planned for future release

Enhance the SSM paging logic

currently SSM holds page files once they are created and does not release the file handles or shrink the page files until SSM terminates. we think an enhancement is required so that the page files can be either released or actively cleaned up once...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 4 Not under consideration

MultiCluster RestAPI

Could you please provide samples and docs for SMC REST API ? Samples should ideally cover logon, service add, service sync, profile registration, profile fragment update, retrieve profile.As Ajith mentioned, please deliver samples before docs if t...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Future consideration

SMC Changing session priority

Add new functionality in SMC to support changing session priority (RFE).this can be done using the Symphony WSDL API, but you would need to create a WSDL client and connect to each Symphony cluster in turn... but it should be done by SMC who are m...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Future consideration

Update Line Items in Resource Plan via CLI/API

I am requesting the capability to update line items in a traditional resource plan via CLI/API. This would include updating the owned slots, share ratio, slot maximum for a specific consumer path and specific time period in the resource plan. The ...
about 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Planned for future release