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My votes: Version 7.1

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[RFE][SocGen] - Cloud - RESTful API for application management, workload monitoring, etc.

Open Restful API for Symphony management. CLI commands aren't efficient when it comes to automatize application creation/delation/modification without having a SSH/PSexec access to the grid which is not safe. More generally, Symphony should be mor...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 4 Not under consideration

EGO_MASTER_LIST supports DNS alias

The client would like to be able to specify alias DNS name instead of official hostname for EGO_MASTER_LIST in ego.conf. For example, there are below master, master candidate, management hosts in the cluster. The left side is their official host n...
almost 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Not under consideration

Autosys Intergration

We are looking for a way to trigger execution of next batch in the grid, once grid utilization falls below 10%, for example.There could be countless other scenarios.
about 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement for Symphony7.1 API

Currently Symphony7.1 API does not provide a way to give details of blocked host. With current function char* soam_AppAttrDetail::hostPidPairs. This function returns the hosts for failed SIMs, which may sometimes include some unblocked host in the...
about 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Not under consideration

Symphony/BigInsights/Kerberos support

Customer in Belgium and Denmark require Symphony/BigInsights/Kerberos integration to be supported.Contact for Belgium client is Olivier De Pierpont.Contact for Denmark client is Claus Samuelsen
about 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 1 Not under consideration

Request to include certain environment parameters during job submission

Currently, we are unable to submit environment parameters to a MapReduce service in the following manner: // Set TEXTANALYTICS_HOME environment variable on each task's JVM - required by ActionAPI conf.set ("mapreduce.map.env", "TEXTANALYTICS_HOME=...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 5 Not under consideration

[Security and Access Control][RFE] client certificate authentication

There should be an option to require login to Platform PMC, connection to EGO REST API, connection to Symphony Admin wsdl API, and connections from symphony client to use client certificate authentication. For example of what this is, see here htt...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 4 Not under consideration

[Integration Requirement]Support for asynchronous log4j logging

Citi would like to make a pitch for asynchronous logging that is supported in log4j2. See below link for details:https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/async.html Having this feature in Sym7.1.x is going to be a value add given that companies...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Not under consideration

[SDK and API][RFE] add a GET method to the RESTful API that returns current demand data for all conumsers, including number of demanded slots

add a GET method to the RESTful API that returns current demand data for all conumsers, including number of demanded slots, demanded resource groups, and consumer id.
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 4 Not under consideration

[Resource Management Policy] Resource plan to allow Time Interval by Day

Resource Plan currently allows Time Interval to be defined. This needs to be extended to allow definition based on day of the week. This will make it possible for Resource plans to be limited to weekdays or weekends depending on usage patterns.
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 4 Not under consideration