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Spectrum Symphony

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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...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Not under consideration

Prestart Service with SlotToTaskRatio different than 1

To improve processing time
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.1 0 Future consideration

7.2.1.client-13: does not have the SoamFactory.setSymEnv method

Regarding the use of the following: SoamFactory.initialize(); SoamFactory.setSymEnv("EGO_MASTER_LIST","hostname"); <-- the master VIP (on-premise or cloud master ip) SoamFactory.setSymEnv("EGO_KD_PORT","vemkd_port"); <-- 7870 SoamFactory.set...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Future consideration

Submitting workload from 7.3.2 on prem to 7.2.1 cloud cluster

Submitting workload from 7.3.2 on prem to 7.2.1 cloud cluster, just want to get an estimation of how long this could be tested... will compare with our project plan to see if it is worth the effort to do so...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 2 Not under consideration

Improved logging for SD TCP Backlog to aid troubleshooting

Requirements: Dynamic turn on/off with the feature being enabled by default. Log Format: Similar to VEMKD, may include more metrics such as queue size Data to be logged:1. Acceptance rate per channel 2. Performance of the accept (i.e. SSL handshak...
about 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.1 1 Planned for future release

[RFE][CS] - PMC becomes very slow during heavy workload

PMC becomes very slow when there is heavy workload running on a large Grid. Issue is seen on Resource Group, Resource plan, Consumer and Consumer Properties pages, however performance of Consumer Properties page is particularly bad. It takes more ...
about 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1.2 2 Planned for future release

Certify for Citi - Symphony cluster configuration verification tools/features

Symphony configuration files to be audited and verified: We have a question from auditing about Symphony cluster configuration verification. The auditing is looking for any features/tools from Symphony that periodically check/verify Symphony clust...
about 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.0.2 2 Planned for future release

[Security and Access Control] /etc/init.d/ego status overiding default behavior - not according to standard, breaks monitoring and automation tool chain

The init.d script being rolled out with Symphony 7.1.0 is the same across all compute and management hosts. Running the script in its intended way with the status flag always results in the same message: -bash-4.1$ sudo service ego statusego servi...
about 8 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 4 Not under consideration

Account for slots given to an application when startup_cores_if_no_history is configured

Description: In the current implementation, startup_cores_if_no_history are provisioned for each application regardless of the slots in the grid, which can lead to overprovision. We would like to request that if the application has access to slots...
about 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.1 0 Future consideration

Struts 2.5.x delivery for symphony 6.1.1

Struts 2.3 is flagged RED by CITI products team and struts 2.3 should not be used any more in CITI. So need higher version struts for Symphony 6.1.1 DE and Symphony 6.1.1 Masters
over 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration