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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Spectrum Symphony
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 16, 2014

[Installation and Upgrade] Install - New Installation type: Management Console and Management Client

Currently, there are the following three installation types only.
- Management Node
- Compute Node
- Client
- Symphony DE

But it's better to have new installation type "Management Console" or "Management Client".
It contains ego/soam commands, but it doesn't contain any server daemons.
It seems as the following.
1. Management Node minus daemons
2. Client plus ego/soam commands
3. Symphony DE minus SDK and daemons

  • Guest
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    Nov 29, 2020

    .There is no plan to create a "management console/client" package. This request can be done by client by customizing the installation.

  • Guest
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    Mar 14, 2017

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

  • Guest
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    Jul 18, 2014

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #56206 in product Platform Symphony.

  • Guest
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    Jul 17, 2014

    I think this is a good idea. I have had similar requests from developers in my company who don't want to install DE on their computers. I do have a workaround using a copy of the w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\bin folder on my san and a copy of ego.conf with the settings for my cluster. This is adequate but is not as elegant as a proper management client.

    This is an example of the PowerShell script:
    $binarySource = "path\to\binary\zip\files"
    $profileSource = "path\to\app\profile\xml"

    $symConf = "\\san\Symphony\5.2\conf-prod"
    $symAppbin = "\\san\Symphony\5.2\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\bin"

    $env:EGO_CONFDIR = $symConf

    "Uploading Symphony Applications..."
    cd "$symAppbin"
    soamdeploy add MyApp1 -f -p "$binarySource\MyApp1.zip" -c "/MyConsumerRoot/MyConsumerA/MyApp1" -u my_admin_user -x my_admin_password
    soamdeploy add MyApp2 -f -p "$binarySource\MyApp2.zip" -c "/MyConsumerRoot/MyConsumerA/MyApp2" -u my_admin_user -x my_admin_password
    "Uploading Symphony Applications... Done"
    ""
    "Registering Symphony Applications..."
    soamreg "$profileSource\MyApp1AppProfile.xml" -f -u my_admin_user -x my_admin_password
    soamreg "$profileSource\MyApp2AppProfile.xml" -f -u my_admin_user -x my_admin_password
    "Registering Symphony Applications... Done"