Working with harvested hosts

To set up host harvesting, understand the workflow.

1. Install IBM® Spectrum Symphony on hosts intended for harvesting. During installation choose whether to designate the host as a desktop or server harvest-ready host
2. If the host was not pre-configured as a harvest-ready host during IBM Spectrum Symphony installation, add scvg or svrscvg tag to the host and start or restart the cluster.
3. Enable the harvesting feature.
4. Create a resource group for harvest-ready hosts.
5. Create or modify a consumer to include the harvest resource group.
6. Set ownership, sharing, lending, and borrowing for harvest resource group.
7. Set thresholds that trigger harvesting. EGO will open and close the hosts using the information collected by the local harvesting agent.
8. Verify the hosts that are harvest-ready.