Working with the IBM Spectrum Symphony multicluster feature

The multicluster feature in IBM Spectrum Symphony Advanced Edition allows you to connect multiple IBM Spectrum Symphony clusters into a federation cluster. Using this feature, you can leverage workload placement, to redirect IBM Spectrum Symphony sessions to non-busy clusters, balancing workload so that tasks within one session can be dispatched to multiple clusters based on resource availability on each federation member cluster. You can also deploy and manage service packages from the multicluster management console across member clusters. Finally, you can monitor workload and resources, as this feature collects data from IBM Spectrum Symphony clusters and sends it to the IBM Spectrum Symphony multicluster primary cluster for aggregation and display.

During installation, you install the multicluster package on the IBM Spectrum Symphony multicluster primary cluster, and on individual lone clusters.

Once installed, you can use the IBM Spectrum Symphony multicluster management console to access a dashboard; and manage workload, applications, resources, and the overall multicluster system settings. Additionally, for CLI, you can use the smcadmin to manage various multicluster requests, such as working with users, applications, sessions, tasks, blocked hosts, slot allocation, hosts for a cluster, repurposing requests, and workload placement and policies.