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  • 1.  IBM Spectrum on Azure

    Posted Thu March 04, 2021 04:12 PM
    Hi Spectrum Community,
    I sell Microsoft for IBM and we have a large FSS client that is asking about our plans for Spectrum on Azure. Any information, contacts, or knowedge/opinions welcome.
    Thank You!

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    Ken Waterston
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  • 2.  RE: IBM Spectrum on Azure

    Posted Thu March 04, 2021 04:48 PM
    LSF Resource Connector (RC) can be used to work with Azure to provision vm instance as LSF server node in Azure.
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRJV_10.1.0/lsf_welcome/lsf_kc_resource_connector.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRJV_10.1.0/lsf_resource_connector/lsf_rc_azure_config.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRJV_10.1.0/lsf_resource_connector/lsf_rc_cycle_config.html

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    YI SUN
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  • 3.  RE: IBM Spectrum on Azure

    Posted Fri March 05, 2021 07:47 AM
    Hi Ken,

    Spectrum Symphony aligns well with FSS SOA type workloads, and as Sun Yi mentions, Spectrum LSF is also integrated with Azure:

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/blog/ibm-and-microsoft-azure-support-spectrum-symphony-and-spectrum-lsf/
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/lsf?view=cyclecloud-8




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    Renita Leung
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  • 4.  RE: IBM Spectrum on Azure

    Posted Fri March 05, 2021 01:31 PM
    For Spectrum Symphony, Azure is also supported though Host Factory.
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZUMP_7.2.1/cloud_enablement/host_factory.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZUMP_7.2.1/cloud_enablement/host_factory_azure.html

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    YI SUN
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