Well, I guess it depends on what Marcy is intending to do with SMAPI. I made the assumption that she was asking the question relative to IBM Director ... but I could obviously be wrong about that?
At this point in time, I don't believe there is a GA IBM Director that supports the SMAPI socket based server. JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Franciscovich > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 04:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Question about SMAPI > > >VSMSERVE is the RPC version of the SMAPI server and is still > valid for > >use on z/VM 5.3, for example with VM:Secure 2.8 (or DIRMAINT). > > > >VSMREQIN, VSMREQIU, etc. are part of the new SMAPI server > implementation > >... the socket server. However, I wouldn't go there just yet ... > > > > (SMAPI = Systems Management APIs)... > > It is correct that the VSMREQIN, VSMREQIU, and VSMWORKn > virtual machines > are new in z/VM 5.3, as part of the new sockets-based SMAPI server. > The SMAPI server requires a directory manager, and DirMaint has been > enhanced to work with the new server. From IBM's perspective, > there is no reason to not "go there just yet". > > VSMSERVE is the RPC-based SMAPI server and is still available on > z/VM 5.3, with the same SMAPI function that was provided in z/VM 5.2. > All new SMAPI function in 5.3 is available only on the new (sockets) > server, as will any enhancements provided in the future. > > The z/VM 5.3 announcement includes the following Statement of > Direction: > "IBM intends to withdraw support for the RPC/CSL interface from the > Systems Management API server in a future z/VM release." > > John Franciscovich > z/VM Development > >
