Merry ${yourFavoriteHoliday},
The zoom 2.0 package is now available on SourceForge at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-zoom/files
It is an open source systems management tool designed specifically for z/VM
and Linux on the mainframe. If you have z/VM and mainframe hardware, it
should allow you to easily do "Private Cloud".
It adds (or removes) the following function from zoom 1.24:
1) 'Node-groups' have been replaced with a simpler two-level grouping
mechanism with the first level based on Linux groups.
2) Quotas for virtual CPUs and memory by group have been added -
administrators can set quotas.
3) The ability to specify a single zoom user which simplifies SSH key
management (but adds to audit-trail maintenance).
4) SMAPI is now required if operations are to be performed, previously it
was optional
5) Linux Systems are now locked when operations are being performed on them.
6) The creation and expiration day of Linux systems are maintained and can
be configured.
7) Event logging is now centralized on a primary server and duplicated if a
second server exists.
8) 'Appliances' in OVF format have been replaced with user exits for
'Build', 'Rebuild' and 'Destroy'.
9) The RESTful API has been significantly enhanced and is now driven by a
single input file.
10) "The zoom Cookbook" 180 page PDF is updated with all the details.
On the down side:
1) The Web UI is now deprecated as it is "data-structure-centric". The
front end is more useful when it is "operation-centric".
The existing Web UI scripts are still included for reference, but will
probably not be updated. If there is a new operation-centric Web front
end, it will probably be packaged as a separate RPM so front-ends can
easily be switched in and out.
2) 'Build', 'Rebuild' and 'Destroy' operations are not fully functional -
the moving parts need to be coded. You would have to copy userexits.stubs
to userexits and write code to implement the function.
One more addition: The RESTful API is a great mechanism of driving a
regression test. To improve code quality a regression test has been written
and is being employed. A sample script and input file have been added. See
regrtest and regrtest.input in the /usr/local/share/zoom/ directory.
I hope this helps the community.
-Mike MacIsaac
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