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Status Future consideration
Workspace ESS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 12, 2019

lift the SUDO wrappers limitations

Allianz is requesting from IBM ESS product the following
a) lift the SUDO wrappers limitations outlined in following statements
Sudo wrappers are not supported on clusters where one or more of the nodes is running the Windows operating system.
Sudo wrappers are not supported with clustered NFS (cNFS).
Sudo wrappers are not supported with Cluster Export Services (CES).
Sudo wrappers are not supported with file audit logging.
The installation toolkit is not supported in a sudo wrapper environment.
Call home is not supported in a sudo wrapper environment.
b) NSD and cross cluster mounts based without the usage of a user account which is called 'root'.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Feb 25, 2019

    Many of these are under development or under consideration. Not all may be possible, however.