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Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 28, 2017

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Allow later kernel gpfs.gplbin to be installed without taking down GPFS

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Kernel upgrades are done by installing the new kernel while the current systems is running. When the server is rebooted, it picks up the new kernel.

The new level of gpfs.gplbin that matches that new kernel cannot be added while Scale is up, even though the files do not conflict so this should be possible. Well, actually it can be added, but Scale shuts itself down, which is an impact to the customers.

So we have had to hack adding the gpfs.gplbin rpm during the boot sequence before GPFS is automatically started.

We have hunderds of servers to manage and it would simplify things greatly if we could add the new gpfs.gplbin the same time as we add the new kernel and have things start without the extra steps.

It is possible to have multiple ones installed and that is what we do anyway so that in case we have to back out a kernel, we don't have to back out a gpfs.gplbin as well.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 30, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - Product functionality

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - V4 Product functionality

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 3, 2019

    Delivered in 5.0.3

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