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Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)

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HA GUI synchronization for notification events

Changes to notification events are currently not synchronized to secondary GUI node in an HA GUI configuration. This lead to the problem, that I have to perform the "Mark as read" function for several GUI events at each GUI node separately, to get...
2 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

CES Auth - SSSD

curently on CES nodes we can use only build-in gpfs winbind daemon to communicate with Microsoft AD. unfortunatelly with windbind we can not login to servers with AD users. therefore we must use windbind and sssd simultanously - that is not suppor...
7 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Azure Linux support for Scale ECE

Azure CTO has a mandate for all providing Core Applications to run on Azure Linux. In order to expand into HDFS environment ( 4 Exabytes of usable storage) , Scale ECE must run on Azure Linux. This is a request for ECE to run on Azure Linux.
14 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Support both Ubuntu and Redhat upgrades through open source ansible scale roles with same repository

Support both Local existing APT repository to support storage scale deployment on UBUNTU through open source ansible scale roles, also support Redhat /Sles Yum repository to support storage scale deployment..
26 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

CHTASK to change task period at Scale GUI is not persistent

CHTASK to change task period at Scale GUI is not persistent. In order to improve their monitoring integration with Grafana, client needs to shorten the frequency of some GUI tasks . I used the /usr/lpp/mmfs/gui/cli/chtask <task> --period <...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Enhance gpl-build logic to check the right packages before the build-run

This request is an important feature to close the gap to generate more stability in building gpl module on supported plattform. Today there are no check if the mmbuildgpl cmd are run that the installed packages are on the right version. Currently ...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Restore the scale config to - re-install OS (do not know who /how to solve the ssh issue after the new OS install...)

Restore the scale config to - re-install OS (do not know who /how to solve the ssh issue after the new OS install...)
about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Directory method upgrade to support efix package of core packages through open source ansible scale roles.

Directory method upgrade to support efix package of core packages through open source ansible scale roles.
about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Directory method Installation and Upgrade support of scale deployment through open source ansible scale roles.

Directory method Installation and Upgrade support of scale deployment through open source ansible scale roles.
about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Support APT repository to support storage scale deployment on UBUNTU through open source ansible scale roles.

Support Local existing APT repository to support storage scale deployment on UBUNTU through open source ansible scale roles.
about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review