If you are upgrading from GPFS , you can choose between the following upgrade options. GPFS Administration and Programming Reference Click below to view this publication ?. File System V documentation, where you can find information about how to install, administer, maintain, and use GPFS

The steps in this procedure are similar to the steps in the online upgrade procedure. Upgrading from GPFS 3. Repeat the preceding steps on each node in the cluster one by one after restarting GPFS. After the operating system is upgraded and any required reboots are pgfs, follow the steps for upgrading GPFS.

Re-enable the GPFS autoload setting by issuing the following command. Given the age of GPFS 3.

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At this point all code is at the upgraded level, gpfe the cluster is not upgraded and new functions cannot be configured until the upgrade is completed. For this upgrade path, use the following platform-specific commands instead of those listed in Step 4: After all the nodes in vpfs cluster are upgraded to 4. Extract the IBM Spectrum Scale installation image so that all installation files rpm, deb, bff, msi, and so on are available.

Offline upgrade, complete cluster shutdown This scenario is applicable if you can shut down the entire cluster and perform the upgrade. Online upgrade, most 35 remains available Upgrading to the 5. You can also create this file system from multiple NSDs, each of which are replicated to help with redundancy.

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Regardless of which method you are using, if you want to install and configure CES protocols after upgrading gfs the latest level, you must create a CES shared root file system of size 4 GB or greater.

NodeName is the name of the node on which the operating system upgrade will be done. However, due to the entire cluster being offline, it is possible to jump straight to the latest code level instead of 35. to an intermediate level, as required during an online upgrade. For more information, see Setting up Cluster Export Services shared root file system.

Alternatively, you can perform function additions and upgrades manually. Confirm that the upgraded operating system level is one that is supported by the version of IBM Spectrum Scale to which the system is being upgraded.

Upgrading from GPFS 3.5

Operating system upgrades while upgrading from GPFS 3. Run the gpds platform-specific commands to upgrade GPFS. For each node in the cluster, do the following steps. At this point, you can use the installation toolkit for installation or deployment of new functions and for future upgrades. Perform any necessary operating system upgrades.

Unmount GPFS file systems fpfs the node by issuing the following command. At this point, all code is at the upgraded level, but the cluster is not upgraded and new functions cannot be configured until the upgrade is completed. For GPFS-only configurations, the process is now complete.

This file system is used for CES protocol state data and it must remain gpfw and up on all protocol nodes for the protocols to function.

At this point, the code is at the upgraded level, but the cluster is not upgraded and new functions cannot be configured until the upgrade is completed.