Working with a FlashSystem partition isn’t new, but for some people that have never created one, I thought I’d ask FlashSystem.ai to give me a little help. I want the tool to help me; I’m going to let it. What did I do first?
Well, I asked what a FlashSystem partition is, and FlashSystem.ai gave me a breakdown, as well as some of the things I’d need to consider!
It even carried on to give me some suggestions on why I’d want to use partitions which I thought was a nice touch. Check it out when you get a chance to work with it.
So, I went ahead and made my first partition on my 9200 system (thanks for the coaching and how to FlashSystem.ai) and then I asked FlashSystem.ai to list the partitions it sees on the 9200. Yes, pretty easy!
Knowing from my little tutorial above I needed some Storage Components to be added to my partition, I asked FlashSystem.ai to create a volume group for this partition. It then asked for Approval!
By the way, thank you FlashSystem.ai for naming the volume group for me: volumegroup1 (yes, I’m trying to curtain my wild naming habits, so I appreciate the help here). Also, notice one of those ‘checks’ to make sure I confirm that I want to do something. Thanks FlashSystem.ai for the “Human-in-the-loop check”. You’ll notice I can approve for all my actions for this session if I want.
Then I moved over to my new volume group and added 3 x 1TB volumes. (Yes, I could have just done this as 1 action, it would have saved me the screen shots, that’s for sure). If you’ll notice, FlashSystem.ai wanted to make sure I was being specific on my ask.
Thanks for checking FlashSystem.ai, yes use volumegroup 1 please. I skipped the approval screen shot this time.
Yes, 1 more step, list me the Snapshot policies for this system, since I forget what is defined on which system;
Let's assign a policy while I’m here:
Proof!
Now – just because I can (and I like to save steps most of the time), hey FlashSystem.ai
“for the partition sts_demo_flashsystem_ai_partition - can you create a new volume group called ai_volumegroup2 and add three 1TB volumes to it - also assigning the sts_demo_SGC_policy starting at 5pm today and making it a safeguarded snapshot”
Approval 1 and 2 for my request -
See – I could have done it in 1 request
All in all, this little exercise demonstrates a different way of interacting with enterprise storage. FlashSystem.ai combines the power of AI with the trusted controls and governance that storage administrators expect, enabling users to accomplish complex tasks through simple conversational requests. IBM FlashSystem.ai helps reduce operational complexity while keeping humans firmly in control.
Aside from me having a bit of fun, this also proves that sometimes the fastest path from intent to action is simply asking for what you need.
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