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IBM Spectrum - Scale - 4.2.2.0 - install - toolkit : Mix OS support

By Archive User posted Sun December 11, 2016 10:13 PM

  

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2 -install-toolkit


Install-toolkit has been enhanced with below features in IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.0 release:



  1. Enhanced Operating System support

    1. SLES 12 Operating System support added

    2. Redhat 6.8 Operating System support added

    3. Redhat 7.x Operating System on Power LE added



  2. Mixed Operating System support

    1. Now install toolkit is capable of deploying a cluster that can have any combination of  Redhat 7.x, Redhat 6.8 and SLES 12 operating system nodes within same cluster.

    2. Support for Mixed OS nodes in a single homogenous platform cluster on x86.

    3. Support for Mixed OS nodes in a single homogeneous architecture of Power BE.



  3. Enhanced Architecture Support

    1. Extended the support for Redhat 7.x on Power LE platform




Below high level flow diagram help to use installer in mix os mode among rhel7.x , rhel6.8 and sles12.

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OS and Architecture support matrix which is available in our IBM Knowledge center as well.

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IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.0 -install toolkit: install and deploy demo



  1. Install and Deploy

  2. Upgrade:Upgrade process is similar as before except one thing need to take care if you are coming from before 4.2.2.0 version.

    Run below commands in sequence to update your old clusterdefninition file.

    1. ./spectrumscale config update (This command will update multi os info in your existing clusterdefinition file)

    2. ./spectrumscale upgrade --pr (This command also update clusterdefinition file.)

    3. ./spectrumscale upgrade




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