From the hints and tips virtual mailbag: Is there a video of GPFS cluster monitoring using IBM Spectrum Control?

By Bob Graczyk posted Mon March 30, 2015 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by: bobby_g

YES!!!

Not only is there a video that shows the GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale) related capabilities in IBM Spectrum Control (IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, V5.2.5), but its narrated by SME Christian Bolik, a member of the development team that deals primarily with GPFS functionality.

When it comes to storage resources, IBM Spectrum Control revolves around the concept of storage systems. To accommodate this, a GPFS cluster is treated by IBM Spectrum Control as a file storage system, comparable to IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, or NetApp filers.

Once you click on the video link below, you will learn how to make use of IBM Spectrum Control to monitor GPFS clusters, and which monitoring-related requirements can be addressed using it today.

Some of the questions that will be answered in the video are:

Which of my clusters are running out of free space?
Which of my clusters or nodes have a health problem?
Which file systems and pools are running out of capacity?
Which file systems are mounted on which nodes?
How much space is occupied by snapshots? Are there any very old, potentially obsolete ones?
Which quotas are close to being exceeded or have already been exceeded?
Which filesets are close to running out of free inodes?
Which NSDs are at risk of becoming unavailable, or are unavailable?
Are the volumes backing my NSDs performing OK?
Are all nodes fulfilling critical roles in the cluster up and running?

Follow along with Christian as he takes you through a demonstration of the GPFS - related capabilities that are currently present in IBM Spectrum Control, V5.2.5.

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