Global Data Platform

The Global data platform IBM Storage Fusion service is enabled at the time of installation for IBM Storage Fusion HCI System. Ensure that the status shows Running in the Global data platform section. For IBM Storage Fusion, you must install it from the Services page.

About this task

Important:
  • This service enablement applies Machine Config Operator changes in OpenShift® and as a that result all nodes get rebooted.
  • For more information about deployments and their supported IBM Storage Fusion services in IBM Storage Fusion, see IBM Storage Fusion Services support matrix.

To enable GDP on infra node, manually create the ScaleCluster CR and set the infraNode:true. This is not applicable for IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.

Warning: Do NOT delete IBM Spectrum Scale pods. Deletion of Scale pods in many circumstances has implications on availability and data integrity.

Procedure

  1. Go to Services page in IBM Storage Fusion user interface.
  2. In the Available section, click Global data platform tile.
  3. Click Install.
  4. In the Install service message box, click Install to confirm.
    After you enable the Global Data Platform, you can view the service version and health status.
    Table 1. Health states Global Data Platform service
    State Description
    Healthy The Running and Ready states for the following items indicate that the service is healthy:
    • Scale core pods in ibm-spectrum-scale namespace
    • CSI pods in ibm-spectrum-scale-csi namespace
    • mmgetstate for all the Scale core pods are in active state.
    • FileSystem is mounted on all the Scale core pods.
    Degraded If any healthy state condition is not met, then the service goes to a degraded state.
    From the ellipsis menu, you can download logs and view documentation. After you successfully collect the logs, a success notification gets displayed. The notification disappears automatically after some time.
    In case of failures, go through the downloaded logs to understand the cause of the failure and fix the issue. For more information about service issues in IBM Storage Fusion, see Troubleshooting installation and upgrade issues in IBM Storage Fusion services.

    For more information about Global data platform service issues during IBM Storage Fusion HCI System installation, see Installation and upgrade issues.

What to do next

  1. Go to Remote file systems page of the user interface and connect to remote file systems. For the procedure to connect to remote file systems, see Connecting to remote IBM Spectrum Scale file systems.
  2. To consume the remote file system by using Global Data Platform, see Static provisioning of Persistent Volume in filesystem and Dynamic provisioning of Persistent Volume in filesystem.