Installing persistent storage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Before you can install IBM Cloud Pak for Data, you must install persistent storage that is accessible from your Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster.

Installation phase

Setting up a client workstation

Setting up a cluster

Collecting required information

Preparing to run installs from a private container registry

Preparing the cluster for Cloud Pak for Data

Preparing to install an instance of Cloud Pak for Data

Installing an instance of Cloud Pak for Data

Who needs to complete this task?

Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.

When do you need to complete this task?

One-time setup If you don't have a supported persistent storage solution for your cluster, you must complete this task before you can install IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

If you have a supported persistent storage solution, you can skip this task.

Before you begin

Before you set up persistent storage, ensure that you review the available planning information:

Section	What you need to know
Storage considerations	Review this information to identify: The types of storage that are supported by the platform The features and requirements for each type of storage The deployment environments that are supported for each type of storage
Storage requirements	Review this information to identify which type of storage each service supports. Depending on the services that you plan to install, you might need to install multiple types of persistent storage on your cluster.
Hardware requirements	Review this information to identify the minimum amount of storage that each service requires.

Procedure

To install persistent storage, follow the appropriate documentation to install persistent storage for your cluster:

Storage	Documentation links
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation	See the Product Documentation for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation
IBM® Storage Fusion Data Foundation	To deploy IBM Storage Fusion, see Deploying IBM Storage Fusion in the IBM Storage Fusion documentation: Version 2.5 To install the Data Foundation service, see IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation in the IBM Storage Fusion documentation: Version 2.5 Version 2.6
IBM Storage Fusion Global Data Platform	To deploy IBM Storage Fusion, see Deploying IBM Storage Fusion in the IBM Storage Fusion documentation: Version 2.4 Version 2.5 Version 2.6 To install the Global Data Platform service, see IBM Storage Fusion Global Data Platform in the IBM Storage Fusion documentation: Version 2.4 Version 2.5 Version 2.6
IBM Storage Scale Container Native (with IBM Storage Scale Container Storage Interface)	See Installing the IBM Storage Scale container native operator and cluster in the IBM Storage Scale Container Native documentation.
Portworx	See Install Portworx on OpenShift in the Portworx documentation.
NFS	Refer to the installation documentation for your NFS storage provider.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)	Managed OpenShift EBS is provisioned by default when you install Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). Self-managed OpenShift EBS is provisioned by default when you install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on AWS infrastructure.
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	Install EFS from the AWS Console. It is recommended that you create a regional file system. For details, see Getting started in the Amazon Elastic File System documentation.
NetApp Trident	Self-managed NetApp Trident See Learn about Astra Trident installation in the NetApp Astra Trident documentation. Managed NetApp Trident (Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP) The provisioned throughput should be 128 MB per second or higher. See Learn about Astra Trident installation in the NetApp Astra Trident documentation.

What to do next

Now that you've installed persistent storage for your cluster, you're ready to complete Installing and setting up Multicloud Object Gateway for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.