Adding GPFS node component

Edit online

The GPFS node component setting in the Ambari Assign Slaves and Clients panel is to set the host to install the IBM Spectrum® Scale packages.

About this task

This setting should be enabled in the following scenarios:
  • While adding new IBM Spectrum Scale clients, NameNodes or Data Nodes.
  • The GPFS Node component was not selected next to the host during the deployment and the host requires the IBM Spectrum Scale packages.

For information on adding hosts through Ambari, see Adding a host.

Procedure

  1. On Ambari dashboard, select Hosts > Choose host > Components > Add (Choose GPFS™ Node component).
  2. Log back into Ambari.
  3. From the dashboard, select HDFS > Actions > Restart All.