Start Nodes operation

Use this operation to start the IBM Storage Scale daemons on one or more nodes.

About this task

This operation runs the following IBM Storage Scale command:
su - gpfsprod -c 'sudo /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmstartup -N <Node(s)>

For more information on this command, see the Related link.

Procedure

  1. Expand the Administration section of the GPFS_Manager operations.
  2. Expand the Start Node(s) node.
  3. In the Node(s) field, specify the node or list of nodes (separated by semicolons), on which to start the IBM Storage Scale daemons.
    Example: Node1;Node2;Node3...

    You can specify nodes in a variety of ways. As a best practice, enter IP addresses (required for IPv6 deployments). For more information, see the Related link.

    You can determine the node names by running the Get Cluster Status operation.

  4. Click Submit.
  5. Click Confirm when asked to validate your request.

Results

When you run this operation, a new entry is displayed under the Operation Execution Results list, with the name Start node(s). When completed, the status of the operation changes from Active to Done, and the Return Value column displays a link to a log file with the result of the operation. Verify that there are no errors in this log.