Running the ConnectToExternalGPFSServer script package

Run the script package to connect the IBM Storage Scale Client to the external IBM Storage Scale Server.

Before you begin

You must have successfully completed the manual configuration steps to exchange key information between the IBM Storage Scale Client and the external IBM Storage Scale Server.

Procedure

  1. Click Patterns > Virtual System Instances.
  2. Select the virtual system instance from the list of available virtual system instances.
  3. In the details of the selected instance, expand the Virtual machine perspective section.
  4. Expand the node of the virtual machine on which you want to run the script package.
  5. In the Script Packages section, select Execute now for the ConnectToExternalGPFSServer script package.
    A dialog is displayed prompting you for the parameters for the script package and root credentials for the virtual machine:
    SERVER_CLUSTER_NAME = <server cluster name>, such as Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com
NODE_LIST = <node1_ipaddr,node2_ipaddr, ...>
FILE_SYSTEM = <file system name that the client mounts>

FILE_SET = <the fileset to be used by the client>
LINK_DIR = <the link directory to create on the client>
User name = root
Password = <root password>
  6. Wait for the script package to complete.
    A green square with a check mark indicates success. The result is written to the remote_std_out.log file, similar to the following example:
    cluster name: Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com
node list: 172.17.69.91
file system: fileSystemName
mountpoint: /gpfs/fileSystemName
fileset: testExtFSet1b
link directory: /testExtFSet1bLink
/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmremotecluster add Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com -n 172.17.69.91 -k /var/mmfs/ssl/Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com_id_rsa.pub
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  
Message(2) is: mmremotecluster: Command successfully completed

/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmremotefs add fileSystemName -f fileSystemName -C Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com -A yes -T /gpfs/fileSystemName
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  
Message(2) is: 
/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmmount fileSystemName
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  Tue Jul  1 21:42:10 UTC 2014: mmmount: Mounting file systems ...

Message(2) is: 
ln -s /gpfs/fileSystemName/testExtFSet1b /testExtFSet1bLink
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  
Message(2) is: 
/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmremotecluster show
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  Cluster name:    Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com
Contact nodes:   172.17.69.91
SHA digest:      9a366c1a33794b8035192bf832389a397cd9330a
File systems:    fileSystemName (fileSystemName)  


Message(2) is: 
/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmremotefs show
RC is: 0
Message(1) is:  Local Name  Remote Name  Cluster name       Mount Point        Mount Options    Automount  Drive  Priority
fileSystemName fileSystemName Primary_Cluster.purescale.raleigh.ibm.com /gpfs/fileSystemName rw               yes          -        0

Message(2) is:

    Verify that the output of the last two commands shows the remote server cluster and remote file system.

    You will need to copy the client cluster key information in this file (all of the information between the two lines of asterisks) to the external IBM Storage Scale Server and complete several additional manual steps before you run the ConnectToExternalGPFSServer script package.