Storage services

The supported storage services are Global Data Platform local, Global Data Platform remote mount, Fusion Data Foundation provider mode, and Data Foundation with MCG only.

In the Services page of the IBM Fusion user interface, you can see only the services that can be deployed on the cluster. It is based on your current storage configuration. The different storage installation combinations are as follows:
Note: The Global Data Platform remote mount capability is available only for the following deployment modes:
  • Standalone rack with Global Data Platform storage ( newly installed with IBM Fusion 2.8.0)
  • Standalone rack with FDF ( upgraded to IBM Fusion 2.8.0 / newly installed with IBM Fusion 2.8.0)

Fusion Data Foundation service enablement on a newly installed IBM Fusion HCI System

Install Fusion Data Foundation on provider mode. For the installation procedure, see Data Foundation.

Fusion Data Foundation service enablement on a newly installed IBM Fusion HCI System with Global Data Platform remote mount

  1. Install Fusion Data Foundation on provider mode.
  2. From the Available section of the Services page, install Global Data Platform remote mount. To know more about the remote mount, see Connecting to remote IBM Storage Scale file systems. The Global Data Platform remote mount is available only IBM Fusion HCI System for with Fusion Data Foundation. Ensure the previous step is complete before you start this step.
  3. After the installation of Global Data Platform completes successfully and the service is in healthy state, go to Storage > Remote file systems and add remote file systems. For more information about the procedure to add file systems, see Remote IBM Storage Scale storage cluster in IBM Fusion.

Global Data Platform service enablement on a newly installed IBM Fusion HCI System

  1. Install Global Data Platform local. For the procedure to install, see Global Data Platform.
  2. Configure Global Data Platform. For the procedure to configure, see Configuring Global Data Platform local storage.

Global Data Platform service enablement on a newly installed IBM Fusion HCI System storage option Data Foundation with MCG only

  1. Install Global Data Platform local. For the procedure to install, see Global Data Platform.
  2. Configure Global Data Platform. For the procedure to configure, see Configuring Global Data Platform local storage.
  3. Go to the Services page and install Data Foundation with MCG only from the Available section. For the procedure to install, see Data Foundation for MCG only.