Installing Fusion Data Foundation on the hosted cluster

From the IBM Storage Fusion HCI System hub cluster, install IBM Storage Fusion consumer on the hosted cluster with Fusion Data Foundation as the storage type.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Log in to the OpenShift® Container Platform web console of the IBM Storage Fusion HCI System hub, and select All clusters.
  2. Go to Infrastructure > Clusters.
    The Clusters page is displayed and the Cluster list tab is open by default.
  3. Go through the list of the associated clusters and their details.
  4. You can click the name value link of the cluster to view more information.
    In the cluster details page, the Overview tab is open by default.
  5. In the Overview tab page, edit the Labels to include isf.ibm.com/fusion-base, and click Save.
    Alternatively, you can edit the label by using the oc commands:
    1. Log in to the hub cluster.
      oc login to the hub cluster
    2. Add label isf.ibm.com/fusion-base to the hosted control plan clusters on hub to auto install IBM Storage Fusion consumer cluster:
      oc label managedcluster <consumer_cluster_name> isf.ibm.com/fusion-base=''
  6. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console of the IBM Storage Fusion consumer cluster.
  7. Go to Operators > Installed operators.
  8. Check whether the IBM Storage Fusion consumer mode cluster is installed.
    The Status changes from Installing to Succeeded.
  9. On the hub cluster, go back to the cluster details > Overview tab page and edit the Labels to include isf.ibm.com/fusion-fdf, and click Save.
    Alternatively, you can edit the label from the hub cluster by using the following oc command:
    Add label isf.ibm.com/fusion-fdf to the hosted control plan clusters on hub to auto install IBM Storage Fusion consumer cluster:
    oc label managedcluster <consumer_cluster_name> isf.ibm.com/fusion-fdf=''
  10. Go to the IBM Storage Fusion consumer cluster user interface and open the Services page.
    The Fusion Data Foundation service starts to install automatically. If it does not, then refresh and wait for five to ten minutes.
  11. Wait for the Fusion Data Foundation installation to complete.
    A notification is displayed confirming the success of the installation.
  12. To backup applications on your hosted plan cluster, see Backup & Restore for Hosted Control Plane.
  13. Optional: In the ibm-spectrum-fusion-ns namespace, open the fusion-addon-config ConfigMap file to view or update the default namespaces, catalog source, storage class, and backup and restore namespaces. By default, the values are same as the host cluster.
If you face any issues during the automatic installation of IBM Storage Fusion and Fusion Data Foundation, see Troubleshooting Hosted Control Plane clusters.