Restarting the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system after GPFS or operating system maintenance

Complete this task if you need to restart the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system after an event that requires GPFS shutdown and start, such as an operating system reboot after a system upgrade or other required maintenance.

About this task

Complete the following steps to restart the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system:

Procedure

  1. Start GPFS by issuing the following command:
    # mmstartup -a
  2. Mount GPFS by issuing the following command:
    # mmmount all
  3. Stop and then restart the IBM Storage Protect for Space Management HSM by issuing the following sequence of commands:
    # dsmmigfs stop
    # dsmmigfs start
  4. Start the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition on all libraries by using the eeadm cluster start command, as in the following example:
    # eeadm cluster start
    Start IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition on a specific library by using the -l <libraryname> option, as in the following example, where "lib2" is the library name:
    # eeadm cluster start -l lib2
    The library name can be found using the eeadm library list command.
  5. Check the status of each component by continuing with the following steps. Optionally, you can check the status of each component when it is started.
    1. Check the GPFS status by issuing the following command:
      # mmgetstate -a
    2. Check the GPFS mount status by issuing the following command:
      # mmlsmount all
    3. Check the HSM status by issuing the following command:
      # ps -ef | grep [d]sm
    4. Check status of the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition components by issuing the following command:
      # eeadm node list