Installing GPFS over a network

Install GPFS according to these directions, where localNode is the name of the node on which you are running:

If you are installing on a shared file system network, ensure the directory where the GPFS images can be found is NFS exported to all of the nodes planned for your GPFS cluster (/tmp/gpfs.allnodes).
Ensure an acceptable directory or mountpoint is available on each target node, such as /tmp/gpfslpp. If there is not, create one:
```
WCOLL=/tmp/gpfs.allnodes mmdsh "mkdir /tmp/gpfslpp"
```

If you are installing on a shared file system network, to place the GPFS images on each node in your network, issue:

WCOLL=/tmp/gpfs.allnodes mmdsh "mount localNode:/tmp/gpfslpp /tmp/gpfslpp"

Otherwise, issue:

WCOLL=/tmp/gpfs.allnodes mmdsh "rcp localNode:/tmp/gpfslpp/gpfs* /tmp/gpfslpp"
WCOLL=/tmp/gpfs.allnodes mmdsh "rcp localNode:/tmp/gpfslpp/.toc /tmp/gpfslpp"

Install GPFS on each node:

WCOLL=/tmp/gpfs.allnodes mmdsh "installp -agXYd /tmp/gpfslpp gpfs"

For information about using rcp with IBM Storage Scale, see Remote file copy command.