Configure the IBM
Storage Scale System metrics plugin for NVIDIA Nsight Systems to enable collection of
filesystem performance metrics during profiling.
Before you begin, ensure that you are using the following versions:
- NVIDIA Nsight Systems CLI (2025.5.1 or later)
- IBM
Storage Scale (6.0.1.0 or later)
- Linux (x86_64 or aarch64)
-
Create plugin
directory:
cd /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/<version>/target-linux-x64/plugins/
mkdir gpfs_metrics/
Note: Replace <version> with the installed
Nsight Systems CLI version.
A sample output is as
follows:
cd /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/2026.l.2/target-linux-x64/plugins
mkdir gpfs_metrics/
ll gpfs_metrics/
total 0
- Copy plugin
files:
cp /usr/lpp/mmfs/lib/gpfsmetric/gpfs_metrics_collector \
/opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/<version>/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics/
cp /usr/lpp/mmfs/lib/gpfsmetric/nsys-plugin.yaml \
/opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/<version>/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics/
Example:
cp /usr/lpp/mmfs/lib/gpfsmetric/nsys-plugin.yaml /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/2026.1.2/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics/
cp /usr/lpp/mmfs/lib/gpfsmetric/gpfs_metrics_collector /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/2026.1.2/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics
- Verify
installation:
ls -l /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/<version>/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics/
Example:
ls -l /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems-cli/2026.1.2/target-linux-x64/plugins/gpfs_metrics
A
sample output is as follows:
total 200
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 198736 Mar 10 06:09 gpfs_metrics_collector
-rw-------. 1 root root 176 Mar 10 06:09 nsys-plugin.yaml