<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" >Yes Arcastream aka Pixit Media aka Arcapix have a Pyhon API for a while.</div>
<div dir="ltr" >They also wrote and shipped a GPFS GUI a long time before IBM.</div>
<div dir="ltr" >You could ask them about Nirvana (cf. iRods) too ?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" >You could look up some of their presentations they have made at the GPFS-UG meetings.</div>
<div dir="ltr" >eg  from the UK GPFS-UG meeting at South Bank, London earlier this year:</div>
<div dir="ltr" ><a href="http://www.spectrumscale.org/presentations" target="_blank" >http://www.spectrumscale.org/presentations</a>/</div>
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<div dir="ltr" >There are other companies too that support GPFS and have written their own components and enhancements.</div>
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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" dir="ltr" style="border-left:solid #aaaaaa 2px; margin-left:5px; padding-left:5px; direction:ltr; margin-right:0px" >----- Original message -----<br>From: Aaron Knister <aaron.s.knister@nasa.gov><br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>To: <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Cc:<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] testing commands<br>Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2016 10:49 PM<br> 
<div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >Not to get off-topic here, but WHOA! I had no idea somebody had created<br>a python API for GPFS. How does one get access to said API?<br><br>On 10/4/16 4:37 PM, Jez Tucker wrote:<br>> Hi<br>><br>>   So we were chatting a while ago about dry-run requirements, but more<br>> with respect to mmapplypolicy.<br>> For relevance to those on the list who run our Python API, you'll find<br>> dry-run functionality here:<br>><br>> <a href="http://arcapix.com/gpfsapi/execute.html#dry-run" target="_blank" >http://arcapix.com/gpfsapi/execute.html#dry-run</a><br>><br>> Cheers,<br>><br>> Jez<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 04/10/16 18:04, Brian Marshall wrote:<br>>> All,<br>>><br>>> Is there a way to "test" GPFS commands and see what the output or<br>>> result would be before running them?  For example, I'd like to verify<br>>> a command string before actually running it on a production system.<br>>><br>>> Does IBM offer "test" licenses for setting up a small debug/devel<br>>> environment?<br>>><br>>> I'd be interested to hear everyone's best practices on verifying<br>>> commands/actions.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>> Brian<br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>>> gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br>>> <a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank" >http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Jez Tucker<br>> Head of Research & Product Development<br>> Pixit Media | ArcaStream<br>> www.pixitmedia.com <<a href="http://www.pixitmedia.com" target="_blank" >http://www.pixitmedia.com</a>><br>> www.arcastream.com <<a href="http://www.arcastream.com" target="_blank" >http://www.arcastream.com</a>><br>><br>><br>> This email is confidential in that it is intended for the exclusive<br>> attention of the addressee(s) indicated. If you are not the intended<br>> recipient, this email should not be read or disclosed to any other<br>> person. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from<br>> your computer system. Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those<br>> of the company from which this email was sent and, whilst to the best of<br>> our knowledge no viruses or defects exist, no responsibility can be<br>> accepted for any loss or damage arising from its receipt or subsequent<br>> use of this email.<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>> gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br>> <a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank" >http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank" >http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font><br> </div></blockquote>
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