<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >Hi,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >>>Yes, older versions of GPFS don't recognize /dev/nvme*. So you would need /var/mmfs/etc/nsddevices user exit. >>On newer GPFS versions, the nvme devices are also generic</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" ><span style="font-family: "Default Monospace", "Courier New", Courier, monospace; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >>>>> but has anyone else tried to</span><span style="font-family: "Default Monospace", "Courier New", Courier, monospace; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" > </span><span style="font-family: "Default Monospace", "Courier New", Courier, monospace; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >get lroc running on nvme and how well does it work.</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >IMHO, the support to recognize /dev/nvme* was added to Spectrum Scale version 5.0.1.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" ><span style="font-size: 0.857em;" >The Spectrum Scale </span><span style="font-size: 11.998000144958496px;" >version </span><span style="font-size: 0.857em;" >5.0.1 has LROC performance enhancements compared to the earlier versions, for file stat/read performance from LROC devices.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >Following provides sample performance data using single 1 x mdtest MPI process with LROC data on <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" >INTEL SSDPEDMD016T4L for Spectrum Scale version 5.0.0 vs. 5.0.1.</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" ><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; border-collapse: collapse; width: 831pt;" width="1106" > <colgroup> <col style="width: 123pt;" width="164" > <col style="width: 109pt;" width="145" > <col style="width: 72pt;" width="96" > <col style="width: 69pt;" width="92" > <col style="width: 55pt;" width="73" > <col span="2" style="width: 67pt;" width="89" > <col style="width: 55pt;" width="73" > <col style="width: 80pt;" width="107" > <col style="width: 79pt;" width="105" > <col style="width: 55pt;" width="73" > </colgroup> <tbody> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt; width: 123pt;" width="164" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >Benchmark Arguments:</span></td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 109pt;" width="145" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 72pt;" width="96" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 69pt;" width="92" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 55pt;" width="73" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 67pt;" width="89" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 67pt;" width="89" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 55pt;" width="73" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 80pt;" width="107" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 79pt;" width="105" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 55pt;" width="73" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td colspan="6" height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" > mpiexec -f $MACH_FILE -n $MAX_NP $BENCHMARK -i 1 -n $n_files -u -F -T -E -e $file_sz -d $O_DIR</span></td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td colspan="11" height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt;" ><span style="font-size:0.857em;" >Sample: mpiexec -f /mnt/sw_x86/mpich/mf.perf_x86.c72f1m5u27 -n 1 /mnt/sw_x86/benchmarks/mdtest/mdtest -i 1 -n 65536 -u -F -T -E -e '1024' -d /mnt/gpfs3a/lroc_mdtest_out/uniq_dir_1024_65536</span></td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >5.0.0</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >5.0.1</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >Performance Delta (%)</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 15pt;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File metadata Ops/s</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File metadata Ops/s</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Stat</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Read</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; height: 15pt;" >File Count</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Size (KiB)</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Stat</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Read</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Stat</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >File Read</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; height: 15pt;" >16384</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >4170</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >3979</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >5182</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >4765</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >24.29</td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >19.77</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; height: 15pt;" >16384</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >32</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >3938</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >3585</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >5220</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >4609</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >32.57</td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >28.56</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; height: 15pt;" >65536</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1511</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1319</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >2122</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1893</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >40.46</td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >43.50</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;" > <td height="20" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; height: 15pt;" >65536</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >32</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >1418</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >661</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >2214</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" >803</td> <td style="padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap;" > </td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >56.18</td> <td style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(198, 239, 206);" >21.52</td> <td style="padding: 0px; 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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" data-history-expanded="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; direction: ltr; margin-right: 0px;" >----- Original message -----<br>From: "Truong Vu" <truongv@us.ibm.com><br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>To: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org<br>Cc:<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Lroc on NVME<br>Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2018 9:55 AM<br>
<p><font size="2" >Yes, older versions of GPFS don't recognize /dev/nvme*. So you would need /var/mmfs/etc/nsddevices user exit. On newer GPFS versions, the nvme devices are also generic. So, it is good that you are using the same NSD sub-type.</font><br><br><font size="2" >Cheers,</font><br><font size="2" >Tru.</font><br><br><img alt="Inactive hide details for gpfsug-discuss-request---06/12/2018 06:47:05 AM---Send gpfsug-discuss mailing list submissions to gp" border="0" height="16" src="cid:1__=0ABB0839DFD827D68f9e8a93df938690918c0AB@" width="16" ><font color="#424282" size="2" >gpfsug-discuss-request---06/12/2018 06:47:05 AM---Send gpfsug-discuss mailing list submissions to gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</font><br><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >From: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >To: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >Date: </font><font size="2" >06/12/2018 06:47 AM</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >Subject: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 77, Issue 15</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >Sent by: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font></p>
<hr align="left" size="2" style="color:#8091A5; " width="100%" ><br><br><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >Send gpfsug-discuss mailing list submissions to<br>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br>gpfsug-discuss-owner@spectrumscale.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of gpfsug-discuss digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4 (Felipe Knop)<br> 2. Re: RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4 (Jeffrey R. Lang)<br> 3. Lroc on NVME (Peter Childs)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:52:16 -0400<br>From: "Felipe Knop" <knop@us.ibm.com><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br>Message-ID:<br><OFE6ED5366.7E225BA2-ON002582A9.004C0F93-852582A9.004C327D@notes.na.collabserv.com><br><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Fred,<br><br>Correct. The FAQ should be updated shortly.<br><br> Felipe<br><br>----<br>Felipe Knop knop@us.ibm.com<br>GPFS Development and Security<br>IBM Systems<br>IBM Building 008<br>2455 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br>(845) 433-9314 T/L 293-9314<br><br><br><br><br><br>From: "Frederick Stock" <stockf@us.ibm.com><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Date: 06/11/2018 07:52 AM<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br><br><br><br>Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.9 does support RHEL 7.5.<br><br>Fred<br>__________________________________________________<br>Fred Stock | IBM Pittsburgh Lab | 720-430-8821<br>stockf@us.ibm.com<br><br><br><br>From: "Sobey, Richard A" <r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Date: 06/11/2018 06:59 AM<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br><br><br><br>Thanks Simon. Do you mean you pinned the minor release to 7.X but yum<br>upgraded you to 7.Y? This has just happened to me:<br><br>[root@ ~]# subscription-manager release<br>Release: 7.4<br>[root@ ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release<br>Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)<br><br>Granted I didn?t issue a yum clean all after changing the release however<br>I?ve never seen this happen before.<br><br>Anyway, I need to either downgrade back to 7.4 or upgrade GPFS, whichever<br>will be the best supported. I need to learn to pay attention to what kernel<br>version I?m being updated to in future!<br><br>Cheers<br>Richard<br><br>From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br><gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Simon Thompson (IT<br>Research Support)<br>Sent: 11 June 2018 11:50<br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br><br>We have on our DSS-G ?<br><br>Have you looked at:</font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/238533" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/solutions/238533</a></font></tt><br><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >?<br><br>Simon<br><br>From: <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> on behalf of "Sobey,<br>Richard A" <r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk><br>Reply-To: "gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <<br>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Date: Monday, 11 June 2018 at 11:46<br>To: "gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br><br>Has anyone ever used subscription-manager to set a release to 7.4 only for<br>the system to upgrade to 7.5 anyway?<br><br>Also is 7.5 now supported with the 4.2.3.9 PTF or should I concentrate on<br>downgrading back to 7.4?<br><br>Richard_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org</font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><br><br><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org</font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><br><br><br><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <</font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/d13470c2/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/d13470c2/attachment-0001.html</a></font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" >><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name: graycol.gif<br>Type: image/gif<br>Size: 105 bytes<br>Desc: not available<br>URL: <</font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/d13470c2/attachment-0001.gif" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/d13470c2/attachment-0001.gif</a></font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" >><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:01:48 +0000<br>From: "Jeffrey R. Lang" <JRLang@uwyo.edu><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br>Message-ID:<br><BYAPR05MB3944D14F48CDDC82F3F29245A8780@BYAPR05MB3944.namprd05.prod.outlook.com><br><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Yes, I recently had this happen.<br><br>It was determined that the caches had been updated to the 7.5 packages, before I set the release to 7.4/ Since I didn't clear and delete the cache it used what it had and did the update to 7.5.<br><br>So always clear and remove the cache before an update.<br><br>Jeff<br><br>From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Sobey, Richard A<br>Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 5:46 AM<br>To: 'gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org' <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<br><br>Has anyone ever used subscription-manager to set a release to 7.4 only for the system to upgrade to 7.5 anyway?<br><br>Also is 7.5 now supported with the 4.2.3.9 PTF or should I concentrate on downgrading back to 7.4?<br><br>Richard<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <</font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/f085e78e/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20180611/f085e78e/attachment-0001.html</a></font></tt><tt><font face="" size="3" >><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:42:32 +0000<br>From: Peter Childs <p.childs@qmul.ac.uk><br>To: "gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org" <gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org><br>Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Lroc on NVME<br>Message-ID:<br><687c534347c7e02365cb3c5de4532a60f8a296fb.camel@qmul.ac.uk><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>We have a new computer, which has an nvme drive that is appearing as<br>/dev/nvme0 and we'd like to put lroc on /dev/nvme0p1p1. which is a<br>partition on the drive.<br><br>After doing the standard mmcrnsd to set it up Spectrum Scale fails to<br>see it.<br><br>I've added a script /var/mmfs/etc/nsddevices so that gpfs scans them,<br>and it does work now. What "type" should I set the nvme drives too?<br>I've currently set it to "generic"<br><br>I want to do some tidying of my script, but has anyone else tried to<br>get lroc running on nvme and how well does it work.<br><br>We're running CentOs 7.4 and Spectrum Scale 4.2.3-8 currently.<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br><br><br><br>--<br>Peter Childs<br>ITS Research Storage<br>Queen Mary, University of London<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org</font></tt><br><tt><font face="" size="3" ><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><br><br><br><tt><font face="" size="3" >End of gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 77, Issue 15<br>**********************************************</font></tt><br><br><br><br>
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