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Implementing IBM General Parallel File System

Course outline

WRB803 days

Duration

3 days

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Knowledge on Basic AIX and Linux system administration, networking (TCP/IP), and storage

Objectives

In this course, via a combination of lectures, discussion, and hands-on exercises, you will learn to:

  • Understand the principles of a clustered file system environment
  • Understand the infrastructure requirements for GPFS
  • Install and configure a GPFS cluster
  • Manage a GPFS cluster
  • Use ILM for efficient infrastructure and data management

Course Outline

  • Identifying and debugging installation problems (sw/hw prerequisites, networking, ssh)
  • Identifying and debugging disk access and layout issues (device drivers, NSD access)
  • Identifying and debugging file system issues (disk availability, replication, inode and space availability)
  • Identifying and debugging ILM issues (storage pools, placement, movement, deletion policies)
  • Performance issues (lecture/presentation only)

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.