Commit IBM Spectrum Scale version update

This operation commits the IBM Spectrum Scale version that was updated for a deployed IBM Spectrum Scale instance.

About this task

This operation also migrates the existing file system to the new version such that only changes that are compatible with an earlier version are enabled. The IBM Spectrum Scale clients that are running older version can mount the existing file system.

This operation can be performed only on the IBM Spectrum Scale Primary server instance and on the IBM Spectrum Scale Client instance. If you attempt to run this operation on the Mirror, Tiebreaker, or Passive instances, you receive an error.

This operation will not complete successfully in the following cases:
  • The updated IBM Spectrum Scale Server deployment is in update pending state, meaning that the update is not yet committed on all the IBM Spectrum Scale Server instances in the cluster. Ensure that the IBM Spectrum Scale instance update process has completed successfully, and that you used the Commit function in the instance details to commit the update for all IBM Spectrum Scale server instances in the cluster.
  • When updating the IBM Spectrum Scale Client, the IBM Spectrum Scale Server that the client communicates with is not yet upgraded and committed to the new IBM Spectrum Scale version. The commit operation verifies that the IBM Spectrum Scale Servers are already updated and committed before committing the client.

Procedure

  1. Expand the Update GPFS operations section of the GPFS_Manager operations.
  2. Expand the Commit GPFS version update node.
  3. Click Submit.
  4. Click Confirm when asked to validate your request.

Results

When you run this operation, a new entry is displayed under the Operation Execution Results list, with the name Commit GPFS version update. When completed, the status of the operation changes from Active to Done, and the Return Value column displays a message that the operation has been performed, and a link to the resulting log file, similar to the following example:
GPFS-Manager.11403015464726.GPFS_Manager: Click here to open the status.

Click the link to display the log results. Verify that there are no errors in this log.