Manually installing the IBM Storage Scale software packages on Linux nodes
Use this information to manually install the IBM Storage Scale software on Linux® nodes.
You can install the IBM Storage Scale packages manually by using tools such as rpm or yum on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rpm or zypper on SLES, and dpkg or apt on Ubuntu Linux.
- Required packages for SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- The following packages are required for IBM Storage Scale Standard Edition or
IBM Storage Scale Data Access
Edition
on SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
gpfs.base*.rpm
gpfs.gpl*.noarch.rpm
gpfs.msg.en_US*.noarch.rpm
gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.license*.rpm
Thegpfs.crypto*.rpm
andgpfs.adv*.rpm
packages are required for following editions respective to the operating system, in addition to the packages listed for IBM Storage Scale Standard Edition or IBM Storage Scale Data Access Edition:- IBM Storage Scale Advanced Edition and IBM Storage Scale Data Management Edition on SLES
- IBM Storage Scale Advanced Edition, IBM Storage Scale Data Management Edition, and IBM Storage Scale Developer Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Required packages for Ubuntu Linux
-
The following packages are required for IBM Storage Scale Standard Edition or IBM Storage Scale Data Access Edition on Ubuntu Linux:
gpfs.base*.deb
gpfs.gpl*all.deb
gpfs.msg.en-us*all.deb
gpfs.gskit*.deb
gpfs.license*.deb
The following packages are required for IBM Storage Scale Advanced Edition and IBM Storage Scale Data Management Edition on Ubuntu Linux, in addition to the packages listed for IBM Storage Scale Standard Edition or IBM Storage Scale Data Access Edition:gpfs.crypto*.deb
gpfs.adv*.deb
Note: For this release, the IBM® Global Security Kit (GSKit) version for RPMs and Ubuntu Linux packages must be at least 8.0.55.x or later. - Optional packages for SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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gpfs.docs*noarch.rpm
gpfs.java*.rpm
gpfs.compression*.rpm
gpfs.gui*.rpm
gpfs.librdkafka*.x86_64.rpm
(Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 only)gpfs.afm.cos*.rpm
For more information about manually installing management GUI packages, see Manually installing IBM Storage Scale management GUI.
The following performance monitoring packages are also optional for SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
gpfs.gss.pmcollector*.rpm
gpfs.gss.pmsensors*.rpm
The following protocols packages are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:gpfs.nfs-ganesha*.el8.*.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-gpfs*.el8.*.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-utils*.el8.*.rpm
gpfs.smb*_gpfs_*.el8.*.rpm
spectrum-scale-object*.noarch.rpm
gpfs.pm-ganesha*.el8.*.rpm
pmswift*.noarch.rpm
The following protocols packages are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:gpfs.nfs-ganesha*.el7.*.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-gpfs*.el7.*.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-utils*.el7.*.rpm
gpfs.smb*_gpfs_*.el7.*.rpm
gpfs.pm-ganesha*.el7.*.rpm
The following protocols packages are available for SLES 15:gpfs.nfs-ganesha*.sles15.x86_64.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-gpfs*.sles15.x86_64.rpm
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-utils*.sles15.x86_64.rpm
gpfs.smb*_gpfs_*.sles15.x86_64.rpm
gpfs.pm-ganesha*.sles15.x86_64.rpm
For information on manually installing packages including protocols packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SLES, and Ubuntu nodes, see Manually installing IBM Storage Scale and deploying protocols on Linux nodes.
For information about manually installing performance monitoring packages, see Manually installing the performance monitoring tool.
- Optional packages for Ubuntu Linux
- The following packages are optional for Ubuntu Linux.
gpfs.docs*all.deb
gpfs.librdkafka*.deb
gpfs.afm.cos*.deb
gpfs.compression*.deb
The following performance monitoring packages are optional for Ubuntu Linux (x86_64 and s390x).
gpfs.gss.pmcollector*20*.deb
gpfs.gss.pmsensors*20*.deb
The following protocols packages are available for Ubuntu 20.04:gpfs.nfs-ganesha*~focal_amd64.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha_gpfs*~focal_amd64.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-dbgsym*~focal_amd64.deb
gpfs.python-nfs-ganesha*~focal_all.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-doc*all.~focal_deb
gpfs.smb*gpfs*~focal_amd64.deb
gpfs.smb-dbg_*gpfs*~focal_amd64.deb
gpfs.pm-ganesha*~focal_amd64.deb
The following protocols packages are available for Ubuntu 22.04:gpfs.nfs-ganesha*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha_gpfs*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-dbgsym*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.python-nfs-ganesha*~jammy_all.deb
gpfs.nfs-ganesha-doc*all.~jammy_deb
gpfs.smb*gpfs*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.smb-dbg_*gpfs*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.pm-ganesha*~jammy_amd64.deb
gpfs.gnr.base*.ppc64.rpm
gpfs.gnr*.ppc64.rpm
gpfs.gss.firmware*.ppc64.rpm
Location of extracted packages
The installation images are extracted to following component-specific directories.- GPFS packages
-
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/gpfs_rpms
- File audit logging and watch folder packages:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/gpfs_rpms/rhel
- File audit logging and watch folder packages:
- Ubuntu:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/gpfs_debs
- File audit logging and watch folder packages:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/gpfs_debs/ubuntu
- File audit logging and watch folder packages:
- SLES:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/gpfs_rpms
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
- NFS packages
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_rpms/rhel8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_rpms/rhel7
- Ubuntu 20.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_debs/ubuntu/ubuntu20
- Ubuntu 22.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_debs/ubuntu/ubuntu22
- SLES 15:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_rpms/sles15
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
- SMB packages
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/smb_rpms/rhel8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/smb_rpms/rhel7
- Ubuntu 20.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/smb_debs/ubuntu/ubuntu20
- Ubuntu 22.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/smb_debs/ubuntu/ubuntu22
- SLES 15:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/ganesha_rpms/sles15
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
- Object packages
-
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/object_rpms/rhel8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
- Performance monitoring packages
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/rhel8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/rhel7
- Ubuntu 20.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_debs/zimon/ubuntu20
- Ubuntu 22.04:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_debs/zimon/ubuntu22
- SLES 15:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/sles15
Note: The pm-ganesha package is extracted in the following directories:- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/rhel8
Note: The pmswift package is also extracted on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x. - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/rhel7
- SLES:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_rpms/sles15
- Ubuntu:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.x.x/zimon_debs/ubuntu
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x:
Installation of packages for SLES
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_rpms
Then, issue this command for Standard
Edition:zypper install -y gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.std*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm
Or issue the following command for Data Access
Edition:zypper install -y gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.da*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_rpms
Then, issue the following command for Advanced
Edition:zypper install -y gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.adv*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Or issue the following
command for Data Management
Edition:zypper install -y gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.dm*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Or issue the following
command for Developer
Edition:zypper install -y gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.dev*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Installation of packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_rpms
Then, issue this command for Standard
Edition:yum -y install gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.std*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm
Or issue the following command for Data Access
Edition:yum -y install gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.da*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_rpms
Then, issue the following command for Advanced
Edition:yum -y install gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.adv*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Or issue the following
command for Data Management
Edition:yum -y install gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.dm*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Or issue the following
command for Developer
Edition:yum -y install gpfs.base*.rpm gpfs.gpl*.rpm gpfs.license.dev*.rpm gpfs.gskit*.rpm
gpfs.docs*.rpm gpfs.msg*.rpm gpfs.adv*.rpm gpfs.crypto*.rpm
Installation of packages for Ubuntu Linux
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_debs
Then, issue this command for Standard
Edition:apt install ./gpfs.base*.deb ./gpfs.gpl*.deb ./gpfs.license.std*.deb ./gpfs.gskit*.deb ./gpfs.msg*.deb ./gpfs.docs*.deb
Or issue the following command for Data Access
Edition:apt install ./gpfs.base*.deb ./gpfs.gpl*.deb ./gpfs.license.da*.deb ./gpfs.gskit*.deb ./gpfs.msg*.deb ./gpfs.docs*.deb
cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.x/gpfs_debs
Then, issue this command for Advanced
Edition:apt install ./gpfs.base*.deb ./gpfs.gpl*.deb ./gpfs.license.adv*.deb ./gpfs.gskit*.deb ./gpfs.msg*.deb ./gpfs.docs*.deb ./gpfs.adv*.deb ./gpfs.crypto*.deb
Or issue this command for Data Management
Edition:apt install ./gpfs.base*.deb ./gpfs.gpl*.deb ./gpfs.license.dm*.deb ./gpfs.gskit*.deb ./gpfs.msg*.deb ./gpfs.docs*.deb ./gpfs.adv*.deb ./gpfs.crypto*.deb