[gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale Enablement Material - 1H 2017

2017-09-29 Thread Sandeep Ramesh
Hi Folks I was asked by Doris Conti to send the below to our Spectrum Scale User group. Below is a consolidated link that list all the enablement on Spectrum Scale/ESS that was done in 1H 2017 - which have blogs and videos from development and offering management. https://www.ibm.com/developer

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Latest recommended 4.2 efix?

2017-09-29 Thread IBM Spectrum Scale
There isn't a "recommended" efix as such. Generally, fixes go into the next ptf so that they go through a test cycle. If a customer hits a serious issue that cannot wait for the next ptf, they can request an efix be built, but since efixes do not get the same level of rigorous testing as a ptf, t

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility

2017-09-29 Thread Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)
Correct they some from IBM support. The AFM issue we have (and is fixed in the efix) is if you have client code running on the AFM cache that uses truncate. The AFM write coalescing processing does something funny with it, so the file isn't truncated and then the data you write afterwards isn't co

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility

2017-09-29 Thread Sobey, Richard A
Efixes (in my one time only limited experience!) come direct from IBM as a result of a PMR. Richard -Original Message- From: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org [mailto:gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org] On Behalf Of John Hearns Sent: 29 September 2017 10:02 To: gpfsug main

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility

2017-09-29 Thread John Hearns
Simon, I would appreciate a heads up on that AFM issue. I upgraded to 4.2.3.4 this morning, to deal with an AFM issue, which is if a remote NFS mount goes down then an asynchronous operation such as a read can be stopped. I must admit to being not clued up on how the efixes are distributed. I d