Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale with RHEL7.6 kernel 3.10.0-957.21.2: fix available

2019-06-19 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 15:30 -0400, Felipe Knop wrote: > All, > > With respect to the issues (including kernel crashes) on Spectrum > Scale with RHEL7.6 kernel 3.10.0-957.21.2, an updated flash has just > been released: > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887729 > > (as described

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale with RHEL7.6 kernel 3.10.0-957.21.2: fix available

2019-06-19 Thread Andi Rhod Christiansen
Hi Jonathan Here is what IBM wrote when I asked them: "the term "...node running kernel versions 3.10.0-957.19.1 or higher" includes 21.3. The term "including 3.10.0-957.21.2" is just to make clear, that the issue isnt limited to the 19.x kernel." I will receive an efix later today and try it

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale with RHEL7.6 kernel 3.10.0-957.21.2: fix available

2019-06-19 Thread Felipe Knop
Andi, Thank you. At least from the point of view of the change in the kernel (RHBA-2019:1337) that triggered the compatibility break between the GPFS kernel module and the kernel, the GPFS efix should work with the newer kernel. Felipe Felipe Knop k...

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Renaming Linux device used by a NSD

2019-06-19 Thread Indulis Bernsteins1
You can also speed up the startup of Spectrum Scale (GPFS) by using the nsddevices exit to supplement or bypass the normal "scan all block devices" process by Spectrum Scale. Useful if you have lots of LUNs or other block devices which are not NSDs, or for multipath. Though later versions of S