Front cover IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.0 Installation and Configuration Guide Larry Coyne Khanh Ngo Illarion Borisevich Redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.0: Installation and Configuration Guide April 2019 SG24-8333-06 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page ix. Seventh Edition (April 2019) This edition applies to Version 1, Release 3, Modification 0 of IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition (product number 5639-LP1). © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2014, 2019. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . ix Trademarks . .x Preface . xi Authors. xi Now you can become a published author, too! . xii Comments welcome. xiii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xiii Summary of changes. .xv April 2019, Seventh Edition Version 1.3.0 . .xv June 2018, Sixth Edition Version 1.2.6 . .xv January 2018, Fifth Edition Version 1.2.5.1 . xvi August 2017, Fourth Edition Version 1.2.4 . xvi February 2017, Third Edition Version 1.2.2 minor update . xvii January 2017, Third Edition Version 1.2.2 . xvii August 2016, Second Edition Version 1.2.1. xviii June 2016, First Edition, Version 1.2 . xviii January 2015, Third Edition Version 1.1.1.2 . xix November 2014, Second Edition Version 1.1.1.1 . xix Chapter 1. IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition . 1 1.1 Introduction . 2 1.1.1 Operational storage . 4 1.1.2 Active archive . 5 1.2 IBM Spectrum Archive EE functions . 6 1.2.1 User Task Reporting . 7 1.3 IBM Spectrum Archive EE components . 9 1.3.1 IBM Spectrum Archive EE terms. 9 1.3.2 Hierarchical Storage Manager . 13 1.3.3 Multi-Tape Management Module . 13 1.3.4 IBM Spectrum Archive Library Edition Plus component . 15 1.4 IBM Spectrum Archive EE cluster configuration introduction . 15 Chapter 2. IBM Spectrum Archive overview. 17 2.1 Introduction to IBM Spectrum Archive and LTFS . 18 2.1.1 Tape media capacity with IBM Spectrum Archive. 19 2.1.2 Comparison of the IBM Spectrum Archive products . 21 2.1.3 IBM Spectrum Archive Single Drive Edition . 22 2.1.4 IBM Spectrum Archive Library Edition . 24 2.1.5 IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition. 25 2.2 IBM Spectrum Scale . 28 2.2.1 Overview . 29 2.2.2 Storage pools . 29 2.2.3 Policies and policy rules . 30 2.2.4 Migration or premigration . 31 2.2.5 Active File Management . 31 2.3 OpenStack SwiftHLM . 33 2.4 IBM Spectrum Archive EE dashboard. 35 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2019. All rights reserved. iii 2.5 IBM Spectrum Archive EE REST API . 37 2.6 Types of archiving . 37 Chapter 3. Planning . 39 3.1 System requirements . 40 3.1.1 Limitations. 41 3.2 Required software . 41 3.3 Hardware and software setup . 43 3.4 Sizing and settings . 45 3.4.1 IBM Spectrum Archive EE metadata file system. 45 3.4.2 Redundant copies . 46 3.4.3 Performance . 46 Chapter 4. Installation. 51 4.1 Installing IBM Spectrum Archive EE on a Linux system . 52 4.2 Installation prerequisites for IBM Spectrum Archive EE . 52 4.2.1 Installing the host bus adapter and device driver . 53 4.3 Installing IBM Spectrum Archive EE . 53 4.3.1 Extracting binary rpm files from an installation package. 54 4.3.2 Installing, upgrading, or uninstalling IBM Spectrum Archive EE . 56 4.4 Installing a RESTful server . 62 4.5 Quick installation guide for IBM Spectrum Archive EE . 66 4.6 Library replacement . 67 4.6.1 Library replacement procedure . 67 4.6.2 Pool relocation procedure . 70 Chapter 5. Upgrading from version 1.1.x . 75 5.1 Overview of the IBM Spectrum Archive EE upgrade from version 1.1.x. 76 5.2 The ltfsee_config_save command . 77 5.3 The ltfsee_config_upgrade command. 78 5.4 Upgrading from IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition version 1.1.x . 78 5.4.1 Prerequisite tasks for the upgrade . 78 5.4.2 Upgrading your operating system . 80 5.4.3 Upgrading IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition . 80 5.4.4.