<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> <span>Richard et al,<br><br>PTF = "Program temporary fix", which is IBM speak for "Fix Pack" basically. The 4th number in the Spectrum Scale version number ("z" in the w.x.y.z) corresponds to the PTF level for the w.x.y release. They are cumulative in that PTF 5, for example, will include fixes that appeared in PTFs 1-4.<br><br>Cheers,<br> Keith<br><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><font size="3"><b>Keith D. Ball, PhD</b></font><br>Client Technical Specialist, US Federal<br>IBM Systems, Software Defined Storage Solutions (SDSS)<br><i>Spectrum Scale (GPFS) - Spectrum Storage Software - Cleversafe - Elastic Storage Server <br>Platform Computing - High-Performance Cloud Services</i><br><b><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Spectrum Scale V4.1.1</font></b><br><hr>540-557-7851 cell<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:kdball@us.ibm.com">kdball@us.ibm.com</a><br><hr><br></div></font></span><br><br><font color="#990099"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:-----gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">-----gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a> wrote: -----</font><div class="iNotesHistory" style="padding-left:5px;"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px;">To: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><br>From: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org</a><br>Sent by: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a><br>Date: 08/15/2016 09:02AM<br>Subject: gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 55, Issue 16<br><br><div><font face="Courier New,Courier,monospace" size="2">Send gpfsug-discuss mailing list submissions to<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-request@spectrumscale.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-owner@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-owner@spectrumscale.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of gpfsug-discuss digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Minor GPFS versions coexistence problems? (Sobey, Richard A)<br> 2. Re: Minor GPFS versions coexistence problems? (James Davis)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:58:47 +0000<br>From: "Sobey, Richard A" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk">r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk</a>><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Minor GPFS versions coexistence<br> problems?<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:AMSPR06MB405E404B0BC25AED3926FFDDF120@AMSPR06MB405.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com">AMSPR06MB405E404B0BC25AED3926FFDDF120@AMSPR06MB405.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com</a>><br> <br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Thanks Kevin and Bob. PTF = minor version? I can?t think what it might stand for. Something Time Fix? Point in time fix?<br><br>From: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Buterbaugh, Kevin L<br>Sent: 15 August 2016 13:45<br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Minor GPFS versions coexistence problems?<br><br>Richard,<br><br>I will second what Bob said with one caveat ? on one occasion we had an issue with our multi-cluster setup because the PTF?s were incompatible. However, that was clearly documented in the release notes, which we obviously hadn?t read carefully enough.<br><br>While we generally do rolling upgrades over a two to three week period, we have run for months with clients at differing PTF levels. HTHAL?<br><br>Kevin<br><br>On Aug 15, 2016, at 6:22 AM, Oesterlin, Robert <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:Robert.Oesterlin@nuance.com">Robert.Oesterlin@nuance.com</a><<a href="mailto:Robert.Oesterlin@nuance.com">mailto:Robert.Oesterlin@nuance.com</a>>> wrote:<br><br>In general, yes, it's common practice to do the 'rolling upgrades'. If I had to do my whole cluster at once, with an outage, I'd probably never upgrade. :)<br><br><br>Bob Oesterlin<br>Sr Storage Engineer, Nuance HPC Grid<br><br><br>From: <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a><<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a>>> on behalf of "Sobey, Richard A" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk">r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk</a><<a href="mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk">mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk</a>>><br>Reply-To: gpfsug main discussion list <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>>><br>Date: Monday, August 15, 2016 at 4:59 AM<br>To: "<a target="_blank" href="mailto:'gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">'gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>>'" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>>><br>Subject: [EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] Minor GPFS versions coexistence problems?<br><br>Hi all,<br><br>If I wanted to upgrade my NSD nodes one at a time from 3.5.0.22 to 3.5.0.27 (or whatever the latest in that branch is) am I ok to stagger it over a few days, perhaps up to 2 weeks or will I run into problems if they?re on different versions?<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Richard<br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<<a href="http://spectrumscale.org/">http://spectrumscale.org/</a>><br><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a><br><br>?<br>Kevin Buterbaugh - Senior System Administrator<br>Vanderbilt University - Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu">Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu</a><<a href="mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu">mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu</a>> - (615)875-9633<br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20160815/03e657a3/attachment-0001.html">http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20160815/03e657a3/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:02:13 +0000<br>From: "James Davis" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:jamiedavis@us.ibm.com">jamiedavis@us.ibm.com</a>><br>To: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Minor GPFS versions coexistence<br> problems?<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:OF6A3CDBCE.3620BC55-ON00258010.00479B58-00258010.00479D70@notes.na.collabserv.com">OF6A3CDBCE.3620BC55-ON00258010.00479B58-00258010.00479D70@notes.na.collabserv.com</a>><br> <br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20160815/35534d61/attachment.html">http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss/attachments/20160815/35534d61/attachment.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a><br><br><br>End of gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 55, Issue 16<br>**********************************************<br><br></font></div></div></div></font><BR>