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6.2 Installation
This section contains information about installing and upgrading HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric software. It also contains information about how to migrate data and applications from an Apache Hadoop cluster to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster.
Setting Up Clients and Services
Describes how to set up and use interfaces to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster from a client computer.

HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric 6.2 Documentation

6.2 Installation
This section contains information about installing and upgrading HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric software. It also contains information about how to migrate data and applications from an Apache Hadoop cluster to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster.
- Planning the Cluster
  Describes information and factors used in planning your cluster.
- Installing Core and Ecosystem Components
  Describes how to install HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric software and ecosystem components with or without the Installer.
- Installing HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric XD Distributed File and Object Store
  Describes how to install XD software with or without the Installer.
- Installing Kubernetes Interfaces for Data Fabric
  This section describes how to plan for and install the Container Storage Interface (CSI) Storage Plugin and the Kubernetes Interfaces for Data Fabric FlexVolume Driver.
- Upgrading Core or MEP Components
  Depending on your current configuration, you may choose to upgrade the release version (core), ecosystem components, clients, or monitoring components.
- Setting Up Clients and Services
  Describes how to set up and use interfaces to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster from a client computer.
  - Direct Access NFS™
    Describes how to configure Direct Access NFS to mount the filesystem to a local directory.
  - HPE Ezmeral Data FabricClient
    Describes how to install the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric client to run Hadoop commands, jobs, and applications from a client machine.
  - MapR POSIX Clients
    Describes how to install the POSIX loopback NFS, and the FUSE-based POSIX clients.
  - PACC
    This container gives you seamless access to data-fabric cluster services.
  - Running Hadoop Commands on a Mac and Windows Client
    The location from which you run Hadoop commands depends on your machine.
  - Installing the MAST Gateway
    Describes how to install the MapR Automated Storage Tiering (MAST) Gateway service.
  - Enabling Soft Mount and Setting the Timeout
    Describes how to enable soft mount, and set the RPC timeout for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric components.
  - Troubleshooting
    Describes changes to core-site.xml file to troubleshoot issues.
- Setting Up the Control System
  Describes how to configure and access the Control System.
- Migrating to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric
  Provides instructions for migrating business-critical data and applications from an Apache Hadoop cluster to an HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster.
- Applying a Patch
  You can apply a patch by using the Installer, by using the command line (a manual process), or by using an Installer Stanza.

Setting Up Clients and Services

Describes how to set up and use interfaces to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster from a client computer.

HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric packages are contained in two different repositories:

Core packages: Contains the API server, the webserver, CLDB, the core HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric package, file server, the NFS servers, the gateway, various POSIX and thin clients, and ZooKeeper. The latest versions of these packages are at https://package.mapr.com/releases/v6.2.0/.
MEP packages: These are the ecosystem packages and contain Drill, Hadoop, Hive, Livy, Pig, Spark, Tez, and Yarn. The latest versions of these packages are at https://package.mapr.com/releases/MEP/MEP-7.1/.

HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric provides the following interfaces for working with a cluster from a client computer:

(Topic last modified: 2021-08-02)