User:DMFUG/sandbox/DMF Users Group

The DMF Users Group (DMFUG) was started in 2009 to provide a forum for sites using HPE's Data Management Framework (formerly SGI's Data Migration Facility) HSM software to provide assistance and encouragement to each other, and to provide feedback to HPE.

While we are grateful for the encouragement and support provided by HPE and associated vendors, DMFUG is independent of those companies and operates using facilities provided by its members' employers. However, staff of HPE and associated companies are welcome to join as well.

These facilities include a mailing list with over 110 subscribers, a download site, and face-to-face meetings which are held on a member's premises approximately once a year. So far, these meetings have all taken place in various locations in Australia, but we'd be happy to work with anyone who wants to do something similar in other geographies. These meetings provide a level of informal ongoing DMF training, even for the more experienced attendees.

Members have also prepared "wish-lists" of their most desired DMF enhancements, and these have been submitted to HPE Engineering to help with their prioritization of feature implementation.

Mailing List
To join the list, HPE customers using DMF and HPE staff should email dmfug-request©lists·hpsc·csiro·au with the word "subscribe" as either the subject or the text of the mail. Alternatively, you can fill out the membership request form at http://lists.hpsc.csiro.au/listinfo/dmfug/

Archives of previous postings are available online.

Wish-Lists
The last wish-list was voted on in 2014 and forwarded to HPE/SGI Storage Engineering.

Since then, at least 12 features requested have appeared by DMF 6.4 (June 2015). A further 10 are expected to be included in the new DMF 7 (late 2018).

Meetings
The last meeting took place at the University of Queensland in Brisbane on 6 - 7 June 2018, attended by:


 * 24 customer staff from Australia
 * 11 HPE staff from Australia, New Zealand and the US
 * 1 US staff and 3 Australian staff from other vendors

Downloads

 * Presentations from past meetings
 * Other shared scripts and documents
 * Administrative documents, relating to meetings and wish-lists

Further information
Further information can be found on the DMFUG web-site at https://hpc.csiro.au/users/dmfug/