HPSS Management Guide High Performance Storage System, version 9.2.0.0.0, 10 May 2021 HPSS Management Guide High Performance Storage System, version 9.2.0.0.0, 10 May 2021 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................................. xiii 1. HPSS configuration overview ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Starting the SSM GUI for the first time ................................................................................ 1 1.3. HPSS configuration roadmap (new HPSS sites) ................................................................... 2 1.4. Initial HPSS startup roadmap (all sites) ................................................................................. 3 1.5. Additional configuration roadmap (all sites) ......................................................................... 4 1.6. Verification checklists (all sites) ............................................................................................ 4 1.6.1. Configuration checklists .............................................................................................. 4 1.6.2. Operational checklists .................................................................................................. 6 1.6.3. Performance checklist .................................................................................................. 6 2. Security and system access ............................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Security services ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1. Security services configuration ................................................................................... 8 2.1.2. Security mechanisms ................................................................................................... 9 2.1.2.1. UNIX ................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.2.2. UNIX and NIS or LDAP ................................................................................. 9 2.1.2.3. Kerberos 5 ...................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2.4. LDAP .............................................................................................................. 10 2.2. HPSS server security ACLs ................................................................................................. 12 2.3. SSM user security ................................................................................................................ 13 2.4. Location policy ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.1. Configuring and updating a location policy .............................................................. 14 2.4.2. Location policy configuration window ..................................................................... 14 2.4.3. Deleting a location policy ......................................................................................... 15 2.5. Restricting user access to HPSS .......................................................................................... 16 2.5.1. Restricted Users window ........................................................................................... 16 3. Using SSM ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1. The SSM System Manager .................................................................................................. 18 3.1.1. Starting the SSM System Manager ........................................................................... 18 3.1.2. Tuning the System Manager RPC thread pool and request queue sizes .................... 18 3.1.3. Labeling the System Manager RPC program number .............................................. 19 3.2. Quick startup of hpssgui ...................................................................................................... 20 3.3. Configuration and startup of hpssgui and hpssadm ........................................................... 21 3.3.1. Configuring the System Manager authentication for SSM clients ............................ 22 3.3.2. Creating the SSM user accounts ............................................................................... 23 3.3.2.1. The hpssuser utility ....................................................................................... 23 3.3.2.2. SSM user authorization .................................................................................. 23 3.3.2.3. User keytabs (for use with hpssadm only) .................................................... 24 3.3.3. SSM configuration file .............................................................................................. 26 3.3.3.1. login.conf ........................................................................................................ 28 3.3.3.2. krb5.conf (for use with Kerberos authentication only) .................................. 28 3.3.4. SSM help files (optional) .......................................................................................... 29 3.3.5. SSM desktop client packaging .................................................................................. 29 3.3.5.1. Automatic SSM client packaging and installation ......................................... 30 3.3.5.2. Manual SSM client packaging and installation .............................................. 30 3.3.6. Using SSM through a firewall .................................................................................. 31 iii HPSS Management Guide 3.3.6.1. The firewall problem ...................................................................................... 31 3.3.6.2. Solutions for operating through a firewall ..................................................... 32 3.3.6.3. Example: Using hpssgui through a firewall .................................................. 32 3.4. Multiple SSM sessions ......................................................................................................... 34 3.5. SSM window conventions .................................................................................................... 34 3.6. Common window elements .................................................................................................. 37 3.7. Help menu overview ............................................................................................................ 39 3.8. Monitor, Operations, and Configure menus overview ......................................................... 40 3.8.1. Monitor menu ............................................................................................................ 40 3.8.2. Operations menu ........................................................................................................ 42 3.8.3. Configure menu ......................................................................................................... 43 3.9. SSM specific windows ......................................................................................................... 45 3.9.1. HPSS Login ............................................................................................................... 45 3.9.2. About HPSS ............................................................................................................... 47 3.9.3. HPSS Health and Status ............................................................................................ 48 3.9.3.1. SM server connection status indicator ........................................................... 49 3.9.3.2. HPSS status .................................................................................................... 49 3.9.3.3. HPSS statistics ................................................................................................ 51 3.9.3.4. Menu tree ........................................................................................................ 52 3.9.3.5. File menu ........................................................................................................ 52 3.9.3.6. View menu ...................................................................................................... 52 3.9.4. SSM information windows ........................................................................................ 53 3.9.4.1. System Manager Statistics window ................................................................ 53 3.9.4.2. User Session Information window ................................................................. 58 3.10. SSM list preferences ........................................................................................................... 59 4. Global and subsystem configuration ............................................................................................... 63 4.1. Global Configuration window .............................................................................................. 64 4.2. Storage subsystems ..............................................................................................................