Hub/Switch Installation Guide

Chapter 6 HPSS Configuration
354 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide
Release 4.5, Revision 2
# the start of the client path matches any of the paths in this list
# then the transfer will proceed, otherwise the Mover will not transfer
# the file.
#
# The format of this file is simply a list of paths, one per line.
/gpfs
/local/globalfilesystem
In the above sample configuration, any file under the path, /gpfs or the path /local/
globalfilesystem
canbetransferredusingthespecialdataprotocolsubjectto thecaveats
specified above.
Extremecare shouldbe taken when usingthis feature.The Mover will movedata from anyfile in
its list. If the Unix file system is not global to all Mover nodes, the request will fail.
The following commands have been added to the HPSS Parallel FTP Clients to take advantage of
these new features: lfget, lfput,mlfget, mlfput, lfappend. See theHPSSUser’s Guide for more
details. The hpss_ReadList and hpss_WriteList Client APIs can also be used to utilize the local file
transfer capability. See the HPSS Programmer’s Reference, Volume 1 for more details.
6.8.9 Configure the Name Server Specific Information
The NS specific configuration entry can be created using the Name Server Configuration window.
After the configuration entry is created, it can be viewed, updated, or deleted through the same
window.
From the HPSSHealth and Status window (shownin Figure 6-1), clickon the Admin menu, select
the Configure HPSS option and click on the Servers option. The HPSS Servers window will be
displayed as shown in Figure 6-5.
To add a new specific configuration, select the Name Server entry and click on the Type-specific...
button from the Configuration button group on the HPSS Servers window. The Name Server
Configurationwindow willbedisplayed asshown inFigure6-28with defaultvalues. Ifthedefault
data is notdesired, changethe fields with the desired values. Click onthe Add button to create the
configuration entry.
Toupdateanexistingconfiguration,selecttheNameServerentryontheHPSSServerswindowand
click on the Type-specific... button from the Configuration button group. The Name Server
Configuration window will be displayed with the configured data. After modifying the
configuration, click on the Update button to write the changes to the appropriate SFS file.
To delete anexistingconfiguration, selectthe NameServerentryon theHPSS Serverswindowand
click on the Type-specific... button from the Configuration button group. The Name Server
Configuration window will be displayed with the configured data. Click on the Delete button to
delete the specific configuration entry.
Refertothe window’shelpfile formoreinformationon the individualfields andbuttonsaswell as
the supported operations available from the window.