Hub/Switch Installation Guide

Chapter 8 Initial Startup and Verification
466 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide
Release 4.5, Revision 2
8.8 Creating HPSS directories
If Log Archiving is enabled, use an HPSS namespace tool such as scrub or pftp, create the /log
directory in HPSS. This directory must be owned by hpss_log and have permissions rwxr-xr-x.
8.9 Verifying HPSS Configuration
After HPSS is up and running, the administrator should use the following checklist to verify that
HPSS was configured correctly:
8.9.1 Global Configuration
• Verify that a Default Class of Service has been selected.
• Verify that a Root Name Server has been selected.
8.9.2 Storage Subsystem Configuration
• Verify that a Default Class of Service Override has been selected if desired.
• Verify thataGatekeeper hasbeenselected ifgatekeepingor accountvalidation isrequired.
• Verify that the Allowed Classes of Service list has been filled in correctly.
• Verify that a Name Server, Bitfile Server, Migration/Purge Server, and appropriate Disk
and/or Tape Storage Servers have been configured for easy storage subsystem.
• Verify that each storage subsystem is accessible by using lsjunctions and ensuring that
there is at least one junction to the Root fileset of each subsystem. (The root fileset for a
given subsystem can be found in the specific configuration for the subsystem’s Name
Server)
8.9.3 Servers
• Verify that all required HPSS servers are configured properly and the servers are up and
running.
• Verify that a log policy is configured for each server. The HPSS log should be reviewed
periodicallytoverifythatthedesiredlevelofinformationislogged.In addition,verifythat
all Mover log policies have the DEBUG flag turned on to aid in the diagnostics of future
data transfer problems.
8.9.4 Devices and Drives
• Verify that all devices/drives are configured and each is assigned to an appropriate PVR/
Mover.