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/
globalfilesystemcan be transferred using the special data protocol subject to the caveats
specified above.
Extremecare should be taken when using this feature. The Mover will move data from any file 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
thesenew features: lfget,lfput,mlfget,mlfput,lfappend. See the HPSS User’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 theHPSS Programmer’s Reference, Volume 1 for more details.
6.8.9 Configure the Name Server Specific Information
TheNS 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.
Fromthe HPSS Health and Status window (shown in Figure 6-1), click on the Admin menu, select
theConfigure HPSS option and click on the Servers option. The HPSS Servers window will be
displayed as shown in Figure 6-5.
Toadd a new specific configuration, select the Name Server entry and click on the Type-specific...
button from theConfiguration button group on the HPSS Servers window. The Name Server
Configurationwindow will be displayed as shown in Figure 6-28 with default values. If the default
datais not desired, change the fields with the desired values. Click on the Add button to create the
configuration entry.
Toupdate an existing configuration, select the Name Server entry on the HPSS Servers window and
click on theType-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 theUpdate button to write the changes to the appropriate SFS file.
Todelete an existing configuration, select the Name Server entry on the HPSS Servers window and
click on theType-specific... button from the Configuration button group. The Name Server
Configuration window will be displayed with the configured data. Click on theDelete button to
delete the specific configuration entry.
Referto the window’s help file for more information on the individual fields and buttons as well as
the supported operations available from the window.