chosen if specified by their COS ID.
•Verify that classes of service with multiple copies have the Retry Stage Failur es from
Secondary Copy flag enabled.

File Families, File sets, and Junctions

•Verify that file families and filesets are created according to the si te’s requirements.
•Verify that each fileset is associated with the appropriate file family and/or COS.
•Verify that each fileset has an associated junction.

User Interfaces

•Verify that the desired HPSS user interfaces (FTP, PFTP, Client API, etc.) are confi gured
(Chapter 14 : User Interfaces on page 339).
1.6.2. Operational Checkli sts
The administrator should follow these checklists to ensure that HPSS is operat ing properly.

Configured user in terfaces

•Create files of various sizes on each defined COS.
•Verify that the files are created in the expected storage class with acceptable transfer rates.
•If necessary, redefine the associated storage class definition to enhance the thr oughput
performance.
•The characteristics fields (Transfer Rate, Latency, etc.) in the storage class and class of service
definition should be updated to reflect actual performance results.
•After the files are created on the correct storage class, verify that the files are created with correct
file ownerships and permissions.
•Verify that other file operations (delete, chmod, copy, etc.) work.
•If accounting is configured, verify that the files are created with the correct accounti ng indices.
•If file families, filesets and junctions are configured, verify that they work as intended.

Devices and Drives

•Ensure that each drive mounts, reads, and writes.

Storage Managemen t

•Verify that migration and purge operations work as intended.
•Start Migration and Purge operations manually to verify that files are migrated and purged
correctly.
•Verify that files can be accessed after being migrated/purged.
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