Release notes
Links to the Release Notes
Links to the Release Notes
Getting started
Grid primer
Introduction to StorageGRID
Hybrid clouds with StorageGRID
System architecture
Deployment topologies
Network topologies
Network topology examples
Data management
What an object is
What information lifecycle management is
Protecting object data from loss
The life of an object
Ingest data flow
Object data management
Content protection: replication
Content protection: Cloud Storage Pool
Content protection: erasure coding
Retrieve data flow
Delete data flow
Archive data flow
Additional features
Controlling storage and system access
What AutoSupport is
Optional system configuration settings
Recovery Package and system configuration information
Exploring the Grid Manager
Web browser requirements
Overview of Grid Manager options
Dashboard
Alarms menu
Nodes menu
Tenants menu
ILM menu
Configuration menu
Maintenance menu
Support menu
Help menu
StorageGRID Glossary
active-backup mode
ADC service (Administrative Domain Controller)
ADE (Asynchronous Distributed Environment)
Admin Network
Admin Node
AMS service (Audit Management System)
API Gateway Node
ARC service (Archive)
Archive Node
audit message
bundle
Cassandra
CBID (Content Block Identifier)
CLB service (Connection Load Balancer)
Client Network
CloudMirror replication service
Cloud Storage Pool
CMN service (Configuration Management Node)
CMS service (Content Management System)
container
CSTR
DDS service (Distributed Data Store)
DMV service (Data Mover)
erasure coding scheme
erasure coding
Grid Manager
Grid Network
grid node
grid task
ILM (Information Lifecycle Management)
LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
LDR service (Local Distribution Router)
metadata
metadata store
NAS Bridge
NMS service (Network Management System)
node ID
notifications service
object segmentation
object storage
object store
object
platform services
primary Admin Node
provisioning
Recovery Package
replication
search integration service
segment container
service
site
SSM service (Server Status Monitor)
Storage Node
storage pool
tenant account
Tenant Manager
URI (universal resource identifier)
URN (universal resource name)
UUID (universally unique identifier)
VLAN (virtual local area network)
Grid primer
Introduction to StorageGRID
Hybrid clouds with StorageGRID
System architecture
Deployment topologies
Network topologies
Network topology examples
Data management
What an object is
What information lifecycle management is
Protecting object data from loss
The life of an object
Ingest data flow
Object data management
Content protection: replication
Content protection: Cloud Storage Pool
Content protection: erasure coding
Retrieve data flow
Delete data flow
Archive data flow
Additional features
Controlling storage and system access
What AutoSupport is
Optional system configuration settings
Recovery Package and system configuration information
Exploring the Grid Manager
Web browser requirements
Overview of Grid Manager options
Dashboard
Alarms menu
Nodes menu
Tenants menu
ILM menu
Configuration menu
Maintenance menu
Support menu
Help menu
StorageGRID Glossary
active-backup mode
ADC service (Administrative Domain Controller)
ADE (Asynchronous Distributed Environment)
Admin Network
Admin Node
AMS service (Audit Management System)
API Gateway Node
ARC service (Archive)
Archive Node
audit message
bundle
Cassandra
CBID (Content Block Identifier)
CLB service (Connection Load Balancer)
Client Network
CloudMirror replication service
Cloud Storage Pool
CMN service (Configuration Management Node)
CMS service (Content Management System)
container
CSTR
DDS service (Distributed Data Store)
DMV service (Data Mover)
erasure coding scheme
erasure coding
Grid Manager
Grid Network
grid node
grid task
ILM (Information Lifecycle Management)
LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
LDR service (Local Distribution Router)
metadata
metadata store
NAS Bridge
NMS service (Network Management System)
node ID
notifications service
object segmentation
object storage
object store
object
platform services
primary Admin Node
provisioning
Recovery Package
replication
search integration service
segment container
service
site
SSM service (Server Status Monitor)
Storage Node
storage pool
tenant account
Tenant Manager
URI (universal resource identifier)
URN (universal resource name)
UUID (universally unique identifier)
VLAN (virtual local area network)
Installing and maintaining appliance hardware
SG6000 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
Controllers in the SG6000 appliance
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for the SG6000-CN controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10/25-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the E2860 controller shelf in a cabinet or rack
Installing drives in the E2860 controller shelf
Installing the SG6000-CN controller in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting power cords and applying power
Viewing boot-up status codes for the E2800 controllers
Viewing status indicators and buttons on the SG6000-CN controller
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Configuring StorageGRID IP addresses
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Configuring SANtricity System Manager
Setting the IP addresses for the E2800 controllers
Accessing SANtricity System Manager
Setting up SANtricity System Manager
Reviewing the hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
Configuring the BMC interface
Changing the root password for the BMC interface
Setting the IP address for the BMC management port
Accessing the BMC interface
Configuring SNMP settings for the SG6000-CN controller
Optional: Changing the RAID mode
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Viewing boot-up codes for the SG6000-CN controller
Viewing error codes for the SG6000-CN controller
Hardware setup appears to hang
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to the appliance
Rebooting the SG6000-CN controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG6000 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controllers
Replacing an E2800 controller
Replacing hardware components in the E2860 controller shelf
Replacing the SG6000-CN controller
Replacing a power supply in the SG6000-CN controller
Changing the link configuration of the SG6000-CN controller
Link to SG5700 quick install and setup
SG5700 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
Controllers in the StorageGRID appliance
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for E5700SG controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10/25-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the appliance in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting power cords and applying power
Viewing boot-up status codes
Status indicators on the E5700SG controller
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Setting the IP configuration
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Accessing and configuring SANtricity System Manager
Setting the IP address for the E2800 management port
Accessing SANtricity System Manager
Setting up SANtricity System Manager
Reviewing the hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
Optional: Changing the RAID mode (SG5760 only)
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Hardware setup appears to hang
HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to the appliance
Rebooting the controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG5700 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controller
Replacing the E2800 controller
Replacing the E5700SG controller
Replacing other hardware components
Changing the link configuration of the E5700SG controller
SG5600 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
StorageGRID appliance features
Hardware diagrams
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Service laptop requirements
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for the E5600SG controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the appliance in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting the AC power cords
Turning power on
Viewing boot-up status and reviewing error codes on the controllers
E5600SG controller seven-segment display codes
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Setting the IP configuration
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Configuring SANtricity Storage Manager
Setting the IP address for the E2700 controller
Adding the appliance to SANtricity Storage Manager
Setting up SANtricity Storage Manager
Configuring AutoSupport
Verifying receipt of AutoSupport
Configuring email and SNMP trap alert notifications
Setting passwords for SANtricity Storage Manager
Optional: Changing to RAID6 mode (SG5660 only)
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Hardware setup appears to hang
HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to StorageGRID appliance over the network
Rebooting the controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG5600 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2700 controller
Replacing the E2700 controller
Replacing the E5600SG controller
Replacing other hardware components
Changing the link configuration of the E5600SG controller
SG6000 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
Controllers in the SG6000 appliance
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for the SG6000-CN controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10/25-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the E2860 controller shelf in a cabinet or rack
Installing drives in the E2860 controller shelf
Installing the SG6000-CN controller in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting power cords and applying power
Viewing boot-up status codes for the E2800 controllers
Viewing status indicators and buttons on the SG6000-CN controller
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Configuring StorageGRID IP addresses
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Configuring SANtricity System Manager
Setting the IP addresses for the E2800 controllers
Accessing SANtricity System Manager
Setting up SANtricity System Manager
Reviewing the hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
Configuring the BMC interface
Changing the root password for the BMC interface
Setting the IP address for the BMC management port
Accessing the BMC interface
Configuring SNMP settings for the SG6000-CN controller
Optional: Changing the RAID mode
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Viewing boot-up codes for the SG6000-CN controller
Viewing error codes for the SG6000-CN controller
Hardware setup appears to hang
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to the appliance
Rebooting the SG6000-CN controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG6000 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controllers
Replacing an E2800 controller
Replacing hardware components in the E2860 controller shelf
Replacing the SG6000-CN controller
Replacing a power supply in the SG6000-CN controller
Changing the link configuration of the SG6000-CN controller
Link to SG5700 quick install and setup
SG5700 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
Controllers in the StorageGRID appliance
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for E5700SG controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10/25-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the appliance in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting power cords and applying power
Viewing boot-up status codes
Status indicators on the E5700SG controller
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Setting the IP configuration
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Accessing and configuring SANtricity System Manager
Setting the IP address for the E2800 management port
Accessing SANtricity System Manager
Setting up SANtricity System Manager
Reviewing the hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
Optional: Changing the RAID mode (SG5760 only)
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Hardware setup appears to hang
HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to the appliance
Rebooting the controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG5700 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controller
Replacing the E2800 controller
Replacing the E5700SG controller
Replacing other hardware components
Changing the link configuration of the E5700SG controller
SG5600 appliance installation and maintenance
StorageGRID appliance overview
StorageGRID appliance features
Hardware diagrams
Installation overview
Preparing for installation
Preparing the site
Unpacking the boxes
Obtaining additional equipment and tools
Service laptop requirements
Web browser requirements
Reviewing appliance network connections
Port bond modes for the E5600SG controller ports
Network bond modes for the 10-GbE ports
Network bond modes for the 1-GbE management ports
Gathering installation information
Installing the hardware
Registering the hardware
Installing the appliance in a cabinet or rack
Cabling the appliance
Connecting the AC power cords
Turning power on
Viewing boot-up status and reviewing error codes on the controllers
E5600SG controller seven-segment display codes
Configuring the hardware
Configuring StorageGRID connections
Accessing the StorageGRID Appliance Installer
Configuring network links
Setting the IP configuration
Verifying network connections
Verifying port-level network connections
Configuring SANtricity Storage Manager
Setting the IP address for the E2700 controller
Adding the appliance to SANtricity Storage Manager
Setting up SANtricity Storage Manager
Configuring AutoSupport
Verifying receipt of AutoSupport
Configuring email and SNMP trap alert notifications
Setting passwords for SANtricity Storage Manager
Optional: Changing to RAID6 mode (SG5660 only)
Optional: Remapping network ports for the appliance
Where to go next
Troubleshooting the hardware installation
Hardware setup appears to hang
HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
Troubleshooting connection issues
Unable to connect to StorageGRID appliance over the network
Rebooting the controller while the StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
Maintaining the SG5600 appliance
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software on the E2700 controller
Replacing the E2700 controller
Replacing the E5600SG controller
Replacing other hardware components
Changing the link configuration of the E5600SG controller
Installing and upgrading software
Upgrading StorageGRID
About StorageGRID 11.2
What's new in StorageGRID 11.2
Removed or deprecated features
Changes to the Grid Management API
Changes to the Tenant Management API
Upgrade planning and preparation
Estimating the time to complete an upgrade
How your system is affected during the upgrade
Impact of an upgrade on groups and user accounts
Verifying the installed version of StorageGRID
Obtaining the required materials for a software upgrade
Web browser requirements
Downloading the StorageGRID upgrade file
Downloading the Recovery Package
Checking the system's condition before upgrading software
Performing the upgrade
Starting the upgrade
Upgrading grid nodes and completing the upgrade
Verifying the completion of your upgrade
Troubleshooting upgrade issues
User interface issues
"Docker image availability check" error messages
VMware installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Virtual machine requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage and performance requirements
Web browser requirements
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual machine grid nodes in VMware vSphere Web Client
Collecting information about your deployment environment
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Deploying the primary Admin Node virtual machine
Deploying additional grid node virtual machines
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating grid node deployment in VMware vSphere
Defining the configuration file for your deployment
Configuration file settings
Running the Bash script
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Virtual machine resource reservation requires adjustment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Host network configuration
Deployment tools
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage requirements
Node migration requirements
Web browser requirements
Preparing the hosts
Installing Linux
Configuring the host network
Example 1: 1-to-1 mapping to physical or virtual NICs
Example 2: LACP bond carrying VLANs
Configuring host storage
Installing Docker
Installing StorageGRID host services
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual grid nodes
Creating node configuration files
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Example node configuration files
Validating the StorageGRID configuration
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating the installation and configuration of the StorageGRID host service
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Sample /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Ubuntu or Debian installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Host network configuration
Deployment tools
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage requirements
Node migration requirements
Web browser requirements
Preparing the hosts
Installing Linux
Understanding AppArmor profile installation
Configuring the host network
Example 1: 1-to-1 mapping to physical or virtual NICs
Example 2: LACP bond carrying VLANs
Configuring host storage
Configuring the Docker storage volume
Installing Docker
Installing StorageGRID host services
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual grid nodes
Creating node configuration files
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Example node configuration files
Validating the StorageGRID configuration
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating the installation and configuration of the StorageGRID host service
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Sample /etc/network/interfaces
NAS Bridge installation and setup
StorageGRID NAS Bridge architecture
NAS Bridge storage environment
NAS Bridge features and benefits
Web browser requirements
Installation and configuration workflow
Deployment planning and preparation
Restrictions and best practices for a deployment
Information to gather about your deployment environment
Installing StorageGRID NAS Bridge
Downloading the virtual machine file
Deploying the virtual machine
Performing initial configuration of the NAS Bridge
Signing in to NAS Bridge using the default account
Securing the web administrator account
Securing the CLI administrator account
Creating a logical interface
Adding a network interface to the NAS Bridge
Adding a logical interface and routes to NAS Bridge
Adding DNS and NTP services
Adding an Active Directory server
Defining the StorageGRID endpoint
Adding email servers
Adding notifications
Next steps in StorageGRID NAS Bridge administration
Documentation and web resources
Reinstalling NAS Bridge in case of failure
Upgrading StorageGRID
About StorageGRID 11.2
What's new in StorageGRID 11.2
Removed or deprecated features
Changes to the Grid Management API
Changes to the Tenant Management API
Upgrade planning and preparation
Estimating the time to complete an upgrade
How your system is affected during the upgrade
Impact of an upgrade on groups and user accounts
Verifying the installed version of StorageGRID
Obtaining the required materials for a software upgrade
Web browser requirements
Downloading the StorageGRID upgrade file
Downloading the Recovery Package
Checking the system's condition before upgrading software
Performing the upgrade
Starting the upgrade
Upgrading grid nodes and completing the upgrade
Verifying the completion of your upgrade
Troubleshooting upgrade issues
User interface issues
"Docker image availability check" error messages
VMware installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Virtual machine requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage and performance requirements
Web browser requirements
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual machine grid nodes in VMware vSphere Web Client
Collecting information about your deployment environment
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Deploying the primary Admin Node virtual machine
Deploying additional grid node virtual machines
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating grid node deployment in VMware vSphere
Defining the configuration file for your deployment
Configuration file settings
Running the Bash script
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Virtual machine resource reservation requires adjustment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Host network configuration
Deployment tools
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage requirements
Node migration requirements
Web browser requirements
Preparing the hosts
Installing Linux
Configuring the host network
Example 1: 1-to-1 mapping to physical or virtual NICs
Example 2: LACP bond carrying VLANs
Configuring host storage
Installing Docker
Installing StorageGRID host services
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual grid nodes
Creating node configuration files
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Example node configuration files
Validating the StorageGRID configuration
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating the installation and configuration of the StorageGRID host service
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Sample /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Ubuntu or Debian installation
Installation overview
Planning and preparation
Required materials
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Hardware requirements
Networking requirements
Network model
Networking guidelines
Network installation and provisioning
Host network configuration
Deployment tools
Internal grid node communications
External communications
Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
Storage requirements
Node migration requirements
Web browser requirements
Preparing the hosts
Installing Linux
Understanding AppArmor profile installation
Configuring the host network
Example 1: 1-to-1 mapping to physical or virtual NICs
Example 2: LACP bond carrying VLANs
Configuring host storage
Configuring the Docker storage volume
Installing Docker
Installing StorageGRID host services
Deploying grid nodes
Deploying virtual grid nodes
Creating node configuration files
How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
Example node configuration files
Validating the StorageGRID configuration
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Configuring the grid and completing installation
Navigating to the Grid Manager
Specifying the StorageGRID license information
Adding sites
Specifying Grid Network subnets
Approving pending grid nodes
Specifying Network Time Protocol server information
Specifying Domain Name System server information
Specifying the StorageGRID system passwords
Reviewing your configuration and completing installation
Automating the installation
Automating the installation and configuration of the StorageGRID host service
Automating the configuration and installation of appliance Storage Nodes
Automating the configuration of StorageGRID
Overview of installation REST APIs
Where to go next
Troubleshooting
Sample /etc/network/interfaces
NAS Bridge installation and setup
StorageGRID NAS Bridge architecture
NAS Bridge storage environment
NAS Bridge features and benefits
Web browser requirements
Installation and configuration workflow
Deployment planning and preparation
Restrictions and best practices for a deployment
Information to gather about your deployment environment
Installing StorageGRID NAS Bridge
Downloading the virtual machine file
Deploying the virtual machine
Performing initial configuration of the NAS Bridge
Signing in to NAS Bridge using the default account
Securing the web administrator account
Securing the CLI administrator account
Creating a logical interface
Adding a network interface to the NAS Bridge
Adding a logical interface and routes to NAS Bridge
Adding DNS and NTP services
Adding an Active Directory server
Defining the StorageGRID endpoint
Adding email servers
Adding notifications
Next steps in StorageGRID NAS Bridge administration
Documentation and web resources
Reinstalling NAS Bridge in case of failure
Performing system administration
Administering StorageGRID
Administering a StorageGRID system
Web browser requirements
Signing in to the Grid Manager
Signing out of the Grid Manager
Changing your password
Changing the browser session timeout
Viewing StorageGRID license information
Updating StorageGRID license information
Using the Grid Management API
Grid Management API versioning
Protecting against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Using the API if single sign-on is enabled
Signing in to the API if single sign-on is enabled
Signing out of the API if single sign-on is enabled
Controlling system access
Using identity federation
Configuring identity federation
Guidelines for configuring an OpenLDAP server
Forcing synchronization with the identity source
Disabling identity federation
Managing admin groups
Creating admin groups
Admin group permissions
Deactivating features from the Grid Management API
Modifying an admin group
Deleting an admin group
Managing local users
Creating a local user
Modifying a local user's account
Deleting a local user's account
Changing a local user's password
Using single sign-on (SSO) for StorageGRID
How single sign-on works
Signing in when SSO is enabled
Signing out when SSO is enabled
Requirements for using single sign-on
Configuring single sign-on
Confirming federated users can sign in
Using sandbox mode
Creating relying party trusts in AD FS
Creating a relying party trust using Windows PowerShell
Creating a relying party trust by importing federation metadata
Creating a relying party trust manually
Testing relying party trusts
Enabling single sign-on
Disabling single sign-on
Temporarily disabling and reenabling single sign-on for one Admin Node
Creating and managing tenant accounts
Creating a tenant account
Creating a tenant account if StorageGRID is not using SSO
Creating a tenant account if SSO is enabled
Changing the password for a tenant's local root user
Editing a tenant account
Deleting tenant accounts
Managing platform services
What platform services are
Networking and ports for platform services
Per-site delivery of platform services messages
Troubleshooting platform services
Monitoring the StorageGRID system
Viewing the Dashboard
Using the Nodes page
Viewing common tabs for all node types
Viewing the Objects and ILM tabs for Storage Nodes
Viewing information about appliance Storage Nodes
Viewing site-level information
Resetting event counters
Viewing the Grid Topology tree
Understanding node icons
Information that you should monitor regularly
Key attributes to monitor
Monitoring storage capacity
Monitoring storage capacity for the entire grid
Monitoring storage capacity per Storage Node
Monitoring object metadata capacity per Storage Node
Monitoring the recovery point objective through ILM
Monitoring object verification operations
Monitoring archival capacity
Monitoring the SSM service
Monitoring the Total Events alarm
About alarms and email notifications
Alarm notification types
Notification status and queues
Configuring notifications
Configuring email server settings
Creating email templates
Creating mailing lists
Configuring global email notifications
Suppressing email notifications for a mailing list
Suppressing email notifications system wide
Selecting a preferred sender
Managing alarms
Alarm class types
Default alarms
Viewing all Default alarms
Global Custom alarms
Custom alarms
Alarm triggering logic
Alarm triggering examples
Alarms of same severity
Alarm class overrides
Severity changes
Notifications
New services
Creating custom service or component alarms
Creating Global Custom alarms
Disabling alarms
Alarms and tables
Disabling Default alarms for services
Disabling a Default alarm system wide
Disabling Global Custom alarms for services
Disabling Global Custom alarms system wide
Clearing triggered alarms
What AutoSupport is
Specifying the protocol for AutoSupport messages
Sending user-triggered AutoSupport messages
Disabling weekly AutoSupport messages
Disabling event-triggered AutoSupport messages
Troubleshooting AutoSupport messages
Using reports
Types of charts
Chart legend
Displaying charts
Generating charts
Types of text reports
Generating text reports
Exporting text reports
Managing objects through information lifecycle management
What an information lifecycle management policy is
What dual commit is
What an information lifecycle management rule is
What replication and erasure coding are
What replication is
What erasure coding is
What erasure coding schemes are
Advantages, disadvantages, and requirements for erasure coding
Configuring ILM rules
Configuring storage pools
Creating and assigning storage grades
Guidelines for creating storage pools
Using multiple storage pools for cross-site replication
Creating a storage pool
Editing a storage pool
Removing a storage pool
Using Cloud Storage Pools
What a Cloud Storage Pool is
Lifecycle of a Cloud Storage Pool object
Considerations for Cloud Storage Pools
Creating a Cloud Storage Pool
Editing a Cloud Storage Pool
Removing a Cloud Storage Pool
Troubleshooting Cloud Storage Pools
Configuring an Erasure Coding profile
Configuring regions (optional and S3 only)
Creating an ILM rule
Using advanced filters in ILM rules
Using Ingest Time or Last Access Time in ILM rules
Creating, simulating, and activating an ILM policy
Creating a proposed ILM policy
Simulating an ILM policy
Examples for simulating ILM policies
Example 1: Verifying rules when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Example 2: Reordering rules when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Example 3: Correcting a rule when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Activating the ILM policy
Verifying an ILM policy with object metadata lookup
Working with ILM rules and ILM policies
Deleting an ILM rule
Editing an ILM rule
Cloning an ILM rule
Viewing the ILM policy activity queue
Example ILM rules and policies
Example 1: ILM rules and policy for object storage
ILM rule 1 for example 1: Copy object data to two data centers
ILM rule 2 for example 1: Erasure Coding profile with bucket matching
ILM rule 3 for example 1: Store object to DC1 and Archive
ILM policy for example 1
Example 2: ILM rules and policy for EC object size filtering
ILM rule 1 for example 2: Use EC for all objects larger than 200 KB
ILM rule 2 for example 2: Make 2 copies
ILM policy for example 2: Use EC for objects larger than 200 KB
Example 3: ILM rules and policy for better protection for image files
ILM rule 1 for example 3: Use EC for image files larger than 200 KB
ILM rule 2 for example 3: Replicate 3 copies for all remaining image files
ILM policy for example 3: Better protection for image files
Managing S3 buckets and objects for compliance
How StorageGRID protects compliant data
Compliance workflow
Considerations for compliance
Enabling compliance
Example: Using compliant ILM rules in an ILM policy
S3 bucket for compliance example: bank-records
ILM rule 1 for compliance example: Erasure Coding profile with bucket matching
ILM rule 2 for compliance example: Non-compliant rule
ILM rule 3 for compliance example: Default rule
ILM policy for compliance example
Resolving consistency errors when updating a bucket's compliance configuration
Managing disk storage
What a Storage Node is
What the LDR service is
Object stores
What the DDS service is
Object counts
Queries
Metadata protection
What the nodetool repair operation is
What the ADC service is
Managing Storage Nodes
What watermarks are
Storage Node configuration settings
Managing full Storage Nodes
Setting Grid Options
Configuring stored object encryption
Configuring stored object hashing
Configuring stored object compression
Enabling Prevent Client Modify
Enabling HTTP for client communications
What object segmentation is
Verifying object integrity
What background verification is
Configuring the background verification rate
What foreground verification is
Running foreground verification
How load balancing works
Managing archival storage
What an Archive Node is
What the ARC service is
About supported archive targets
Archiving to the cloud through the S3 API
Archiving to tape through TSM middleware
Managing connections to archival storage
Configuring connection settings for S3 API
Migrating objects from Cloud Tiering - S3 to a Cloud Storage Pool
Modifying connection settings for S3 API
Modifying the Cloud Tiering Service state
Configuring connections to Tivoli Storage Manager middleware
Managing Archive Nodes
Optimizing Archive Node for TSM middleware sessions
Managing an Archive Node when TSM server reaches capacity
Setting Archive Node to read-only if TSM middleware reaches capacity
Configuring Archive Node replication
Configuring retrieve settings
Configuring the archive store
Configuring the archive store for TSM middleware connection
Configuring store settings for S3 API connection
Setting Custom alarms for the Archive Node
What an Admin Node is
Admin Node redundancy
Alarm acknowledgments
Email notifications and AutoSupport messages
Managing networking
Viewing IP addresses
What link costs are
Updating link costs
Changing network transfer encryption
Configuring certificates
Configuring custom server certificates for the Grid Manager and the Tenant Manager
Restoring the default server certificates for the Grid Manager and the Tenant Manager
Configuring custom server certificates for storage API endpoints
Restoring the default server certificates for storage API endpoints
Copying the StorageGRID system's CA certificate
Configuring StorageGRID certificates for ONTAP clients using FabricPool
Configuring S3 API endpoint domain names
Configuring proxy settings
Configuring audit client access
Configuring audit clients for CIFS
Configuring audit clients for Workgroup
Configuring audit clients for Active Directory
Adding a user or group to a CIFS audit share
Removing a user or group from a CIFS audit share
Changing a CIFS audit share user or group name
Verifying CIFS audit integration
Configuring the audit client for NFS
Adding an NFS audit client to an audit share
Verifying NFS audit integration
Removing an NFS audit client from the audit share
Changing the IP address of an NFS audit client
What data migration is
Confirming capacity of the StorageGRID system
Determining the ILM policy for migrated data
Impact of migration on operations
Scheduling data migration
Monitoring data migration
Creating custom notifications for migration alarms
Integrating Tivoli Storage Manager
Archive Node configuration and operation
Configuration best practices
Completing the Archive Node setup
Installing a new TSM server
Configuring the TSM server
Defining TSM tape and disk storage pools
Defining a domain policy and registering a node
Creating and activating the domain policy
Administering NAS Bridge
StorageGRID NAS Bridge architecture
NAS Bridge storage environment
NAS Bridge features and benefits
Web browser requirements
Documentation and web resources
Configuration workflow
Configuration preparation
Information to take from your formal deployment plan
Signing in to the NAS Bridge
Managing the cache
Prerequisites and limitations when adding cache devices
Creating a new cache device
Adding a hard drive to the virtual machine
Adding a cache device to NAS Bridge
Removing a cache device
Managing the file systems
Prerequisites and limitations when adding file systems
Adding an NFS file system
Adding an SMB file system
Removing a file system
Upgrading the NAS Bridge software
Requirements for software upgrades
How your system is affected during the upgrade
Downloading the NAS Bridge upgrade file
Performing the upgrade from NAS Bridge version 2.1.x to 2.2.x
Performing the upgrade from NAS Bridge version 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
Maintaining NAS Bridge
Generating debug logs
Exporting and importing recovery packages
Displaying system alarms
Decommissioning the NAS Bridge
Rebooting the NAS Bridge
Changing the IP configuration for the default logical interface
Using NAS Bridge reports
Viewing the NAS Bridge dashboard
Using the NAS Bridge Management API
Understanding the NAS Bridge management API
RESTful web services foundation
General workflow for using the API
Understanding NAS Bridge resources and objects
How asynchronous operation works
Summary of resource types supported by the API
Accessing and using the API
Accessing the API Docs web page
Obtaining an authentication token
Understanding the details of an API call
Performing a simple task using the API
Creating a system event message to test the API
Resetting the authentication token
Administering StorageGRID
Administering a StorageGRID system
Web browser requirements
Signing in to the Grid Manager
Signing out of the Grid Manager
Changing your password
Changing the browser session timeout
Viewing StorageGRID license information
Updating StorageGRID license information
Using the Grid Management API
Grid Management API versioning
Protecting against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Using the API if single sign-on is enabled
Signing in to the API if single sign-on is enabled
Signing out of the API if single sign-on is enabled
Controlling system access
Using identity federation
Configuring identity federation
Guidelines for configuring an OpenLDAP server
Forcing synchronization with the identity source
Disabling identity federation
Managing admin groups
Creating admin groups
Admin group permissions
Deactivating features from the Grid Management API
Modifying an admin group
Deleting an admin group
Managing local users
Creating a local user
Modifying a local user's account
Deleting a local user's account
Changing a local user's password
Using single sign-on (SSO) for StorageGRID
How single sign-on works
Signing in when SSO is enabled
Signing out when SSO is enabled
Requirements for using single sign-on
Configuring single sign-on
Confirming federated users can sign in
Using sandbox mode
Creating relying party trusts in AD FS
Creating a relying party trust using Windows PowerShell
Creating a relying party trust by importing federation metadata
Creating a relying party trust manually
Testing relying party trusts
Enabling single sign-on
Disabling single sign-on
Temporarily disabling and reenabling single sign-on for one Admin Node
Creating and managing tenant accounts
Creating a tenant account
Creating a tenant account if StorageGRID is not using SSO
Creating a tenant account if SSO is enabled
Changing the password for a tenant's local root user
Editing a tenant account
Deleting tenant accounts
Managing platform services
What platform services are
Networking and ports for platform services
Per-site delivery of platform services messages
Troubleshooting platform services
Monitoring the StorageGRID system
Viewing the Dashboard
Using the Nodes page
Viewing common tabs for all node types
Viewing the Objects and ILM tabs for Storage Nodes
Viewing information about appliance Storage Nodes
Viewing site-level information
Resetting event counters
Viewing the Grid Topology tree
Understanding node icons
Information that you should monitor regularly
Key attributes to monitor
Monitoring storage capacity
Monitoring storage capacity for the entire grid
Monitoring storage capacity per Storage Node
Monitoring object metadata capacity per Storage Node
Monitoring the recovery point objective through ILM
Monitoring object verification operations
Monitoring archival capacity
Monitoring the SSM service
Monitoring the Total Events alarm
About alarms and email notifications
Alarm notification types
Notification status and queues
Configuring notifications
Configuring email server settings
Creating email templates
Creating mailing lists
Configuring global email notifications
Suppressing email notifications for a mailing list
Suppressing email notifications system wide
Selecting a preferred sender
Managing alarms
Alarm class types
Default alarms
Viewing all Default alarms
Global Custom alarms
Custom alarms
Alarm triggering logic
Alarm triggering examples
Alarms of same severity
Alarm class overrides
Severity changes
Notifications
New services
Creating custom service or component alarms
Creating Global Custom alarms
Disabling alarms
Alarms and tables
Disabling Default alarms for services
Disabling a Default alarm system wide
Disabling Global Custom alarms for services
Disabling Global Custom alarms system wide
Clearing triggered alarms
What AutoSupport is
Specifying the protocol for AutoSupport messages
Sending user-triggered AutoSupport messages
Disabling weekly AutoSupport messages
Disabling event-triggered AutoSupport messages
Troubleshooting AutoSupport messages
Using reports
Types of charts
Chart legend
Displaying charts
Generating charts
Types of text reports
Generating text reports
Exporting text reports
Managing objects through information lifecycle management
What an information lifecycle management policy is
What dual commit is
What an information lifecycle management rule is
What replication and erasure coding are
What replication is
What erasure coding is
What erasure coding schemes are
Advantages, disadvantages, and requirements for erasure coding
Configuring ILM rules
Configuring storage pools
Creating and assigning storage grades
Guidelines for creating storage pools
Using multiple storage pools for cross-site replication
Creating a storage pool
Editing a storage pool
Removing a storage pool
Using Cloud Storage Pools
What a Cloud Storage Pool is
Lifecycle of a Cloud Storage Pool object
Considerations for Cloud Storage Pools
Creating a Cloud Storage Pool
Editing a Cloud Storage Pool
Removing a Cloud Storage Pool
Troubleshooting Cloud Storage Pools
Configuring an Erasure Coding profile
Configuring regions (optional and S3 only)
Creating an ILM rule
Using advanced filters in ILM rules
Using Ingest Time or Last Access Time in ILM rules
Creating, simulating, and activating an ILM policy
Creating a proposed ILM policy
Simulating an ILM policy
Examples for simulating ILM policies
Example 1: Verifying rules when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Example 2: Reordering rules when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Example 3: Correcting a rule when simulating a proposed ILM policy
Activating the ILM policy
Verifying an ILM policy with object metadata lookup
Working with ILM rules and ILM policies
Deleting an ILM rule
Editing an ILM rule
Cloning an ILM rule
Viewing the ILM policy activity queue
Example ILM rules and policies
Example 1: ILM rules and policy for object storage
ILM rule 1 for example 1: Copy object data to two data centers
ILM rule 2 for example 1: Erasure Coding profile with bucket matching
ILM rule 3 for example 1: Store object to DC1 and Archive
ILM policy for example 1
Example 2: ILM rules and policy for EC object size filtering
ILM rule 1 for example 2: Use EC for all objects larger than 200 KB
ILM rule 2 for example 2: Make 2 copies
ILM policy for example 2: Use EC for objects larger than 200 KB
Example 3: ILM rules and policy for better protection for image files
ILM rule 1 for example 3: Use EC for image files larger than 200 KB
ILM rule 2 for example 3: Replicate 3 copies for all remaining image files
ILM policy for example 3: Better protection for image files
Managing S3 buckets and objects for compliance
How StorageGRID protects compliant data
Compliance workflow
Considerations for compliance
Enabling compliance
Example: Using compliant ILM rules in an ILM policy
S3 bucket for compliance example: bank-records
ILM rule 1 for compliance example: Erasure Coding profile with bucket matching
ILM rule 2 for compliance example: Non-compliant rule
ILM rule 3 for compliance example: Default rule
ILM policy for compliance example
Resolving consistency errors when updating a bucket's compliance configuration
Managing disk storage
What a Storage Node is
What the LDR service is
Object stores
What the DDS service is
Object counts
Queries
Metadata protection
What the nodetool repair operation is
What the ADC service is
Managing Storage Nodes
What watermarks are
Storage Node configuration settings
Managing full Storage Nodes
Setting Grid Options
Configuring stored object encryption
Configuring stored object hashing
Configuring stored object compression
Enabling Prevent Client Modify
Enabling HTTP for client communications
What object segmentation is
Verifying object integrity
What background verification is
Configuring the background verification rate
What foreground verification is
Running foreground verification
How load balancing works
Managing archival storage
What an Archive Node is
What the ARC service is
About supported archive targets
Archiving to the cloud through the S3 API
Archiving to tape through TSM middleware
Managing connections to archival storage
Configuring connection settings for S3 API
Migrating objects from Cloud Tiering - S3 to a Cloud Storage Pool
Modifying connection settings for S3 API
Modifying the Cloud Tiering Service state
Configuring connections to Tivoli Storage Manager middleware
Managing Archive Nodes
Optimizing Archive Node for TSM middleware sessions
Managing an Archive Node when TSM server reaches capacity
Setting Archive Node to read-only if TSM middleware reaches capacity
Configuring Archive Node replication
Configuring retrieve settings
Configuring the archive store
Configuring the archive store for TSM middleware connection
Configuring store settings for S3 API connection
Setting Custom alarms for the Archive Node
What an Admin Node is
Admin Node redundancy
Alarm acknowledgments
Email notifications and AutoSupport messages
Managing networking
Viewing IP addresses
What link costs are
Updating link costs
Changing network transfer encryption
Configuring certificates
Configuring custom server certificates for the Grid Manager and the Tenant Manager
Restoring the default server certificates for the Grid Manager and the Tenant Manager
Configuring custom server certificates for storage API endpoints
Restoring the default server certificates for storage API endpoints
Copying the StorageGRID system's CA certificate
Configuring StorageGRID certificates for ONTAP clients using FabricPool
Configuring S3 API endpoint domain names
Configuring proxy settings
Configuring audit client access
Configuring audit clients for CIFS
Configuring audit clients for Workgroup
Configuring audit clients for Active Directory
Adding a user or group to a CIFS audit share
Removing a user or group from a CIFS audit share
Changing a CIFS audit share user or group name
Verifying CIFS audit integration
Configuring the audit client for NFS
Adding an NFS audit client to an audit share
Verifying NFS audit integration
Removing an NFS audit client from the audit share
Changing the IP address of an NFS audit client
What data migration is
Confirming capacity of the StorageGRID system
Determining the ILM policy for migrated data
Impact of migration on operations
Scheduling data migration
Monitoring data migration
Creating custom notifications for migration alarms
Integrating Tivoli Storage Manager
Archive Node configuration and operation
Configuration best practices
Completing the Archive Node setup
Installing a new TSM server
Configuring the TSM server
Defining TSM tape and disk storage pools
Defining a domain policy and registering a node
Creating and activating the domain policy
Administering NAS Bridge
StorageGRID NAS Bridge architecture
NAS Bridge storage environment
NAS Bridge features and benefits
Web browser requirements
Documentation and web resources
Configuration workflow
Configuration preparation
Information to take from your formal deployment plan
Signing in to the NAS Bridge
Managing the cache
Prerequisites and limitations when adding cache devices
Creating a new cache device
Adding a hard drive to the virtual machine
Adding a cache device to NAS Bridge
Removing a cache device
Managing the file systems
Prerequisites and limitations when adding file systems
Adding an NFS file system
Adding an SMB file system
Removing a file system
Upgrading the NAS Bridge software
Requirements for software upgrades
How your system is affected during the upgrade
Downloading the NAS Bridge upgrade file
Performing the upgrade from NAS Bridge version 2.1.x to 2.2.x
Performing the upgrade from NAS Bridge version 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
Maintaining NAS Bridge
Generating debug logs
Exporting and importing recovery packages
Displaying system alarms
Decommissioning the NAS Bridge
Rebooting the NAS Bridge
Changing the IP configuration for the default logical interface
Using NAS Bridge reports
Viewing the NAS Bridge dashboard
Using the NAS Bridge Management API
Understanding the NAS Bridge management API
RESTful web services foundation
General workflow for using the API
Understanding NAS Bridge resources and objects
How asynchronous operation works
Summary of resource types supported by the API
Accessing and using the API
Accessing the API Docs web page
Obtaining an authentication token
Understanding the details of an API call
Performing a simple task using the API
Creating a system event message to test the API
Resetting the authentication token
Using StorageGRID
Using tenant accounts
Using the Tenant Manager
Using a StorageGRID tenant account
Web browser requirements
Signing in to the Tenant Manager
Signing out of the Tenant Manager
Understanding the Dashboard
Understanding the Tenant Management API
Tenant Management API versioning
Protecting against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Managing system access for tenant users
Using identity federation
Configuring a federated identity source
Guidelines for configuring an OpenLDAP server
Forcing synchronization with the identity source
Disabling identity federation
Managing groups
Creating groups for an S3 tenant
Creating groups for a Swift tenant
Tenant management permissions
Cloning a group
Editing a group
Removing a group
Managing local users
Creating local users
Cloning local users
Editing local users
Changing a local user's password
Removing local users
Managing S3 tenant accounts
Managing S3 access keys
Creating your own S3 access keys
Removing your own S3 access keys
Creating another user's S3 access keys
Removing another user's S3 access keys
Managing S3 buckets
Managing compliant buckets and objects
How StorageGRID protects compliant data
Compliance workflow
Considerations for compliant buckets and objects
Creating an S3 bucket
Configuring compliance settings
Changing the consistency level
Configuring Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Enabling or disabling last access time updates
Managing S3 platform services
What platform services are
Understanding the CloudMirror replication service
Understanding notifications for buckets
Understanding the search integration service
Considerations for using platform services
Configuring endpoints
What an endpoint is
Specifying the URN for an endpoint
Creating an endpoint
Editing or removing an endpoint
Troubleshooting endpoint errors
Configuring CloudMirror replication
Configuring event notifications
Configuring the search integration service
Configuration XML for search integration
Configuring the search integration service
JSON generated by the search integration service
Object metadata included in metadata notifications
Implementing S3 client applications
Support for the S3 REST API
Changes to S3 REST API support
Supported versions
Support for StorageGRID platform services
Configuring tenant accounts and connections
Creating and configuring S3 tenant accounts
Identifying IP addresses for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Deciding to use HTTPS or HTTP connections
Identifying port numbers for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Endpoint domain names for S3 requests
Testing your S3 REST API configuration
How StorageGRID implements the S3 REST API
Conflicting client requests
Consistency controls
How StorageGRID ILM rules manage objects
Object versioning
Recommendations for implementing the S3 REST API
S3 REST API supported operations and limitations
Date handling
Common request headers
Common response headers
Authenticating requests
Operations on the service
Operations on buckets
Custom operations on buckets
Operations on objects
GET Object
HEAD Object
POST Object restore
PUT Object
PUT Object - Copy
Operations for multipart uploads
List Multipart Uploads
Initiate Multipart Upload
Upload Part
Upload Part - Copy
Complete Multipart Upload
Error responses
StorageGRID S3 REST API operations
PUT Bucket request modifications for compliance
GET Bucket compliance request
PUT Bucket compliance request
GET Bucket consistency request
PUT Bucket consistency request
GET Bucket last access time request
PUT Bucket last access time request
DELETE Bucket metadata notification configuration request
GET Bucket metadata notification configuration request
PUT Bucket metadata notification configuration request
JSON generated by the search integration service
Object metadata included in metadata notifications
GET Storage Usage request
Bucket and group access policies
Access policy overview
Consistency control settings for policies
Using the ARN in policy statements
Specifying resources in a policy
Specifying principals in a policy
Specifying permissions in a policy
Using the PutOverwriteObject permission
Specifying conditions in a policy
Specifying variables in a policy
Creating policies requiring special handling
Write-once-read-many (WORM) protection
S3 policy examples
S3 bucket policy examples
S3 group policy examples
Configuring security for the REST API
How StorageGRID provides security for the REST API
Security certificates for client applications
Supported hashing and encryption algorithms for TLS libraries
Monitoring and auditing operations
Monitoring object ingest and retrieval rates
Accessing and reviewing audit logs
S3 operations tracked in the audit logs
Benefits of active, idle, and concurrent HTTP connections
Benefits of keeping idle HTTP connections open
Benefits of active HTTP connections
Benefits of concurrent HTTP connections
Separation of HTTP connection pools for read and write operations
Implementing Swift client applications
OpenStack Swift API support in StorageGRID
History of Swift API support in StorageGRID
How StorageGRID implements the Swift REST API
Recommendations for implementing the Swift REST API
Configuring tenant accounts and connections
Creating and configuring Swift tenant accounts
Identifying IP addresses for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Deciding to use HTTPS or HTTP connections
Identifying port numbers for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Testing your connection in the Swift API configuration
Swift REST API supported operations
Supported Swift API endpoints
Account operations
Container operations
Object operations
OPTIONS request
Error responses to Swift API operations
StorageGRID Swift REST API operations
GET container consistency request
PUT container consistency request
Configuring security for the REST API
How StorageGRID provides security for the REST API
Security certificates for client applications
Supported hashing and encryption algorithms for TLS libraries
Monitoring and auditing operations
Monitoring object ingest and retrieval rates
Accessing and reviewing audit logs
Swift operations tracked in the audit logs
Using tenant accounts
Using the Tenant Manager
Using a StorageGRID tenant account
Web browser requirements
Signing in to the Tenant Manager
Signing out of the Tenant Manager
Understanding the Dashboard
Understanding the Tenant Management API
Tenant Management API versioning
Protecting against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Managing system access for tenant users
Using identity federation
Configuring a federated identity source
Guidelines for configuring an OpenLDAP server
Forcing synchronization with the identity source
Disabling identity federation
Managing groups
Creating groups for an S3 tenant
Creating groups for a Swift tenant
Tenant management permissions
Cloning a group
Editing a group
Removing a group
Managing local users
Creating local users
Cloning local users
Editing local users
Changing a local user's password
Removing local users
Managing S3 tenant accounts
Managing S3 access keys
Creating your own S3 access keys
Removing your own S3 access keys
Creating another user's S3 access keys
Removing another user's S3 access keys
Managing S3 buckets
Managing compliant buckets and objects
How StorageGRID protects compliant data
Compliance workflow
Considerations for compliant buckets and objects
Creating an S3 bucket
Configuring compliance settings
Changing the consistency level
Configuring Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Enabling or disabling last access time updates
Managing S3 platform services
What platform services are
Understanding the CloudMirror replication service
Understanding notifications for buckets
Understanding the search integration service
Considerations for using platform services
Configuring endpoints
What an endpoint is
Specifying the URN for an endpoint
Creating an endpoint
Editing or removing an endpoint
Troubleshooting endpoint errors
Configuring CloudMirror replication
Configuring event notifications
Configuring the search integration service
Configuration XML for search integration
Configuring the search integration service
JSON generated by the search integration service
Object metadata included in metadata notifications
Implementing S3 client applications
Support for the S3 REST API
Changes to S3 REST API support
Supported versions
Support for StorageGRID platform services
Configuring tenant accounts and connections
Creating and configuring S3 tenant accounts
Identifying IP addresses for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Deciding to use HTTPS or HTTP connections
Identifying port numbers for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Endpoint domain names for S3 requests
Testing your S3 REST API configuration
How StorageGRID implements the S3 REST API
Conflicting client requests
Consistency controls
How StorageGRID ILM rules manage objects
Object versioning
Recommendations for implementing the S3 REST API
S3 REST API supported operations and limitations
Date handling
Common request headers
Common response headers
Authenticating requests
Operations on the service
Operations on buckets
Custom operations on buckets
Operations on objects
GET Object
HEAD Object
POST Object restore
PUT Object
PUT Object - Copy
Operations for multipart uploads
List Multipart Uploads
Initiate Multipart Upload
Upload Part
Upload Part - Copy
Complete Multipart Upload
Error responses
StorageGRID S3 REST API operations
PUT Bucket request modifications for compliance
GET Bucket compliance request
PUT Bucket compliance request
GET Bucket consistency request
PUT Bucket consistency request
GET Bucket last access time request
PUT Bucket last access time request
DELETE Bucket metadata notification configuration request
GET Bucket metadata notification configuration request
PUT Bucket metadata notification configuration request
JSON generated by the search integration service
Object metadata included in metadata notifications
GET Storage Usage request
Bucket and group access policies
Access policy overview
Consistency control settings for policies
Using the ARN in policy statements
Specifying resources in a policy
Specifying principals in a policy
Specifying permissions in a policy
Using the PutOverwriteObject permission
Specifying conditions in a policy
Specifying variables in a policy
Creating policies requiring special handling
Write-once-read-many (WORM) protection
S3 policy examples
S3 bucket policy examples
S3 group policy examples
Configuring security for the REST API
How StorageGRID provides security for the REST API
Security certificates for client applications
Supported hashing and encryption algorithms for TLS libraries
Monitoring and auditing operations
Monitoring object ingest and retrieval rates
Accessing and reviewing audit logs
S3 operations tracked in the audit logs
Benefits of active, idle, and concurrent HTTP connections
Benefits of keeping idle HTTP connections open
Benefits of active HTTP connections
Benefits of concurrent HTTP connections
Separation of HTTP connection pools for read and write operations
Implementing Swift client applications
OpenStack Swift API support in StorageGRID
History of Swift API support in StorageGRID
How StorageGRID implements the Swift REST API
Recommendations for implementing the Swift REST API
Configuring tenant accounts and connections
Creating and configuring Swift tenant accounts
Identifying IP addresses for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Deciding to use HTTPS or HTTP connections
Identifying port numbers for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
Testing your connection in the Swift API configuration
Swift REST API supported operations
Supported Swift API endpoints
Account operations
Container operations
Object operations
OPTIONS request
Error responses to Swift API operations
StorageGRID Swift REST API operations
GET container consistency request
PUT container consistency request
Configuring security for the REST API
How StorageGRID provides security for the REST API
Security certificates for client applications
Supported hashing and encryption algorithms for TLS libraries
Monitoring and auditing operations
Monitoring object ingest and retrieval rates
Accessing and reviewing audit logs
Swift operations tracked in the audit logs
Monitoring and maintaining StorageGRID
Expanding a StorageGRID grid
Expansion overview
Planning and preparation
Reviewing the options and limitations of each type of expansion
Gathering required materials
Web browser requirements
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Verifying hardware and networking
Adding storage volumes to Storage Nodes
VMware: Adding storage volumes to a Storage Node
Linux: Adding direct-attached or SAN volumes to a Storage Node
Adding grid nodes to an existing site or adding a new site
Updating subnets for the Grid Network
Deploying new grid nodes
VMware: Deploying grid nodes
Linux: Deploying grid nodes
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Performing the expansion
Configuring your expanded StorageGRID system
Verifying that the Storage Node is active
Copying the Admin Node database
Copying Prometheus metrics
Copying audit logs
Contacting technical support
Recovery and maintenance
Introduction to StorageGRID recovery and maintenance
Web browser requirements
Hotfix procedure
What happens when you apply a hotfix
Hotfix planning and preparation
How your system is affected when you apply a hotfix
Obtaining the required materials for a hotfix
Downloading the hotfix file
Checking the system's condition before applying a hotfix
Applying the hotfix
Recovery procedures
Reviewing warnings and preconditions for node recovery
Gathering required materials for grid node recovery
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Selecting a recovery procedure
Recovering from Storage Node failures
Recovering a Storage Node that has been down more than 15 days
Recovering a StorageGRID appliance Storage Node
Preparing an appliance Storage Node for reinstallation
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the appliance Storage Node
Remounting and reformatting appliance storage volumes ("Manual Steps")
Restoring object data to a storage volume for an appliance
Checking the storage state after recovering an appliance Storage Node
Recovering from storage volume failure where the system drive is intact
Reviewing warnings about storage volume recovery
Identifying and unmounting failed storage volumes
Recovering failed storage volumes and rebuilding the Cassandra database
Restoring object data to a storage volume where the system drive is intact
Checking the storage state after recovering storage volumes
Recovering from system drive failure and possible storage volume failure
Reviewing warnings for Storage Node system drive recovery
Replacing the Storage Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the Storage Node
Remounting and reformatting storage volumes ("Manual Steps")
Restoring object data to a storage volume
Checking the storage state after recovering a Storage Node system drive
Recovering from Admin Node failures
Recovering from primary Admin Node failures
Copying audit logs from the failed primary Admin Node
Replacing the primary Admin Node
Configuring the replacement primary Admin Node
Restoring the audit log on the recovered primary Admin Node
Resetting the preferred sender on the recovered primary Admin Node
Restoring the Admin Node database when recovering a primary Admin Node
Restoring Prometheus metrics when recovering a primary Admin Node
Recovering from non-primary Admin Node failures
Copying audit logs from the failed non-primary Admin Node
Replacing a non-primary Admin Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure a non-primary Admin Node
Restoring the audit log on the recovered non-primary Admin Node
Resetting the preferred sender on the recovered non-primary Admin Node
Restoring the Admin Node database when recovering a non-primary Admin Node
Restoring Prometheus metrics when recovering a non-primary Admin Node
Recovering from API Gateway Node failures
Replacing the API Gateway Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the API Gateway Node
Recovering from Archive Node failures
Replacing the Archive Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the Archive Node
Resetting Archive Node connection to the cloud
All grid node types: Replacing a VMware node
Removing the failed grid node in VMware vSphere
Deploying the recovery grid node in VMware vSphere
All grid node types: Replacing a Linux node
Deploying new Linux hosts
Restoring grid nodes to the host
Restoring and validating grid nodes
Fixing missing network interface errors
Fixing missing block device errors
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Recovering nodes that fail to start normally
Performing additional recovery steps, if required
Decommission procedure
Preparing for decommissioning
Reviewing the considerations for decommissioning
Considerations for decommissioning Storage Nodes
Understanding the ADC quorum
Reviewing the ILM policy and storage configuration
Decommissioning disconnected Storage Nodes
Consolidating Storage Nodes
Decommissioning multiple Storage Nodes
Gathering required materials for decommissioning
Downloading the Recovery Package
Checking data repair jobs
Performing the decommission
Navigating to the Decommission page
Decommissioning disconnected grid nodes
Decommissioning connected grid nodes
Pausing and resuming the decommission process for Storage Nodes
Troubleshooting decommissioning
Network maintenance procedures
Updating subnets for the Grid Network
Configuring IP addresses
Modifying a node's network configuration
Adding to or changing subnet lists on the Admin Network
Adding to or changing subnet lists on the Grid Network
Linux: Adding interfaces to an existing node
Changing IP addresses for all nodes on the Grid Network
Configuring DNS servers
Modifying the DNS configuration for a single grid node
Configuring NTP servers
Restoring network connectivity for isolated nodes
Host-level and middleware procedures
Linux: Migrating a grid node to a new host
Linux: Exporting the node from the source host
Linux: Importing the node on the target host
Linux: Starting the migrated node
Archive Node maintenance for TSM middleware
Fault with archival storage devices
Taking the Target component offline
Tivoli Storage Manager administrative tools
Object permanently unavailable
Determining if objects are permanently unavailable
VMware: Configuring a virtual machine for automatic restart
Grid node procedures
Viewing Server Manager status and version
Viewing current status of all services
Starting Server Manager and all services
Restarting Server Manager and all services
Stopping Server Manager and all services
Viewing current status of a service
Stopping a service
Forcing a service to terminate
Starting or restarting a service
Rebooting a grid node
Rebooting a grid node from the Grid Manager
Rebooting a grid node from the command shell
Shutting down a grid node
Powering down a host
Powering off and on all nodes in the grid
Stopping services and shutting down grid nodes
Starting up the grid nodes
Using a DoNotStart file
Adding a DoNotStart file for a service
Removing a DoNotStart file for a service
Troubleshooting Server Manager
Accessing the Server Manager log file
Service with an error state
Troubleshooting StorageGRID
Overview of problem determination
Defining the problem
Assessing the risk and impact on the system
Reviewing alarms
Collecting data
Performing ingest and retrieval tests
Listing recent changes to the StorageGRID system
Checking connectivity status
Checking the status of services
Reviewing alarms
Plotting trends
Establishing baselines
Monitoring events
Reviewing previous events
Creating custom syslog events
Resetting the count of custom events to zero
Collecting log files and system data
Triggering an AutoSupport message
Running foreground verification
Confirming object data locations
Analyzing data
Escalation information checklist
Troubleshooting Admin Nodes
Troubleshooting sign-on errors
Checking the status of an unavailable Admin Node
Troubleshooting Storage Nodes
Object store (storage volume) failures
Troubleshooting SAVP Total Usable Space (Percent) alarm
Troubleshooting SMTT alarms
Platform services message cannot be delivered
Cassandra database out-of-memory error
Troubleshooting SSTS alarms
Lost and missing object data
Investigating lost objects
Searching for and restoring potentially lost objects
Resetting lost and missing object counts
Troubleshooting SVST (Services: Status - Cassandra) alarm
Other StorageGRID troubleshooting tips
User interface issues
Time synchronization
Network connectivity
Linux: Node status is "orphaned"
Linux: Enabling IPv6 support in the kernel
Alarms reference
Changing trigger values for CPU Load Average
Log files
StorageGRID software logs
Deployment logs
Logs for third-party software
About the bycast.log
Log file rotation
Message description
Severity level
Error codes
Understanding audit messages
Audit message overview
Audit message flow and retention
Changing audit message levels
Accessing the audit log file
Audit log file rotation
Audit log file and message formats
Audit log file format
Audit message format
Data types
Event-specific data
Common elements in audit messages
Audit message examples
Audit messages and the object lifecycle
Object ingest transactions
Example: S3 object ingest
Object delete transactions
Example: S3 object deletion
Object retrieve transactions
Example: S3 object retrieval
Metadata update messages
Example: S3 metadata update
Audit messages
Audit message categories
System audit messages
Object storage audit messages
Client read audit messages
Client write audit messages
Management audit message
Audit messages
APCT: Archive Purge from Cloud-Tier
ARCB: Archive Object Retrieve Begin
ARCE: Archive Object Retrieve End
ARCT: Archive Retrieve from Cloud-Tier
AREM: Archive Object Remove
ASCE: Archive Object Store End
ASCT: Archive Store Cloud-Tier
ATCE: Archive Object Store Begin
AVCC: Archive Validate Cloud-Tier Configuration
CBRB: Object Receive Begin
CBRE: Object Receive End
CBSB: Object Send Begin
CBSE: Object Send End
ECOC: Corrupt Erasure Coded Data Fragment
ETAF: Security Authentication Failed
GNRG: GNDS Registration
GNUR: GNDS Unregistration
GTED: Grid Task Ended
GTST: Grid Task Started
GTSU: Grid Task Submitted
IDEL: ILM Initiated Delete
LLST: Location Lost
MGAU: Management audit message
OLST: System Detected Lost Object
ORLM: Object Rules Met
OVWR: Object Overwrite
SADD: Security Audit Disable
SADE: Security Audit Enable
SCMT: Object Store Commit
SDEL: S3 DELETE
SGET: S3 GET
SHEA: S3 HEAD
SPOS: S3 POST
SPUT: S3 PUT
SREM: Object Store Remove
SUPD: S3 Metadata or Bucket Compliance Updated
SVRF: Object Store Verify Fail
SVRU: Object Store Verify Unknown
SYSD: Node Stop
SYST: Node Stopping
SYSU: Node Start
VLST: User Initiated Volume Lost
WDEL: Swift DELETE
WGET: Swift GET
WHEA: Swift HEAD
WPUT: Swift PUT
Expanding a StorageGRID grid
Expansion overview
Planning and preparation
Reviewing the options and limitations of each type of expansion
Gathering required materials
Web browser requirements
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Verifying hardware and networking
Adding storage volumes to Storage Nodes
VMware: Adding storage volumes to a Storage Node
Linux: Adding direct-attached or SAN volumes to a Storage Node
Adding grid nodes to an existing site or adding a new site
Updating subnets for the Grid Network
Deploying new grid nodes
VMware: Deploying grid nodes
Linux: Deploying grid nodes
Deploying appliance Storage Nodes
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Performing the expansion
Configuring your expanded StorageGRID system
Verifying that the Storage Node is active
Copying the Admin Node database
Copying Prometheus metrics
Copying audit logs
Contacting technical support
Recovery and maintenance
Introduction to StorageGRID recovery and maintenance
Web browser requirements
Hotfix procedure
What happens when you apply a hotfix
Hotfix planning and preparation
How your system is affected when you apply a hotfix
Obtaining the required materials for a hotfix
Downloading the hotfix file
Checking the system's condition before applying a hotfix
Applying the hotfix
Recovery procedures
Reviewing warnings and preconditions for node recovery
Gathering required materials for grid node recovery
Downloading and extracting the StorageGRID installation files
Selecting a recovery procedure
Recovering from Storage Node failures
Recovering a Storage Node that has been down more than 15 days
Recovering a StorageGRID appliance Storage Node
Preparing an appliance Storage Node for reinstallation
Starting StorageGRID appliance installation
Monitoring StorageGRID appliance installation
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the appliance Storage Node
Remounting and reformatting appliance storage volumes ("Manual Steps")
Restoring object data to a storage volume for an appliance
Checking the storage state after recovering an appliance Storage Node
Recovering from storage volume failure where the system drive is intact
Reviewing warnings about storage volume recovery
Identifying and unmounting failed storage volumes
Recovering failed storage volumes and rebuilding the Cassandra database
Restoring object data to a storage volume where the system drive is intact
Checking the storage state after recovering storage volumes
Recovering from system drive failure and possible storage volume failure
Reviewing warnings for Storage Node system drive recovery
Replacing the Storage Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the Storage Node
Remounting and reformatting storage volumes ("Manual Steps")
Restoring object data to a storage volume
Checking the storage state after recovering a Storage Node system drive
Recovering from Admin Node failures
Recovering from primary Admin Node failures
Copying audit logs from the failed primary Admin Node
Replacing the primary Admin Node
Configuring the replacement primary Admin Node
Restoring the audit log on the recovered primary Admin Node
Resetting the preferred sender on the recovered primary Admin Node
Restoring the Admin Node database when recovering a primary Admin Node
Restoring Prometheus metrics when recovering a primary Admin Node
Recovering from non-primary Admin Node failures
Copying audit logs from the failed non-primary Admin Node
Replacing a non-primary Admin Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure a non-primary Admin Node
Restoring the audit log on the recovered non-primary Admin Node
Resetting the preferred sender on the recovered non-primary Admin Node
Restoring the Admin Node database when recovering a non-primary Admin Node
Restoring Prometheus metrics when recovering a non-primary Admin Node
Recovering from API Gateway Node failures
Replacing the API Gateway Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the API Gateway Node
Recovering from Archive Node failures
Replacing the Archive Node
Selecting Start Recovery to configure the Archive Node
Resetting Archive Node connection to the cloud
All grid node types: Replacing a VMware node
Removing the failed grid node in VMware vSphere
Deploying the recovery grid node in VMware vSphere
All grid node types: Replacing a Linux node
Deploying new Linux hosts
Restoring grid nodes to the host
Restoring and validating grid nodes
Fixing missing network interface errors
Fixing missing block device errors
Starting the StorageGRID host service
Recovering nodes that fail to start normally
Performing additional recovery steps, if required
Decommission procedure
Preparing for decommissioning
Reviewing the considerations for decommissioning
Considerations for decommissioning Storage Nodes
Understanding the ADC quorum
Reviewing the ILM policy and storage configuration
Decommissioning disconnected Storage Nodes
Consolidating Storage Nodes
Decommissioning multiple Storage Nodes
Gathering required materials for decommissioning
Downloading the Recovery Package
Checking data repair jobs
Performing the decommission
Navigating to the Decommission page
Decommissioning disconnected grid nodes
Decommissioning connected grid nodes
Pausing and resuming the decommission process for Storage Nodes
Troubleshooting decommissioning
Network maintenance procedures
Updating subnets for the Grid Network
Configuring IP addresses
Modifying a node's network configuration
Adding to or changing subnet lists on the Admin Network
Adding to or changing subnet lists on the Grid Network
Linux: Adding interfaces to an existing node
Changing IP addresses for all nodes on the Grid Network
Configuring DNS servers
Modifying the DNS configuration for a single grid node
Configuring NTP servers
Restoring network connectivity for isolated nodes
Host-level and middleware procedures
Linux: Migrating a grid node to a new host
Linux: Exporting the node from the source host
Linux: Importing the node on the target host
Linux: Starting the migrated node
Archive Node maintenance for TSM middleware
Fault with archival storage devices
Taking the Target component offline
Tivoli Storage Manager administrative tools
Object permanently unavailable
Determining if objects are permanently unavailable
VMware: Configuring a virtual machine for automatic restart
Grid node procedures
Viewing Server Manager status and version
Viewing current status of all services
Starting Server Manager and all services
Restarting Server Manager and all services
Stopping Server Manager and all services
Viewing current status of a service
Stopping a service
Forcing a service to terminate
Starting or restarting a service
Rebooting a grid node
Rebooting a grid node from the Grid Manager
Rebooting a grid node from the command shell
Shutting down a grid node
Powering down a host
Powering off and on all nodes in the grid
Stopping services and shutting down grid nodes
Starting up the grid nodes
Using a DoNotStart file
Adding a DoNotStart file for a service
Removing a DoNotStart file for a service
Troubleshooting Server Manager
Accessing the Server Manager log file
Service with an error state
Troubleshooting StorageGRID
Overview of problem determination
Defining the problem
Assessing the risk and impact on the system
Reviewing alarms
Collecting data
Performing ingest and retrieval tests
Listing recent changes to the StorageGRID system
Checking connectivity status
Checking the status of services
Reviewing alarms
Plotting trends
Establishing baselines
Monitoring events
Reviewing previous events
Creating custom syslog events
Resetting the count of custom events to zero
Collecting log files and system data
Triggering an AutoSupport message
Running foreground verification
Confirming object data locations
Analyzing data
Escalation information checklist
Troubleshooting Admin Nodes
Troubleshooting sign-on errors
Checking the status of an unavailable Admin Node
Troubleshooting Storage Nodes
Object store (storage volume) failures
Troubleshooting SAVP Total Usable Space (Percent) alarm
Troubleshooting SMTT alarms
Platform services message cannot be delivered
Cassandra database out-of-memory error
Troubleshooting SSTS alarms
Lost and missing object data
Investigating lost objects
Searching for and restoring potentially lost objects
Resetting lost and missing object counts
Troubleshooting SVST (Services: Status - Cassandra) alarm
Other StorageGRID troubleshooting tips
User interface issues
Time synchronization
Network connectivity
Linux: Node status is "orphaned"
Linux: Enabling IPv6 support in the kernel
Alarms reference
Changing trigger values for CPU Load Average
Log files
StorageGRID software logs
Deployment logs
Logs for third-party software
About the bycast.log
Log file rotation
Message description
Severity level
Error codes
Understanding audit messages
Audit message overview
Audit message flow and retention
Changing audit message levels
Accessing the audit log file
Audit log file rotation
Audit log file and message formats
Audit log file format
Audit message format
Data types
Event-specific data
Common elements in audit messages
Audit message examples
Audit messages and the object lifecycle
Object ingest transactions
Example: S3 object ingest
Object delete transactions
Example: S3 object deletion
Object retrieve transactions
Example: S3 object retrieval
Metadata update messages
Example: S3 metadata update
Audit messages
Audit message categories
System audit messages
Object storage audit messages
Client read audit messages
Client write audit messages
Management audit message
Audit messages
APCT: Archive Purge from Cloud-Tier
ARCB: Archive Object Retrieve Begin
ARCE: Archive Object Retrieve End
ARCT: Archive Retrieve from Cloud-Tier
AREM: Archive Object Remove
ASCE: Archive Object Store End
ASCT: Archive Store Cloud-Tier
ATCE: Archive Object Store Begin
AVCC: Archive Validate Cloud-Tier Configuration
CBRB: Object Receive Begin
CBRE: Object Receive End
CBSB: Object Send Begin
CBSE: Object Send End
ECOC: Corrupt Erasure Coded Data Fragment
ETAF: Security Authentication Failed
GNRG: GNDS Registration
GNUR: GNDS Unregistration
GTED: Grid Task Ended
GTST: Grid Task Started
GTSU: Grid Task Submitted
IDEL: ILM Initiated Delete
LLST: Location Lost
MGAU: Management audit message
OLST: System Detected Lost Object
ORLM: Object Rules Met
OVWR: Object Overwrite
SADD: Security Audit Disable
SADE: Security Audit Enable
SCMT: Object Store Commit
SDEL: S3 DELETE
SGET: S3 GET
SHEA: S3 HEAD
SPOS: S3 POST
SPUT: S3 PUT
SREM: Object Store Remove
SUPD: S3 Metadata or Bucket Compliance Updated
SVRF: Object Store Verify Fail
SVRU: Object Store Verify Unknown
SYSD: Node Stop
SYST: Node Stopping
SYSU: Node Start
VLST: User Initiated Volume Lost
WDEL: Swift DELETE
WGET: Swift GET
WHEA: Swift HEAD
WPUT: Swift PUT
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