• StorageGRID 11.6 Docs
  • Release notes
  • Get started
    • Grid primer
      • Overview
      • Hybrid clouds with StorageGRID
      • Architecture and network topology
      • Object management
        • How StorageGRID manages data
        • Object lifecycle
          • The life of an object
          • Ingest data flow
          • Copy management
          • Retrieve data flow
          • Delete data flow
      • How to use StorageGRID
        • Explore Grid Manager
        • Explore Tenant Manager
        • Control StorageGRID access
        • Manage tenants and client connections
        • Configure network settings
        • Configure security settings
        • Configure system settings
        • Use information lifecycle management
        • Monitor operations
          • View Nodes page
          • Monitor and manage alerts
          • Use SNMP monitoring
          • Review audit messages
        • Perform maintenance
        • Download Recovery Package
        • Use support options
    • Networking guidelines
      • Overview
      • StorageGRID network types
      • Network topology examples
        • Grid Network topology
        • Admin Network topology
        • Client Network topology
        • Topology for all three networks
      • Networking requirements
      • Network-specific requirements
      • Deployment-specific networking considerations
        • Linux deployments
        • Networking and ports for platform services and Cloud Storage Pools
        • Appliance nodes
      • Network installation and provisioning
      • Post-installation guidelines
      • Network port reference
        • Internal grid node communications
        • External communications
  • Install and maintain appliance hardware
    • SG100 and SG1000 services appliances
      • Overview
      • SG100 and SG1000 applications
      • Installation and deployment overview
      • Prepare for installation (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Prepare site (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Unpack boxes (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Obtain additional equipment and tools (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Review appliance network connections (SG100 and SG1000)
          • Port bond modes for SG100 and SG1000 appliances
            • Network bond modes
            • Network bond modes for management ports
        • Gather installation information (SG100 and SG1000)
      • Install hardware (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Register hardware
        • Install appliance into cabinet or rack (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Cable appliance (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Connect power cords and apply power (SG100 and SG1000)
        • View status indicators on SG100 and SG1000 appliances
      • Configure StorageGRID connections (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Access StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Verify and upgrade StorageGRID Appliance Installer version
        • Configure network links (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Configure StorageGRID IP addresses
        • Verify network connections
        • Verify port-level network connections
      • Configure BMC interface (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Change root password for BMC interface
        • Set IP address for BMC management port
        • Access BMC interface
        • Configure SNMP settings for services appliance
        • Set up email notifications for alerts
      • Optional: Enable node encryption
      • Deploy services appliance node
        • Deploy services appliance as primary Admin Node
        • Deploy services appliance as Gateway or non-primary Admin Node
        • Monitor services appliance installation
        • Automate appliance installation and configuration (SG100 and SG1000)
          • Automate appliance configuration using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
          • Automate installation and configuration of appliance nodes using configure-sga.py script
          • Automate configuration of StorageGRID
        • Overview of installation REST APIs
      • Troubleshoot hardware installation (SG100 and SG1000)
        • View boot-up codes for appliance
        • View error codes for appliance
        • Hardware setup appears to hang (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Troubleshoot connection issues (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Reboot services appliance while StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
      • Maintain appliance
        • Place appliance into maintenance mode
        • Turn controller identify LED on and off
        • Locate controller in data center
        • Shut down the appliance
        • Replace the services appliance
        • Replace one or both power supplies in the services appliance
        • Replace fan in services appliance
        • Replace drive in services appliance
        • Change link configuration of services appliance
        • Change MTU setting
        • Check DNS server configuration
        • Monitor node encryption in maintenance mode (SG100 and SG1000)
        • Clear key management server configuration
    • SG6000 storage appliances
      • Overview
        • SG6060 and SG6060X overview
        • SGF6024 overview
        • Controllers in SG6000 appliances
      • Installation and deployment overview
      • Prepare for installation (SG6000)
        • Prepare site (SG6000)
        • Unpack boxes (SG6000)
        • Obtain additional equipment and tools (SG6000)
        • Review appliance network connections (SG6000)
          • Port bond modes for SG6000-CN controller
            • Network bond modes for 10/25-GbE ports
            • Network bond modes for 1-GbE management ports
        • Gather installation information (SG6000)
      • Install hardware (SG6000)
        • Register hardware
        • SG6060 and SG6060X: Install 60-drive shelves into cabinet or rack
        • SG6060 and SG6060X: Install drives
        • SGF6024: Install 24-drive shelves into cabinet or rack
        • SG6000-CN: Install into cabinet or rack
        • Cable appliance (SG6000)
        • SG6060 and SG6060X: Cable optional expansion shelves
        • Connect power cords and apply power (SG6000)
        • View status indicators and buttons on SG6000-CN controller
        • View boot-up status codes for SG6000 and SG6060X storage controllers
      • Configure hardware (SG6000)
        • Configure StorageGRID connections (SG6000)
          • Access StorageGRID Appliance Installer
          • Verify and upgrade StorageGRID Appliance Installer version
          • Configure network links (SG6000)
          • Configure StorageGRID IP addresses
          • Verify network connections
          • Verify port-level network connections
        • Access and configure SANtricity System Manager (SG6000)
          • Set up and access SANtricity System Manager
          • Review hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
          • Set IP addresses for storage controllers using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Configure BMC interface (SG6000)
          • Change root password for BMC interface
          • Set IP address for BMC management port
          • Access BMC interface
          • Configure SNMP settings for SG6000-CN controller
          • Set up email notifications for alerts
        • Optional: Enable node encryption
        • Optional: Change RAID mode (SG6000 only)
        • Optional: Remap network ports for appliance
      • Deploy appliance Storage Node
      • Monitor storage appliance installation
      • Automate appliance installation and configuration (SG6000)
        • Automate appliance configuration using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Automate installation and configuration of appliance nodes using configure-sga.py script
        • Automate configuration of StorageGRID
      • Overview of installation REST APIs
      • Troubleshoot hardware installation (SG6000)
        • View boot-up codes for SG6000-CN controller
        • View error codes for SG6000-CN controller
        • Hardware setup appears to hang
        • Troubleshoot connection issues (SG6000)
          • Unable to connect to appliance
          • Expansion shelves do not appear in Appliance Installer
        • Reboot SG6000-CN controller while StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
      • Maintain SG6000 appliance
        • Place appliance into maintenance mode
        • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controllers
          • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controllers using Grid Manager
          • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controllers using maintenance mode
        • Upgrade drive firmware using SANtricity System Manager
        • Add expansion shelf to deployed SG6060
        • Turn controller identify LED on and off
        • Locate controller in data center
        • Replace storage controller
        • Replace hardware components in storage controller shelf
        • Replace hardware components in optional 60-drive expansion shelf
        • Shut down SG6000-CN controller
        • Power on SG6000-CN controller and verify operation
        • Replace SG6000-CN controller
        • Replace one or both power supplies in the SG6000-CN controller
        • Remove SG6000-CN controller from cabinet or rack
        • Reinstall SG6000-CN controller into cabinet or rack
        • Remove SG6000-CN controller cover
        • Reinstall SG6000-CN controller cover
        • Replace Fibre Channel HBA in SG6000-CN controller
          • Verify Fibre Channel HBA to replace
          • Remove Fibre Channel HBA
          • Reinstall Fibre Channel HBA
        • Change link configuration of SG6000-CN controller
        • Change MTU setting
        • Check DNS server configuration
        • Monitor node encryption in maintenance mode (SG6000)
        • Clear key management server configuration
    • SG5700 storage appliances
      • Overview
        • Controllers in StorageGRID appliance
      • Installation and deployment overview
      • Prepare for installation (SG5700)
        • Prepare site (SG5700)
        • Unpack boxes (SG5700)
        • Obtain additional equipment and tools (SG5700)
        • Review appliance network connections (SG5700)
          • Port bond modes for E5700SG controller ports
            • Network bond modes for 10/25-GbE ports
            • Network bond modes for 1-GbE management ports
        • Gather installation information (SG5700)
      • Install hardware (SG5700)
        • Register hardware
        • Install appliance in cabinet or rack (SG5700)
        • Cable appliance (SG5700)
        • Connect power cords and apply power (SG5700)
        • View SG5700 boot-up status codes
          • Status indicators on E5700SG controller
      • Configure hardware (SG5700)
        • Configure StorageGRID connections (SG5700)
          • Access StorageGRID Appliance Installer
          • Verify and upgrade StorageGRID Appliance Installer version
          • Configure network links (SG5700)
          • Set IP configuration
          • Verify network connections
          • Verify port-level network connections
        • Access and configure SANtricity System Manager (SG5700)
          • Set up and access SANtricity System Manager
          • Review hardware status in SANtricity System Manager
          • Set IP addresses for storage controllers using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Optional: Enable node encryption
        • Optional: Change RAID mode (SG5760 only)
        • Optional: Remap network ports for appliance
      • Deploy appliance Storage Node
      • Monitor storage appliance installation
      • Automate appliance installation and configuration (SG5700)
        • Automate appliance configuration using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Automate installation and configuration of appliance nodes using configure-sga.py script
        • Automate configuration of StorageGRID
      • Overview of installation REST APIs
      • Troubleshoot hardware installation (SG5700)
        • Hardware setup appears to hang (SG5700)
          • HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
        • Troubleshoot connection issues (SG5700)
        • Reboot controller while StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
      • Maintain SG5700 appliance
        • Place appliance into maintenance mode
        • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controller
          • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controllers using Grid Manager
          • Upgrade SANtricity OS on E2800 controller using maintenance mode
        • Upgrade drive firmware using SANtricity System Manager
        • Replace E2800 controller
        • Replace E5700SG controller
        • Replace other hardware components
        • Change link configuration of E5700SG controller
        • Change MTU setting
        • Check DNS server configuration
        • Monitor node encryption in maintenance mode (SG5700)
          • Clear key management server configuration
    • SG5600 storage appliances
      • Overview
        • StorageGRID appliance features
        • Hardware diagrams
      • Installation and deployment overview
      • Prepare for installation (SG5600)
        • Prepare site (SG5600)
        • Unpack boxes (SG5600)
        • Obtain additional equipment and tools (SG5600)
        • Service laptop requirements
        • Review appliance network connections (SG5600)
          • Port bond modes for E5600SG controller ports
            • Network bond modes for 10-GbE ports
            • Network bond modes for 1-GbE management ports
        • Gather installation information (SG5600)
      • Install hardware (SG5600)
        • Register hardware
        • Install appliance in cabinet or rack (SG5600)
        • Cable appliance (SG5600)
        • Connect AC power cords (SG5600)
        • Turn power on (SG5600)
        • View boot-up status and review error codes on SG5600 controllers
          • E5600SG controller seven-segment display codes
      • Configure hardware (SG5600)
        • Configure StorageGRID connections (SG5600)
          • Access StorageGRID Appliance Installer
          • Verify and upgrade StorageGRID Appliance Installer version
          • Configure network links (SG5600)
          • Set IP configuration
          • Verify network connections
          • Verify port-level network connections
        • Configure SANtricity Storage Manager
          • Set IP address for E2700 controller
          • Add appliance to SANtricity Storage Manager
          • Set up SANtricity Storage Manager
            • Configure AutoSupport
            • Verify receipt of AutoSupport
            • Configure email and SNMP trap alert notifications
            • Set passwords for SANtricity Storage Manager
        • Optional: Enable node encryption
        • Optional: Change to RAID6 mode (SG5660 only)
        • Optional: Remap network ports for appliance
      • Deploy appliance Storage Node
      • Monitor storage appliance installation
      • Automate appliance installation and configuration (SG5600)
        • Automate appliance configuration using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
        • Automate installation and configuration of appliance nodes using configure-sga.py script
        • Automate configuration of StorageGRID
      • Overview of installation REST APIs
      • Troubleshoot hardware installation (SG5600)
        • Hardware setup appears to hang (SG5600)
          • HE error: Error synchronizing with SANtricity OS Software
        • Troubleshoot connection issues (SG5600)
        • Reboot controller while StorageGRID Appliance Installer is running
      • Maintain SG5600 appliance
        • Place appliance into maintenance mode
        • Upgrade SANtricity OS on storage controllers using Grid Manager
        • Upgrade SANtricity OS on E2700 controller using maintenance mode
        • Upgrade drive firmware using SANtricity Storage Manager
        • Replace E2700 controller
        • Replace E5600SG controller
        • Replace other hardware components
        • Change link configuration of E5600SG controller
        • Change MTU setting
        • Check DNS server configuration
        • Monitor node encryption in maintenance mode (SG5600)
          • Clear key management server configuration
  • Install and upgrade software
    • Upgrade StorageGRID software
      • Overview
      • What's new in StorageGRID 11.6
      • Removed or deprecated features
      • Changes to Grid Management API
      • Changes to Tenant Management API
      • Plan and prepare for upgrade
        • Estimate time to complete upgrade
        • How your system is affected during upgrade
        • Impact of upgrade on groups and user accounts
        • Verify installed StorageGRID version
        • Obtain required materials
        • Check system
      • Upgrade StorageGRID software
        • Upgrade workflow
        • Linux Install RPM or DEB package on all hosts
        • Perform upgrade
      • Troubleshoot upgrade issues
        • Upgrade does not complete
        • User interface issues
        • Docker image availability check error messages
      • Increase Metadata Reserved Space setting
    • Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS
      • Overview
      • Plan and prepare for Red Hat or CentOS installation
        • Before you install (Red Hat or CentOS)
        • Required materials
        • Download and extract StorageGRID installation files
        • CPU and RAM requirements
        • Storage and performance requirements
        • Node container migration requirements
        • Deployment tools
        • Prepare the hosts (Red Hat or CentOS)
          • Install Linux
          • Configure host network (Red Hat or CentOS)
          • Configure host storage
          • Configure container engine storage volume
          • Install StorageGRID host services
      • Deploy virtual grid nodes (Red Hat or CentOS)
        • Create node configuration files for Red Hat or CentOS deployments
        • How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
        • Example node configuration files
        • Validate the StorageGRID configuration
        • Start the StorageGRID host service
      • Configure the grid and complete installation (Red Hat or CentOS)
        • Navigate to the Grid Manager
        • Specify the StorageGRID license information
        • Add sites
        • Specify Grid Network subnets
        • Approve pending grid nodes
        • Specify Network Time Protocol server information
        • Specify Domain Name System server information
        • Specify the StorageGRID system passwords
        • Review your configuration and complete installation
        • Post-installation guidelines
      • Automate the installation (Red Hat or CentOS)
      • Overview of the installation REST API
      • Where to go next
      • Troubleshoot installation issues
      • Example /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
    • Install Ubuntu or Debian
      • Overview
      • Plan and prepare for Ubuntu or Debian installation
        • Before you install (Ubuntu or Debian)
        • Required materials
        • Download and extract StorageGRID installation files
        • CPU and RAM requirements
        • Storage and performance requirements
        • Node container migration requirements
        • Deployment tools
        • Prepare the hosts (Ubuntu or Debian)
          • Install Linux
          • AppArmor profile installation
          • Configure the host network (Ubuntu or Debian)
          • Configure host storage
          • Configure the Docker storage volume
          • Install Docker
          • Install StorageGRID host services
      • Deploy virtual grid nodes (Ubuntu or Debian)
        • Create node configuration files for Ubuntu or Debian deployments
        • How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
        • Example node configuration files
        • Validate the StorageGRID configuration
        • Start the StorageGRID host service
      • Configure grid and complete installation (Ubuntu or Debian)
        • Navigate to the Grid Manager
        • Specify the StorageGRID license information
        • Add sites
        • Specify Grid Network subnets
        • Approve pending grid nodes
        • Specify Network Time Protocol server information
        • Specify Domain Name System server information
        • Specify the StorageGRID system passwords
        • Review your configuration and complete installation
        • Post-installation guidelines
      • Automate the installation (Ubuntu or Debian)
      • Overview of the installation REST API
      • Where to go next
      • Troubleshoot installation issues
      • Example /etc/network/interfaces
    • Install VMware
      • Overview
      • Plan and prepare for VMware installation
        • Before you install (VMware)
        • Required materials
        • Download and extract the StorageGRID installation files
        • Software requirements
        • CPU and RAM requirements
        • Storage and performance requirements
      • Deploy virtual machine grid nodes (VMware)
        • Collect information about your deployment environment
        • How grid nodes discover the primary Admin Node
        • Deploy a StorageGRID node as a virtual machine
      • Configure the grid and complete installation (VMware)
        • Navigate to the Grid Manager
        • Specify the StorageGRID license information
        • Add sites
        • Specify Grid Network subnets
        • Approve pending grid nodes
        • Specify Network Time Protocol server information
        • Specify Domain Name System server information
        • Specify the StorageGRID system passwords
        • Review your configuration and complete installation
        • Post-installation guidelines
      • Automate the installation (VMware)
      • Overview of the installation REST API
      • Where to go next
      • Troubleshoot installation issues
  • Perform system administration
    • Administer StorageGRID
      • Overview
      • Get started with StorageGRID
        • Web browser requirements
        • Sign in to the Grid Manager
        • Sign out of the Grid Manager
        • Change your password
        • Change the browser session timeout
        • View StorageGRID license information
        • Update StorageGRID license information
        • Use the API
          • Use the Grid Management API
          • Grid Management API operations
          • Grid Management API versioning
          • Protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
          • Use the API if single sign-on is enabled
            • Active Directory
            • Azure
            • PingFederate
      • Control access to StorageGRID
        • Change the provisioning passphrase
        • Change node console passwords
        • Control access through firewalls
        • Use identity federation
        • Manage admin groups
        • Deactivate features with the API
        • Manage users
        • Use single sign-on (SSO)
          • Configure single sign-on
          • Requirements for using single sign-on
          • Confirm federated users can sign in
          • Use sandbox mode
          • Create relying party trusts in AD FS
          • Create enterprise applications in Azure
          • Create SP connections in PingFederate
          • Disable single sign-on
          • Temporarily disable and reenable single sign-on for one Admin Node
      • Manage security settings
        • Manage certificates
          • About security certificates
          • Configure server certificates
            • Supported server certificate types
            • Configure management interface certificates
            • Configure S3 and Swift API certificates
            • Copy or download the Grid CA certificate
            • Configure StorageGRID certificates for FabricPool
          • Configure client certificates
        • Configure key management servers
          • Overview
          • Review StorageGRID encryption methods
          • Overview of KMS and appliance configuration
          • Considerations and requirements for using a key management server
          • Considerations for changing the KMS for a site
          • Configure StorageGRID as a client in the KMS
          • Add a key management server (KMS)
          • View KMS details
          • View encrypted nodes
          • Edit a key management server (KMS)
          • Remove a key management server (KMS)
        • Manage proxy settings
          • Configure Storage proxy settings
          • Configure Admin proxy settings
        • Manage untrusted Client Networks
          • Overview
          • Specify node’s Client Network is untrusted
      • Manage tenants
        • Manage tenants
        • Create tenant account
        • Change password for tenant’s local root user
        • Edit tenant account
        • Delete tenant account
        • Manage platform services
          • Manage platform services for S3 tenant accounts
          • Network and ports for platform services
          • Per-site delivery of platform services messages
          • Troubleshoot platform services
        • Manage S3 Select for tenant accounts
      • Configure S3 and Swift client connections
        • About S3 and Swift client connections
        • Summary: IP addresses and ports for client connections
        • Configure VLAN interfaces
        • Manage high availability groups
          • Overview
          • How are HA groups used
          • Configuration options for HA groups
          • Configure HA groups
        • Manage load balancing
          • Overview
          • How load balancing works - Load Balancer service
          • Configure load balancer endpoints
          • How load balancing works - CLB service
        • Configure S3 API endpoint domain names
        • Enable HTTP for client communications
        • Control which client operations are permitted
      • Manage networks and connections
        • Guidelines for StorageGRID networks
        • View IP addresses
        • Supported ciphers for outgoing TLS connections
        • Change network transfer encryption
        • Manage traffic classification policies
          • Manage traffic classification policies
          • Create traffic classification policies
          • Edit a traffic classification policy
          • Delete a traffic classification policy
          • View network traffic metrics
        • Manage link costs
          • What link costs are
          • Update link costs
      • Use AutoSupport
        • What is AutoSupport
        • Configure AutoSupport
        • Manually trigger an AutoSupport message
        • Troubleshoot AutoSupport messages
        • Send E-Series AutoSupport messages through StorageGRID
      • Manage Storage Nodes
        • About managing Storage Nodes
        • What is a Storage Node
        • Manage Storage options
          • What is object segmentation
          • What are storage volume watermarks
        • Manage object metadata storage
        • Configure global settings for stored objects
          • Configure stored object compression
          • Configure stored object encryption
          • Configure stored object hashing
        • Storage Node configuration settings
        • Manage full Storage Nodes
      • Manage Admin Nodes
        • What an Admin Node is
        • Use multiple Admin Nodes
        • Identify the primary Admin Node
        • Select a preferred sender
        • View notification status and queues
        • How Admin Nodes show acknowledged alarms (legacy system)
        • Configure audit client access
          • Configure audit clients for CIFS
            • Configure audit clients for Workgroup
            • Configure audit clients for Active Directory
            • Add a user or group to a CIFS audit share
            • Remove a user or group from a CIFS audit share
            • Change CIFS audit share user or group name
            • Verify CIFS audit integration
          • Configure the audit client for NFS
            • Add NFS audit client to audit share
            • Verify NFS audit integration
            • Remove NFS audit client from audit share
            • Change IP address of NFS audit client
      • Manage Archive Nodes
        • What an Archive Node is
        • Archive to the cloud through S3 API
          • Configure connection settings for S3 API
          • Modify connection settings for S3 API
          • Modify Cloud Tiering Service state
          • Reset Store Failure Count for S3 API connection
          • Migrate objects from Cloud Tiering - S3 to Cloud Storage Pool
        • Archive to tape through TSM middleware
          • Configure connections to TSM middleware
          • Optimize Archive Node for TSM middleware sessions
          • Configure archive state and counters for TSM
          • Manage Archive Node when TSM server reaches capacity
        • Configure Archive Node retrieve settings
        • Configure Archive Node replication
        • Set Custom alarms for the Archive Node
        • Integrate Tivoli Storage Manager
          • Archive Node configuration and operation
          • Configuration best practices
          • Complete Archive Node setup
            • Install new TSM server
            • Configure TSM server
              • Define TSM tape and disk storage pools
              • Define a domain policy and registering a node
              • Create and activate the domain policy
      • Migrate data into StorageGRID
        • Confirm capacity of the StorageGRID system
        • Determine the ILM policy for migrated data
        • Impact of migration on operations
        • Schedule and monitor data migration
    • Manage objects with ILM
      • Overview
      • ILM and object lifecycle
        • How ILM operates throughout an object's life
        • How objects are ingested
          • Data-protection options for ingest
          • Advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of data-protection options
        • How objects are stored (replication or erasure coding)
          • What replication is
          • Why you should not use single-copy replication
          • What erasure coding is
          • What erasure-coding schemes are
          • Advantages, disadvantages, and requirements for erasure coding
        • How object retention is determined
        • How objects are deleted
      • What an ILM policy is
      • What an ILM rule is
      • Create storage grades, storage pools, EC profiles, and regions
        • Create and assign storage grades
        • Configure storage pools
          • What a storage pool is
          • Guidelines for creating storage pools
          • Use multiple storage pools for cross-site replication
          • Use storage pool as temporary location (deprecated)
          • Create storage pool
          • View storage pool details
          • Edit storage pool
          • Remove storage pool
        • Use Cloud Storage Pools
          • What a Cloud Storage Pool is
          • Lifecycle of Cloud Storage Pool object
          • When to use Cloud Storage Pools
          • Considerations for Cloud Storage Pools
          • Compare Cloud Storage Pools and CloudMirror replication
          • Create Cloud Storage Pool
            • S3: Specify authentication details for Cloud Storage Pool
            • C2S S3: Specify authentication details for Cloud Storage Pool
            • Azure: Specify authentication details for Cloud Storage Pool
          • Edit Cloud Storage Pool
          • Remove Cloud Storage Pool
          • Troubleshoot Cloud Storage Pools
        • Configure Erasure Coding profiles
          • Create Erasure Coding profile
          • Rename Erasure Coding profile
          • Deactivate Erasure Coding profile
        • Configure regions (optional and S3 only)
      • Create ILM rule
        • Access Create ILM rule wizard
        • Step 1 of 3: Define basics
          • Use advanced filters in ILM rules
        • Step 2 of 3: Define placements
          • Use Last Access Time in ILM rules
        • Step 3 of 3: Define ingest behavior
        • Create default ILM rule
      • Create ILM policy
        • Overview
        • Create proposed ILM policy
        • Create ILM policy after S3 Object Lock is enabled
        • Simulate ILM policy
        • Activate ILM policy
        • Verify ILM policy with object metadata lookup
      • Work with ILM rules and ILM policies
      • Use S3 Object Lock with ILM
        • Manage objects with S3 Object Lock
        • Workflow for S3 Object Lock
        • Requirements for S3 Object Lock
        • Enable S3 Object Lock globally
        • Resolve consistency errors when updating S3 Object Lock or legacy Compliance configuration
      • Example ILM rules and policies
        • Example 1: ILM rules and policy for object storage
        • Example 2: ILM rules and policy for EC object size filtering
        • Example 3: ILM rules and policy for better protection for image files
        • Example 4: ILM rules and policy for S3 versioned objects
        • Example 5: ILM rules and policy for Strict ingest behavior
        • Example 6: Change ILM policy
        • Example 7: Compliant ILM policy for S3 Object Lock
    • System hardening
      • Overview
      • Hardening guidelines for software upgrades
      • Hardening guidelines for StorageGRID networks
      • Hardening guidelines for StorageGRID nodes
      • Hardening guidelines for server certificates
      • Other hardening guidelines
    • Configure FabricPool
      • Overview
      • Attach StorageGRID as a cloud tier
        • Information needed to attach StorageGRID as a cloud tier
        • Best practices for load balancing
        • Best practices for HA groups
        • Configure DNS server
        • Create HA group
        • Create load balancer endpoint
        • Create tenant account
        • Create S3 bucket and obtain access key
      • Use ILM with FabricPool data
      • Create traffic classification policy
      • Other best practices
  • Use StorageGRID
    • Use a tenant account
      • Overview
      • How to sign in and sign out
        • Sign in to Tenant Manager
        • Sign out of Tenant Manager
      • Tenant Manager Dashboard
      • Tenant Management API
        • Understand Tenant Management API
        • Tenant Management API versioning
        • Protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
      • Manage system access
        • Use identity federation
        • Manage groups
          • Create groups for S3 tenant
          • Create groups for Swift tenant
          • Tenant management permissions
          • View and edit group details
          • Add users to local group
          • Edit group name
          • Duplicate group
          • Delete group
        • Manage local users
      • Manage S3 tenant accounts
        • Manage S3 access keys
          • Create your own S3 access keys
          • View your S3 access keys
          • Delete your own S3 access keys
          • Create another user’s S3 access keys
          • View another user’s S3 access keys
          • Delete another user’s S3 access keys
        • Manage S3 buckets
          • Use S3 Object Lock with tenants
          • Create S3 bucket
          • View S3 bucket details
          • Change consistency level
          • Enable or disable last access time updates
          • Change object versioning for a bucket
          • Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
          • Delete S3 bucket
          • Use Experimental S3 Console
      • Manage S3 platform services
        • What are platform services?
          • CloudMirror replication service
          • Notifications for buckets
          • Search integration service
        • Considerations for using platform services
        • Configure platform services endpoints
          • Specify URN for platform services endpoint
          • Create platform services endpoint
          • Test connection for platform services endpoint
          • Edit platform services endpoint
          • Delete platform services endpoint
          • Troubleshoot platform services endpoint errors
        • Configure CloudMirror replication
        • Configure event notifications
        • Use search integration service
          • Configure XML for search integration
          • Configure search integration service
          • JSON generated by search integration service
          • Object metadata included in metadata notifications
    • Use S3
      • Overview
        • Changes to S3 REST API support
        • Supported versions
        • Support for StorageGRID platform services
      • Configure tenant accounts and connections
      • How StorageGRID implements S3 REST API
        • Conflicting client requests
        • Consistency controls
        • How StorageGRID ILM rules manage objects
        • Object versioning
        • Recommendations for implementing S3 REST API
      • S3 REST API supported operations and limitations
        • Authenticate requests
        • Operations on the service
        • Operations on buckets
          • Create S3 lifecycle configuration
          • Use S3 Object Lock default bucket retention
          • Custom operations on buckets
        • Operations on objects
          • Use S3 Object Lock
          • Use S3 Select
          • Use server-side encryptions
          • GET Object
          • HEAD Object
          • POST Object restore
          • PUT Object
          • PUT Object - Copy
          • SelectObjectContent
        • 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
        • 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
        • GET Storage Usage request
        • Deprecated bucket requests for legacy Compliance
          • Deprecated - PUT Bucket request modifications for compliance
          • Deprecated - GET Bucket compliance request
          • Deprecated - PUT Bucket compliance request
      • Bucket and group access policies
      • Configure security for REST API
      • Monitor and audit operations
        • Monitor object ingest and retrieval rates
        • Access and review audit logs
          • S3 operations tracked in 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
    • Use Swift
      • Overview
        • History of Swift API support in StorageGRID
        • How StorageGRID implements Swift REST API
        • Recommendations for implementing Swift REST API
      • Configure tenant accounts and connections
      • 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
      • Configure security for REST API
      • Monitor and audit operations
  • Monitor and maintain StorageGRID
    • Monitor and troubleshoot
      • Overview
      • View the Dashboard
      • View the Nodes page
        • View the Overview tab
        • View the Hardware tab
        • View the Network tab
        • View the Storage tab
        • Use the Task tab to reboot a grid node
        • View the Objects tab
        • View the ILM tab
        • View the Load Balancer tab
        • View the Platform Services tab
        • View the SANtricity System Manager tab
      • Information you should monitor regularly
        • Monitor system health
          • Monitor node connection states
          • View current alerts
          • View resolved alerts
          • View a specific alert
          • View legacy alarms
        • Monitor storage capacity
        • Monitor information lifecycle management
        • Monitor network connections and performance
        • Monitor node-level resources
        • Monitor tenant activity
        • Monitor archival capacity
        • Monitor load balancing operations
        • Apply hotfixes or upgrade software if necessary
      • Manage alerts and alarms
        • Overview
        • Compare alerts and alarms
        • Manage alerts
          • Overview
          • View alert rules
          • Create custom alert rules
          • Edit alert rules
          • Disable alert rules
          • Remove custom alert rules
          • Manage alert notifications
            • Set up SNMP notifications
            • Set up email notifications
            • Silence alert notifications
        • Manage alarms (legacy system)
      • Configure audit messages and log destinations
      • Use an external syslog server
        • Considerations for external syslog server
        • Configure an external syslog server
      • Use SNMP monitoring
        • Configure the SNMP agent
        • Update the SNMP agent
      • Collect additional StorageGRID data
        • Use charts and graphs
        • Use text reports
        • Monitor PUT and GET performance
        • Monitor object verification operations
        • Monitor events
        • Review audit messages
        • Collect log files and system data
        • Manually trigger an AutoSupport message
        • View the Grid Topology tree
        • Review support metrics
        • Run diagnostics
        • Create custom monitoring applications
      • Troubleshoot a StorageGRID system
        • Troubleshooting overview
        • Troubleshoot object and storage issues
          • Confirm object data locations
          • Object store failures
          • Verify object integrity
          • Troubleshoot lost and missing object data
            • Investigate lost objects
            • Search for and restore potentially lost objects
            • Reset lost and missing object counts
          • Troubleshoot the Low object data storage alert
          • Troubleshoot Low read-only watermark override alerts
          • Troubleshoot the Storage Status (SSTS) alarm
          • Troubleshoot delivery of platform services messages (SMTT alarm)
        • Troubleshoot metadata issues
        • Troubleshoot certificate errors
        • Troubleshoot Admin Node and user interface issues
        • Troubleshoot network, hardware, and platform issues
        • Troubleshoot external syslog server
      • Alerts reference
      • Commonly used Prometheus metrics
      • Alarms reference (legacy system)
        • Alarms that generate SNMP notifications (legacy system)
      • Log files reference
        • StorageGRID software logs
        • Deployment and maintenance logs
        • Logs for third-party software
        • About the bycast.log
    • Expand your grid
      • Overview
      • Plan StorageGRID expansion
        • Add storage capacity
          • Guidelines for adding object capacity
          • Add storage capacity for replicated objects
          • Add storage capacity for erasure-coded objects
          • Considerations for rebalancing erasure-coded data
        • Add metadata capacity
        • Add grid nodes to add capabilities to your system
        • Add new site
      • Gather required materials
      • Add storage volumes
        • Add storage volumes to Storage Nodes
        • VMware: Add storage volumes to Storage Node
        • Linux: Add direct-attached or SAN volumes to Storage Node
      • Add grid nodes or site
        • Add grid nodes to existing site or add new site
        • Update subnets for Grid Network
        • Deploy new grid nodes
        • Perform expansion
      • Configure expanded system
        • Configuration steps
        • Verify that Storage Node is active
        • Copy Admin Node database
        • Copy Prometheus metrics
        • Copy audit logs
        • Rebalance erasure-coded data after adding Storage Nodes
      • Contact technical support
    • Recover and maintain
      • Overview
        • Download Recovery Package
      • StorageGRID hotfix procedure
        • Considerations for applying a hotfix
        • Plan and prepare for a hotfix
        • How your system is affected when you apply a hotfix
        • Obtain required materials for hotfix
        • Download hotfix file
        • Check system’s condition before applying hotfix
        • Apply hotfix
      • Grid node recovery procedures
        • Warnings and considerations for grid node recovery
        • Gather required materials for grid node recovery
        • Select node recovery procedure
        • Recover from Storage Node failures
          • Recover Storage Node down more than 15 days
          • Recover appliance Storage Node
            • Prepare appliance Storage Node for reinstallation
            • Start StorageGRID appliance installation
            • Monitor StorageGRID appliance installation
            • Select Start Recovery to configure appliance Storage Node
            • Remount and reformat appliance storage volumes (“Manual Steps”)
            • Restore object data to storage volume for appliance
            • Check storage state after recovering appliance Storage Node
          • Recover from storage volume failure where system drive is intact
            • Review warnings about storage volume recovery
            • Identify and unmount failed storage volumes
            • Recover failed storage volumes and rebuild Cassandra database
            • Restore object data to storage volume where system drive is intact
            • Check storage state after recovering storage volumes
          • Recover from system drive failure
            • Review warnings for Storage Node system drive recovery
            • Replace the Storage Node
            • Select Start Recovery to configure Storage Node
            • Remount and reformat storage volumes (“Manual Steps”)
            • Restore object data to storage volume, if required
            • Check storage state after recovering Storage Node system drive
        • Recover from Admin Node failures
          • Recover from primary Admin Node failures
            • Copy audit logs from failed primary Admin Node
            • Replace primary Admin Node
            • Configure replacement primary Admin Node
            • Restore audit log on recovered primary Admin Node
            • Reset preferred sender on recovered primary Admin Node
            • Restore Admin Node database when recovering primary Admin Node
            • Restore Prometheus metrics when recovering primary Admin Node
          • Recover from non-primary Admin Node failures
            • Copy audit logs from failed non-primary Admin Node
            • Replace non-primary Admin Node
            • Select Start Recovery to configure non-primary Admin Node
            • Restore audit log on recovered non-primary Admin Node
            • Reset preferred sender on recovered non-primary Admin Node
            • Restore Admin Node database when recovering non-primary Admin Node
            • Restore Prometheus metrics when recovering non-primary Admin Node
        • Recover from Gateway Node failures
          • Replace Gateway Node
          • Select Start Recovery to configure Gateway Node
        • Recover from Archive Node failures
          • Replace Archive Node
          • Select Start Recovery to configure Archive Node
          • Reset Archive Node connection to the cloud
        • All grid node types: Replace VMware node
        • All grid node types: Replace Linux node
          • Deploy new Linux hosts
          • Restore grid nodes to the host
            • Restore and validate grid nodes
              • Fix missing network interface errors
              • Fix missing block device errors
            • Start StorageGRID host service
            • Recover nodes that fail to start normally
          • What’s next: Perform additional recovery steps, if required
        • Replace failed node with services appliance
          • Install services appliance (platform change only)
          • Prepare appliance for reinstallation (platform replacement only)
          • Start software installation on services appliance
          • Monitor services appliance installation
      • How site recovery is performed by technical support
      • Decommission procedure
        • Grid node decommission
          • Prepare to decommission grid nodes
            • Considerations for grid node decommission
              • Considerations Admin Node or Gateway Node decommission
              • Considerations for Storage Node decommission
                • Understand the ADC quorum
                • Review ILM policy and storage configuration
                • Decommission disconnected Storage Nodes
                • Consolidate Storage Nodes
                • Decommission multiple Storage Nodes
            • Check data repair jobs
          • Gather required materials
          • Access Decommission Nodes page
          • Decommission disconnected grid nodes
          • Decommission connected grid nodes
          • Pause and resume decommission process for Storage Nodes
          • Troubleshoot node decommissioning
        • Site decommission
          • Considerations for removing a site
          • Gather required materials
          • Step 1: Select Site
          • Step 2: View Details
          • Step 3: Revise ILM Policy
          • Step 4: Remove ILM References
          • Step 5: Resolve Node Conflicts (and start decommission)
          • Step 6: Monitor Decommission
      • Network maintenance procedures
        • Update subnets for Grid Network
        • Configure IP addresses
          • Change node network configuration
          • Add to or change subnet lists on Admin Network
          • Add to or change subnet lists on Grid Network
          • Change IP addresses for all nodes
        • Add interfaces to existing node
          • Linux: Add Admin or Client interfaces to node
          • Linux: Add trunk or access interfaces to node
          • VMware: Add trunk or access interfaces to node
        • Configure DNS servers
          • Modify DNS configuration for single grid node
        • Configure NTP servers
        • Restore network connectivity for isolated nodes
      • Host-level and middleware procedures
        • Linux: Migrate grid node to new host
          • Linux: Export node from source host
          • Linux: Import node on target host
          • Linux: Start migrated node
        • Archive Node maintenance for TSM middleware
        • VMware: Configure virtual machine for automatic restart
      • Grid node procedures
        • View Server Manager status and version
        • View current status of all services
        • Start Server Manager and all services
        • Restart Server Manager and all services
        • Stop Server Manager and all services
        • View current status of service
        • Stop service
        • Place appliance into maintenance mode
        • Force service to terminate
        • Start or restart service
        • Remove port remaps
        • Remove port remaps on bare metal hosts
        • Reboot grid node
          • Reboot grid node from Grid Manager
          • Reboot grid node from command shell
        • Shut down grid node
        • Power down host
        • Power off and on all nodes in grid
          • Stop services and shut down grid nodes
          • Start up grid nodes
        • Use a DoNotStart file
          • Add DoNotStart file for service
          • Remove DoNotStart file for service
        • Troubleshoot Server Manager
          • Access Server Manager log file
          • Service with an error state
      • Appliance node cloning
        • How appliance node cloning works
        • Considerations and requirements for appliance node cloning
        • Clone appliance node
    • Review audit logs
      • Overview
        • Audit message flow and retention
        • Access audit log file
        • Audit log file rotation
      • Audit log file and message formats
        • Audit log file format
          • Use audit-explain tool
          • Use audit-sum tool
        • 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
          • Example: S3 Select on an object
        • 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 message reference
          • 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
          • ECMC: Missing Erasure Coded Data Fragment
          • 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
          • LKCU: Overwritten Object Cleanup
          • 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 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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