Getting started with HSM for Windows client web GUI

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HSM for Windows client web GUI is a single management UI that allows administrators to manage configuration of all the Windows HSM file servers and associated storage space and to receive warning and error message alerts.

Administrators can use a web browser to log in to the HSM for Windows client web GUI, access one of the HSM nodes in the company’s installation, and supervise all the HSM-managed file servers.

The HSM for Windows client web GUI is an optional, installable component that comes with the HSM for Windows client installer package. The HSM for Windows client web GUI is installed on one HSM node that acts as the proxy-server node. All other HSM nodes can act as proxy-client nodes and require registration at the proxy-server node.

The HSM for Windows client web GUI consists of the following pages:

Login page

The Login page allows administrators to login to HSM for Windows client web GUI by using valid credentials and access one of the HSM nodes in the company’s installation and supervise all the HSM-managed file servers.

Dashboard page

The Dashboard page displays information about the HSM nodes in the company’s installation. The Dashboard page consists the following tiles:

  • HSM Clients: The tile displays the number of HSM clients connected with the application with status and risk information. The HSM client risk is calculated based on volume space usage and recall capabilities.
  • File Server: The tile displays the connected file server summary information with used space, free space, migrated space, and migrated files. Migrated space and migrated files values are calculated based on HSM volume scan data.
  • Volumes: The tile displays the total number of connected volumes along with their risk information.
  • Services: The tile displays the total number of running services along with their category and status.
  • Alerts: The tile displays the total number of alert messages at the top. The alert messages are categorized in the Recall, Recall Quota, Migration, Reconcile, and Other classes. Unread alert message counts for each class are highlighted in the blue color.
  • Maintenance: The tile displays running maintenance tasks information. The maintenance tasks are classified in the Threshold, Volume Scan, and Reconcile types.
  • SP Servers: The tile displays information about connected IBM® Storage Protect servers.
  • Management Classes: The tile displays information about management classes.
  • Filespaces: The tile displays information about file spaces in use.

Activity page

The Activity page allows administrators to run and cancel migration jobs, view job migration status, details of inspected and migrated files, and freed space. The Activity page consists of the following tabs:
  • Volumes: Click the Volumes tab to view managed volumes on the different client nodes and the status of threshold migration settings. On the Volumes page, you can view the information in a tabular format with the following columns.
    • Fileserver: The column displays the name of the file server.
    • Volume: The column displays the name of the volume on a file server.
    • Capacity: The column displays the used and available capacity for each volume. The column is highlighted in green, yellow, or red color. If less than 80 percent capacity is used, column is highlighted in the green color, if used capacity is in between 80 to 90 percent, the column is highlighted in the yellow color, if more than 90 percent capacity is used, the column is highlighted in the red color.
    • Threshold: The column displays whether the HSM threshold is configured for a volume.
  • Job Migration: Click the Job Migration tab to view configured migration jobs and run migration tasks. On the Job Migration page, you can view the information in a tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the file server name for which a migration job is configured.
    • Job: The column specifies the name of a migration job.
    • Last Start: The column specifies the start date of a migration job.
    • Duration: The column specifies the runtime of a migration job.
    • Inspected Files: The column specifies the number of inspected files by a migration job.
    • Migrated Files: The column specifies the number of migrated files by a migration job.
    • Freed Space: The column specifies space that is freed by a migration job.
    • Result: The column specifies whether a migration job is completed successfully.
    • Migration Task: The option allows administrators to run a migration job.
  • Volume Analysis: Click the Volume Analysis tab to view volume scans for each client node. On the Volume Analysis page, you can view the information in a tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the name of a file server.
    • Volume: The column specifies a volume on a file server.
    • Capacity: The column specifies the total storage capacity of a volume.
    • Offline: The column specifies the offline storage space of a volume.
    • Resident Files: The column specifies the number of resident files on a volume at the time of last scan.
    • Stub Files: The column specifies the number of stub files on a volume at the time of last scan.
    • % Stub Files: The column specifies the percentage of stub files on a volume at the time of last scan.
    • Scan Task: The column allows administrators to start scan task manually and displays the duration from the last scan.
    • Expand Icon: The column allows administrators to view the trends of volume occupancy based on the occupied volume along with time. Click the expand icon to view volume scan graphs of resident and migrated data and files.

Alerts page

The Alert page displays all error and warning log messages in tabular format with the most recent message appears at the top. For each alert or warning message, administrators can view the time of alert, server, process, alert class, and an alert message. Click a row to view the detailed error message, explanation of the alert message, system action, and suggested user action. At the top of the table, the number of alert messages for each class is listed. The alert message classes are User Recall, Recall Quota, Migration, Reconcile, and Other.

Configuration page

The Configuration page allows administrators to configure and monitor migration jobs. The Configuration page consists of the following tabs:

  • HSM Installations: Click the HSM Installations tab to view configured client nodes information. You can view connection status and start and stop HSM services on different nodes. The HSM Installations page displays information in the tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the name of a file server.
    • Cluster Name: The column specifies the name of a cluster.
    • HSM Version: The column specifies the HSM version that is installed on a file server.
    • SP Node: The column specifies the IBM Storage Protect node name.
    • SP Server: The column specifies the IBM Storage Protect server name and status.
    • Monitor Service: The column allows administrators to start, stop, or restart the monitor service and displays the status of the monitor service.
    • Recall Service: The column allows administrators to start, stop, or restart the recall service and displays the status of the recall service.
  • Threshold Migration: Click the Threshold Migration tab to view threshold migration status on different client nodes and volumes. On the Threshold Migration page, information is displayed in the tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the name of a file server.
    • Volume: The column specifies the name of a volume on a file server.
    • HSM Threshold: The column specifies whether HSM threshold is configured and enabled for a volume.
    • Low Threshold: The column specifies the low threshold value for migration.
    • High Threshold: The column specifies the high threshold value for migration.
    • Filespace: The column specifies the name of the file space.
    • Expand Icon: The column allows administrators to update migration configuration by expanding a row. Click the expand icon to view the HSM Threshold Configuration dialog box. The dialog box allows administrators to enable or disable migration HSM Threshold Service, configure values for Low Threshold, High Threshold, Minimum File Age, and Minimum File Size, select Filespace and Management Class, and configure other migration options such as Backup, Access Control Lists, and Alternate Data Streams. To create a new file space, click New File Space button in the HSM Threshold Configuration dialog box.
  • Migration Jobs: Click the Migration Jobs tab to view the status of migration jobs on different client nodes and volumes. The Create Job and Delete Job options are available on the Migration Jobs page to allow administrators to create and delete migration jobs. You can also update migration job configuration by clicking the expand icon available for each volume. On the Migration Jobs page, information is displayed in a tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the name of a file server.
    • Job: The column specifies the name of a migration job.
    • Filespace: The column specifies the file space name for which a migration job is configured.
    • Backup: The column specifies whether the backup is enabled for a migration job.
    • ACL: The column specifies whether the file security attributes are migrated when a file is migrated.
    • ADS: The column specifies whether Windows alternate data streams data is migrated when a file is migrated.
    • Location: The column specifies the migration candidate location.
    • Expand Icon: The option allows administrators to update the migration job configuration. Click the expand icon to view the HSM Migration Job Configuration dialog box. The dialog box allows administrators specify Job Name, Migration Candidate File Scanner Root Directory, Migration Candidate File Scanner, option to exclude subdirectory in migration, apply file filters and actions for migrated files, select Filespace and Management Class, and configure additional migration options such as Backup, Access Control Lists, and Alternate Data Streams.
  • Volume Analysis: Click the Volume Analysis tab to view the status of scan jobs on different client nodes and volumes. You can also update scan job configuration by clicking the edit icon available for each volume. On the Volume Scan Jobs page, information is displayed in a tabular format with the following columns:
    • File Server: The column specifies the name of a file server.
    • Volume: The column specifies the name of a volume.
    • HSM Analysis: The column specifies whether HSM analysis is configured and scheduled for a volume.
    • Scan Interval: The column specifies the time interval between two consecutive volume scans.
    • Scan Start: The column specifies the scan start time.
    • Next Scan: The column specifies the next scan start date and time.
    • Expand Icon: The option allows administrators to update volume analysis configuration. Click the expand icon to view the HSM Volume Scan Configuration dialog box. The dialog box allows administrators enable or disable HSM Volume Scan for the selected volume and specify values for Next Scan and Scan Interval.

Support page

The Support page shows an overview of all managed client nodes. The page allows administrators to configure application trace and log settings for different services. You need to select a client node and configure settings for a service to generate and download a package of log files.