Configuring reconciliation with the graphical user interface

Access the Reconcile settings window by selecting HSM for Windows™ client GUI. Select Tools > Reconciliation.

The Reconcile settings window displays configuration information. If the volume is not configured, the fields display default values. If the volume is configured, the fields display the current configuration.

Mount path

Specify the volume mount path. Because it is possible for a single volume to be mounted by more than one path, always specify a volume by the same mount path. Reconciliation, threshold migration, and migration jobs must all reference the volume by the same path.

Status

The field displays the current configuration status of the selected volume and whether a reconciliation process is running. Click Refresh to refresh the status.

Configure/Unconfigure button

When the volume is not configured, the button displays Configure. Click this button to activate the fields and controls in the window, and populate the fields with default values.

When the volume is configured, the button displays Unconfigure. Click this button to remove the configuration of the volume.

Next reconcile

Use this option to change the time of the next reconciliation. The field displays the date and time of the next reconciliation. If reconciliation is not configured, the default is the current date and time. If reconciliation is configured, the field displays the date that is calculated by adding the Reconcile interval (hours) to the last reconciliation.

Reconcile interval (hours)

Use this option to configure the number of hours between reconciliations. The interval starts when a reconciliation ends. If this option is set to 0, automatic reconciliation is deactivated. The range of acceptable values is 0 - 876000. The default is 720 hours.

Reconcile now

Use this option to reconcile the volume immediately. This action does not affect the Reconcile interval (hours) or the Next reconcile date.

File spaces used to reconcile

Use this option to configure the file spaces that are used during reconciliation.

You can improve the reconciliation performance by restricting the list to the files spaces that contain migrated files of the volume that you are configuring.

Remote IBM® Storage Protect Server Connections used for reconcile

Specify which remote IBM Storage Protect server connections are used for reconciliation. By default, no remote IBM Storage Protect server is included in reconciliation. If you select a remote IBM Storage Protect server, all file spaces of the remote IBM Storage Protect server connection are included in the reconciliation process.

If a file is recalled when in moving state, the migrated object is not automatically deleted on the remote IBM Storage Protect server. The migrated object remains on the remote IBM Storage Protect server until the remote IBM Storage Protect server is added to a reconciliation process, and the reconciliation process is run.

Reconcile protected files

Set this option to reconcile protected files. A protected file is a file that was migrated and the file or stub file was deleted from the file system by a migration job. The default is to not reconcile protected files.

When you set the Reconcile protected files option, you can specify a time period. Specify the time period as a number of days. The reconciliation process processes protected files that became protected only before that time period. The default is 1095 days.

Maximum number of parallel reconcile processes

Use this option to configure the number of reconciliation tasks that can run at the same time. If this number is reached, any additional reconciliation tasks are delayed until the running reconciliation task finishes. Specify a value from 1 to 16. The default is 3.

Cleanup

When one or more configured volumes are no longer available, the Cleanup button is activated. Click this button to erase the configuration information for each of these volumes.

Refresh

Click Refresh to show the latest values. For example, if you added a file space since opening the window, click Refresh to show the current file spaces.

Apply

Click Apply to apply the configuration to the volume and leave the window open. Use Apply to reuse configuration setting when you configure several volumes.

OK

Click OK to apply the configuration to the volume and close the window.