Monitoring clustered watch folder using GUI

You can use the Files > Clustered Watch Folder page in the IBM Storage Scale GUI to enable and disable clustered watch for a file system. This page also provides the details of the clustered watch folders that are configured in the system.

Enabling or disabling clustered watch

To enable clustered watch for a file system, click Enable Clustered Watch. The Create Clustered Watch Folder wizard appears. Configure the following details in the Create Clustered Watch Folder wizard:
  • File system for which clustered watch needs to be configured.
  • Type of watch. Available options are: File System, Fileset, and Inode Space.
  • Events to be watched.
  • Sink details.

To disable a clustered watch, select the watch from the list and then select Disable watch from the Actions menu.

You can also view the details of each watch folder and the health events that are raised for each watch folder from the detailed view. To access the detailed view of a watch folder, select the watch folder and click View Details.

The Files > File Systems provides details such as whether the clustered watch is enabled at the file system level and the number of watched filesets under a file system. Similarly, the Files > Filesets page shows whether the clustered watch is enabled at the fileset level and the number of watched inode spaces.