Monitoring HPSS Status

 

HPSS Health and Status Page

This status page tells you what is the current status of HPSS. If it is all green, then HPSS, appears to be ok.

  1. Goto phucsia, find the Screen entitled "HPSS Health and Status" (If does not exist, go to "Setting Up HPSS Monitor Screen")
    health1.jpg (18828 bytes)
  2. For a detailed description, of the above status page goto the documentation page.
  3. To quit, Goto Menu "Session", and choose "Quit Sammi", and "Confirm Quit"
Test to see if HPSS is really working

To see if HPSS is really working,

  1. Login to on RCF interactive node as yourself(i.e. ssh rsshgw.rhic.bnl.gov, and then ssh phobint00)
  2. Type, at prompt,
    ~> rftp [ENTER]
  3. If the responce is like
        Connected to rmds01.rcf.bnl.gov
        220 rmds01 FTP server (.....) ready
        331 Password require for <Username>
        230 <Username> logged in
        200 COS set to 16.
        Remote system type UNIX
        Using binary mode to transfer files
        Multinode is Disabled
        ftp>
    Then HPSS is up. Otherwise HPSS is down with a problem.
Setting Up HPSS Monitor Screen
  1. Open a window on phucsia
  2. In this window type
    ssh PHBS_op [ENTER]
  3. At prompt, PHBS_op@hpss.rcf.bnl.gov's password:, enter the HPSS Monitor password (on phucsia)
  4. At prompt, Enter SAMMI User Name [PHBS_op]:, hit [ENTER]
  5. At prompt, Enter SAM2_DISPLAY variable [rmds01:21.0]:, hit [ENTER]
  6. You should see "Starting SAMMI session for user 'PHBS_op' ..." + other Staring type info, and then a login box, entitled "SSM Login" will appear. In this box, for User ID, enter PHBS_op, and the same Password as above.
  7. The "HPSS Health and Status " page will now appear.