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Chapter 6 HPSS Configuration
HPSS Installation Guide September 2002 291
Release 4.5, Revision 2
Table 6-6 Accounting Policy Configuration Variables
Display Field Name Description
Acceptable
Values
Default
Value
Policy ID The unique ID associated with the
Accounting Policy.
Always 1. This
field is not
changeable.
1
Advice: This number is always 1 for this version of HPSS since only one
accounting policy is currently allowed.
Accounting Style Style of accounting that is used by the
entire HPSS system.
Site,
UNIX
UNIX
Advice: This field must be set up properly before any files are written to the
system. UNIX-style accounting obtains account number from the user’s UID.
Site-style accounting allows the account to be set specifically. Once the
accounting policy is configured, this value cannot be changed.
Note: Please refer to Section 2.8.3: Accounting Policy and Validation on page 85
for more information.
Storage Unit Size The integral units to be displayed in the
report file.
Bytes,
Kilobytes,
Megabytes,
Gigabytes
Terabytes
Bytes
Status Message Interval The number of seconds between status
messages sent to SSM by the Accounting
utility during an accounting run.
Any positive 32-
bit integer value.
300 seconds
Advice: Set the interval to zero (0) if no accounting status messages are desired.
Otherwise, for performance reasons, this value should be set to at least 15 seconds
Pathname of Executable
(Unix)
The UNIX path name of the accounting
utility executable.
Valid UNIX path
name.
/opt/hpss/bin/
hpss_acct
Advice: SSM should have execute privileges for the pathname.
Report File (Unix) The UNIX pathname where the generated
accounting report will be stored.
Any legal UNIX
pathname
/var/hpss/acct/
acct_report
Advice: SSM should have write access for the pathname.
Comment File (Unix) A UNIX pathname of an optional
commentary text file.
Empty, or any
legal UNIX
pathname
/var/hpss/acct/
acct
_commentary
Advice: This pathname is optional. If it exists, SSM must have read access to it.
Accounting Snapshot File
(SFS)
The Encina SFS filename of the
Accounting Snapshot metadata.
Any valid
Encina SFS
filename.
/.:/encina/sfs/
hpss/acctsnap