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Enable view-user-data

Instructions

  1. Select Users & Groups / Manage Users
  2. Ensure Users is selected in Group Name
  3. Click Search

Note

By Default in versions 7.2+, an admin or group admin cannot manage the buckets and objects of users within the CMC (admin can still manage S3 credentials of users, therefore utilizing an external S3 client will allow admins to manage user objects) Notice under ACTIONS, there is no view user data option.
Lets change the config to allow this function.

Configuration Change using HSH

Instructions

  1. Log-in to your config node1 using SSH as sa_admin user and CMC admin password
  2. Open the common.csv configuration file 
    hspkg config --edit common.csv
  3. In the 'vi' editor, type /cmc_view_user_data to search for the config option
  4. Edit the file and set the following: cmc_view_user_data,true

Instructions

  1. Press Esc key to ensure you are not in edit mode
  2. Then Press Shift Key + Z + Z to save and quit the file common.csv
  3. Run the cloudianInstall.sh script 
    hspkg install
  4. Choose option 2) Cluster Management then option b) Push Configuration Setting to Cluster
  5. Press Enter to push changes to all nodes. Remember to exit the script on completion.

Create Bucket

Info

Some application buckets require a unique Storage Policy to be assigned to them, for instance Veeam. Be aware of the application requirements so you can ensure your bucket/storage policy configuration is correct.

Instructions

  1. Select Users & Groups then Manage Users
  2. Ensure Users is selected in Group Name
  3. Click Search
    You can now see the View User data under Actions
    Click View User Data to create a new bucket for the user.

Instructions

  1. Type “myrf3bucket” in Bucket Name
  2. Select RF3 Storage Policy
  3. Click Create

Notice that you cannot enable Object Lock on this bucket. The reason is shown if you hover over the Disable button.

Warning

You can only enable Object Lock on a bucket at creation, you cannot enable Object Lock later

Upload Data to Bucket

Instructions

  1. Logout from the Admin user
  2. Login as the User you created in Chapter 2
  3. Ensure Buckets and Objects Selected
  4. Click Objects Tab
  5. Select “myrf3bucket”
  6. Click Upload File
  7. Click + Add files
  8. Choose 5K and 50K Files from the course materials
  9. Click Start Upload
  10. Ensure Upload completes successfully
  11. Logout of the User session

Locate Object

Instructions

  1. Login as Admin User
  2. Select Analytics Tab
  3. Select Object Locator Sub-Tab
  4. Type “myrf3bucket” in Bucket Name
  5. Type 5k in Object Name
  6. Click Find
  7. Validate Type as “REPLICAS”
  8. Validate that there are 3 Separate Replicas

Instructions

  1. Type 50k in Object Name
  2. Click Find
  3. Validate Type as “REPLICAS”
  4. Validate that there are 3 Separate Replicas

Info

Note that currently the object locator does not support wildcard as entries. You must put in exact Bucket / Object names.