- Add a Copytool to an HSM Agent node

# Add a Copytool to an HSM Agent node

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1. | At the menu bar, click the Configuration drop-down menu and click HSM.

2. | At the bottom of the window, click + Add Copytool.

3. | At the Add Copytool form, set the following fields:

a. | File system: Specify file system for which this copytool will perform HSM actions.

b. | Worker: This is the POSIX HSM Agent node that you configured in Add an HSM Agent node. Each copytool instance has its own Agent node, so there may be several. Note that copytool is multi-threaded, so it is able to support multiple simultaneous HSM operations.

c. | Path to the HSM agent binary: The file system path to the copytool binary on the worker. For the POSIX copytool provided with Intel® EE for Lustre* software, the path is /usr/sbin/lhsmtool_posix). This was installed on the agent when you configured the HSM Agent node. If another copytool has been installed, it likely resides at another location.

d. | HSM agent arguments (optional): This is a vendor-specific list of copytool arguments. Consult your HSM vendor documentation for the applicable arguments. Note: Do not provide any flags that will cause the copytool process to be run in the background (e.g. --daemon); this interferes with the ability of Intel® Manager for Lustre* software to control and monitor the copytool process.

e. | File system mount point: The file system mount point on the worker node. Copytool instances require client access to their associated file system.

f. | Archive number: The storage back-end number. Change this number only if your site policies require multiple storage back-ends. If there is only one archive available for the file system, set the archive number to "1" (the default). For more information, consult the "Lustre Operations Manual", Section 22.3.1: Archive ID, multiple back-ends.

4. | To commit this configuration, click Save.

See Start the Copytool.