A NIM Guide for PIs, PI Proxies and Project Managers

Allocations are made to project accounts which are called repositories (repos). Every year Principal Investigators or their designated PI Proxies, apply for funding for both existing and new repositories. For information on the allocations process, see the Energy Research Computing Allocations Process page.

The PI or PI Proxy may designate Project Managers who help to administer the project. PIs, PI Proxies and Project Managers can request user additions to and deletions from their repositories using the NIM web interface.

• Check account usage
• Update a user's contact information
• Add a user to a repository
• Add a user to a Unix file group
• Delete a user from a project
• Change a User's Project Role (to/from PI Proxy, etc.)
• Change User Quotas (Repo Percentages)
• Set your User List for the next allocation year
• Transfer Resources

Check Account Usage

Check a User's Account Usage

To look up a user's account usage:

1. Select Login Name from the pull-down menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type in the login name and click Go.

View MPP Charges and Usage by Users in a Repository

To view the MPP charges by users in a repository:

1. Select Repository from the pull-menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type the MPP repository name in the box, and click Go.
3. Then click the MPP Usage, User %s tab.

View HPSS Charges and Usage by Users

To view the HPSS charges by users;

1. Select Repository from the pull-menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type the HPSS repository name in the box, and click Go.
3. Then click the HPSS Usage, User %s tab.

Update a User's Contact Information

1. Select Login Name from the pull-down menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type in the login name and click Go.
3. Click the Contact Info tab.
4. In the area under the tabs, click the Update link.
5. Make updates as necessary.
6. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

Add a user to a repository

1. Select Add/Revive User from the My Stuff pull down in the NIM Main Menu.
2. This brings up a dialogue box in the upper right frame. Enter the user's last name in the box.
3. If NERSC users with similar last names are found they will be listed in the bottom frame. If the user you want to add appears in this list, click on the Add this user to repo or Revive this user link to add them to your repo(s). Otherwise, if the user does not yet exist at NERSC, click the Add new person to NIM link at the bottom of the list.
4. Once you enter the data for the new account, it will go into a pending status until we review and approve it.
5. Upon approval, the user will be sent an email from support@nersc.gov containing a Welcome Letter and providing them with instructions to sign and fax us a Computer Use Policy form.
6. Once we receive the form, we will associate it with the user's account which will then be activated. The user must then call us to receive their access information.

Add a user to a file group

1. Select People/Logins from the Search pull down in the NIM Main Menu.
2. This brings up a dialogue box in the upper right frame. Enter the user's last name in the box.
3. If NERSC users with similar last names are found they will be listed in the bottom frame. Find the user you want to add and click on his/her name.
4. Click on the tab Unix Groups for that user. At the bottom of the page, you will find a link "Add this user to another Unix group." Click on this link.
5. Choose filegroup, and click save.

Delete a user from a project

1. Select Repository from the pull-menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type one of the project's repository names in the box, and click Go.
3. Click the User Roles & Contact Info tab.
4. In the area under the tabs, click the Update link.
5. An updatable list of repository users will appear. Find the row for the user you wish to delete. In the Role column, change the user's role to Deleted.
6. Go to the bottom of the page, and click the Save All Rows button.

Changing a User's Project Role (to/from PI Proxy, etc.)

1. Select Repository from the pull-menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type one of the project's repository names in the box, and click Go.
3. Click the User Roles & Contact Info tab.
4. In the area under the tabs, click the Update link.
5. An updatable list of repository users will appear. In the Role column, change the user's role to one of PI Proxy, Project Manager, User, or Deleted.
6. Go to the bottom of the page, and click the Save All Rows button.

Changing a User's Quota (or Repo Percentage)

1. Select Repository from the pull-menu in the gray "quick search" box in the NIM Main Menu.
2. Type the repository name in the box, and click Go.
3. Click the MPP Usage, User %s tab or the HPSS Usage, User %s tab.
4. In the area under the tabs, click the Edit user percentages link.
5. In the resulting page, adjust the numbers in the boxes in the % Allowed column.
6. Go to the bottom of the page, and click the Save All Rows button.

Set your User List for the next allocation year

1. For each project that is continuing into the next allocation year, enter its repository name next to the Go button underneath "Quick Search" in the NIM main menu. Your project information will be displayed in the bottom frame.
2. Click on the "User Status by Repo" tab. Under your project name you will see two Format options. Click on "Update". Review and if necessary, change the settings in the "Status for next FY" column. Click the Save All Rows button located at the bottom of this frame to save your changes.

Transfer Resources

Transfer Resources

To transfer resources from a repository you administer to another repository, select Transfer Resources from the Actions menu.