topic StorageGRID single admin node lost. Where is the Grid Manager local user stored including built-in root access ? access in Object Storage

StorageGRID single admin node lost. Where is the Grid Manager local user stored including built-in root access ? access

Chun_Chiang — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:28:51 GMT

In a StorageGRID deployment with only one Primary Admin Node, where is the Grid Manager local user database (including the built-in root account) stored? If the Primary Admin Node is completely lost and only the Recovery Package remains, how is the root account recovered?

Thanks.

Chun Chiang

Re: StorageGRID single admin node lost. Where is the Grid Manager local user stored including built-in root access ? access

Chun_Chiang — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:51:52 GMT

According to https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/storagegrid/maintain/recovering-from-primary-admin-node-failures.html

and

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/storagegrid/maintain/restoring-admin-node-database-primary-admin-node.html

Recovery package store node configuration and node password.

admin node database store historical states.

Prometheus metrics database store metrics values.

where the Grid Manager local users and groups are store ?

Re: StorageGRID single admin node lost. Where is the Grid Manager local user stored including built-in root access ? access

Chun_Chiang — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:25:38 GMT

or how to backup Grid Manager local users/groups and ILM police on a single admin node grid ?

Re: StorageGRID single admin node lost. Where is the Grid Manager local user stored including built-in root access ? access

Chun_Chiang — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:22:20 GMT

It seems StorageGRID stores users/groups/ILM policies in grid storage nodes.