Difference between revisions of "RAL Tier1 weekly operations castor 08/06/2018"
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− | VMware CASTOR headnodes passed functional tests [https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/bin/view/EScienceInternal/CreationOfTheNewCASTORTier1TapeInstance CASTOR plan page] | + | Vcert DB upgraded to the latest CASTOR schemas and VMware CASTOR headnodes passed functional tests [https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/bin/view/EScienceInternal/CreationOfTheNewCASTORTier1TapeInstance CASTOR plan page] |
RA writing a new accounting system to match WLCG archival requirements | RA writing a new accounting system to match WLCG archival requirements |
Latest revision as of 13:06, 8 June 2018
Contents
Draft agenda
1. Problems encountered this week
2. Upgrades/improvements made this week
3. What are we planning to do next week?
4. Long-term project updates (if not already covered)
1. SL5 elimination from CIP and tape verification server 2. CASTOR stress test improvement 3. Generic CASTOR headnode setup 4. Aquilonised headnodes
5. Special topics
6. Actions
7. Review Fabric tasks
1. Link
8. AoTechnicalB
9. Availability for next week
10. On-Call
11. AoOtherB
Operation problems
* Issues with the CIP
* gdss733, gdss801 and gdss817 failed and went out of production
* Roundabout route of diamond recalls via facD0T1
Operation news
* CASTOR Facilities DHCP patching done on Thu 31/05
* Tape accounting system has been deployed and some feed back has been received
Plans for next few weeks
* Leave gdss801 in RO because it has faulty battery
* RA to deploy the new information system for tape
* Need to gracefully shut down the current information system
* Sort out status of the remaining SL5 tape verification server
Long-term projects
Vcert DB upgraded to the latest CASTOR schemas and VMware CASTOR headnodes passed functional tests CASTOR plan page
RA writing a new accounting system to match WLCG archival requirements
Actions
JK to investigate why ralreplicas fails and submit a "bug" report
RA/BD: Run GFAL unit tests against CASTOR. Get them here: https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2/tree/develop/test/
GP/RA to write a Nagios test to check for large number of requests on the NewRequests DB table that remain for a long time - the check will run every xxx min (to be aggreed with Production) and issue an alarm if the number exceeds 1,000 for an extended period of time (15 min)
Staffing
RA on call for next week