RAL Tier1 weekly operations Grid 20091109

Summary of Previous Week

Alastair
- Started working on ATLAS code to test different permissions at the Tier 1.
- Updated User Board CPU allocations.
- Continued work producing list of experiment requirements.
- Helped Brian with the disk server problems on gdss403.

Catalin
- re-installed WMS03 and made it hotswappable
- completed FronTier for ATLAS installation/configuration
- progress with SL5 VOBOX for Alice
- various glite and kernel upgrades

Derek
- Incorporated comments on Quattor status talk
- Attending Quattor workshop
- Set lcgce01 to Production Status
Matt
- Backout 64-bit torque/maui on scheduler
- Metrics feedback to Mayo
- Tested footprints helpdesk for tracking Grid Service issues; provided feedback to Gareth
Richard
- Updated Job Plan
- CASTOR activities: Built a complete set of Quattor templates for the 4 machines in new pre-prod instance (and exposed a couple of bugs in Quattor in the process!)
Mayo
- Collected some feedback on the new Metric Gathering System prototype
- Created report view for new Metric Gathering System
- Begun writing script to extract data from Nagios-alarm-response-Grid spreadsheet for importing in to svn
- Working on script for automating data collection of tape robot statistics into a spreadsheet

Description	Start	End	Affected VO(s)	Severity	Status
PBS service failed to restart	2009-11-05 13:15	2009-11-05 13:50	All	Minor	Resolved by rolling back to 32-bit torque/maui

Alastair
- Continue with any remaining training/Tutorials
- Test prod/poweruser0/user permissions at the Tier 1.
- Produce first draft of experiment requirements by Wednesday.
- Work on more efficient code for testing checksums on a disk server.

Andrew
- Deploy gdss383 to cmsFarmRead
- Continue work on automated generation of UB Schedule spreadsheet
- Add MySQL client, Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel to lcgui02
- Continue learning about ProdAgent
- Continue investigating ReadAhead and LazyDownload on CMS skimming jobs
- R89 machine room training
Catalin
- finish deployment of SL5 VOBOX for Alice
- deploy 2nd ALICE VOBOX (see Fabric helpdesk request)
- kernel upgrades
Derek
- Investigate/deploy SCAS
Matt
- Disaster recovery planning
Richard
- CASTOR activities: Add support for castor config files into Quattor templates
- Apply the recent quattor experience to completing quattor config/build for BDII servers
Mayo
- Collect more feedback on prototype system
- Working on additional functionality for future releases of the Metric System
- Continue work on script for extracting data from Nagios-alarm-response-Grid spreadsheet for importing into svn
- Continue work on script for automating tape robot spreadsheet

Description	Hosts	Type	Start	End	Affected VO(s)
kernel upgrades	all CEs	at risk	Wed 11 Nov 09:30	Wed 11 Nov 12:00	all

Description	Required By	Priority	Status
Hardware for 2nd ALICE SL5 64bit VOBOX	16 Nov 2009	High	Request to re-deploy lcg0614 (ALICE SW WN) as SL5 VOBOX (using quattor or not) - RT#53338
Hardware for LHCb SL5 64bit VOBOX	25 Nov 2009	Medium	Request for HW allocation (RT#53392)
Hardware for testing LFC/FTS resilience		High	DataServices want to deploy a DataGuard configuration to test LFC/FTS resilience; request for HW made through RT Fabric queue
Hardware for PPS		High	We have made a commitment to test PPS pre-releases, and have no hardware dedicated for this.