RAL Tier1 weekly operations castor 04/01/2010
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Contents
Summary of Previous Week
- Kernel updates on castor machines (All)
Developments for this week
- UPS bypass intervention (Chris, Cheney)
- Catch up with all the problems from Chrismas period (Chris, Cheney, Brian)
- Investigating RmMaster problems on Gen after kernel update (Chris)
- Resolving zero size entry (/entries - TBC) in NS for Atlas (Brian, Chris)
- Investigating BigID on Atlas (DB Team, Shaun, Chris)
- Generate list of files from gdss70, one of LHCB disk servers (Chris)
Ongoing work
- Investigate lhcbUser D2D copy problems (Matthew)
Operations Issues
- Continuing SCSI errors appearing on rack nodes connected to Overland. Power related?
Blocking issues
- Lack of Quattor configuration files for SLC4.8 is stopping us evaluating Quattor alongside CASTOR 2.1.8. Preprod setup will initially proceed with a Kickstart-based deployment.
- Preprod DB can only be delivered after EMC testing is done (1st week after Jan'10)
Planned, Scheduled and Cancelled Interventions
- UPS bypass test (5/12/10 downtime)
- Switch back to EMC kit (at-risk during Jan, date TBC)
- Upgrade of memory to DB node (5 day at-risk during Jan, date TBC)
- Replace DB voting disk (downtime during Jan, date TBC)
Advanced Planning
- Gen upgrade to 2.1.8 2010Q1
- Install/enable gridftp-internal on Gen (This year/before 2.1.8 upgrade)
Staffing
- Castor on Call person: Chris
- A/L: Tim - Monday
- A/L: Shaun - Monday-Wednesday
- A/L: Matt - Monday-Tuesday (next week)