RAL Tier1 weekly operations castor 11/04/2011
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Operations News
- CMS are trialling a configuration whereby cmsFarmRead is used to access files instead of cmsWanOut, removing the need to do mass disk2disk copying.
Operations Issues
none
Blocking Issues
- Lack of production-class hardware running ORACLE 10g needs to be resolved prior to CASTOR for Facilities going into full production. Has arrived and we are awaiting installation.
Planned, Scheduled and Cancelled Interventions
Entries in/planned to go to GOCDB
| Description | Start | End | Type | Affected VO(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade LHCb SRMs to 2.10-2 | 12 April 11:00 | 12 March 13:00 | Downtime | LHCb |
| Upgrade CMS SRMs to 2.10-2 | 13 April 11:00 | 13 March 13:00 | Downtime | CMS |
| Upgrade ATLAS SRMs to 2.10-2 | 14 April 11:00 | 14 March 13:00 | Downtime | ATLAS |
| Upgrade Gen SRMs to 2.10-2 | 15 April 11:00 | 15 March 13:00 | Downtime | Gen |
Advanced Planning
- Upgrade of CASTOR clients on WNs to 2.1.10-0
- Upgrade tape subsystem to 2.1.10-1 which allows us to support files >2TB
- Move Tier1 instances to new Database infrastructure which with a Dataguard backup instance in R26
- Upgrade Facilities instance to 2.1.10-0
- Move Facilities instance to new Database hardware running 10g
- Upgrade SRMs to 2.10-3 which incorporates
- VOMS support
- Start migrating from T10KA to T10KC media later this year
- Quattorization of remaining SRM servers
- Hardware upgrade and Quattorization of CASTOR headnodes
Staffing
- Castor on Call person: Matthew
- Staff absence/out of the office:
- Matthew (Mon PM)
