RAL T1 weekly ops Fabric 20110509

Developments (last week)

• All:

• Tim:
  • Metrics
  • Chasing usless Oracle to get T10KC drives installed
  • Central Backup stuff
  • DMF tape usage
  • DMF futures and costs
  • Castor tape funny.

• James A:
  • Annual Leave

• Cheney
  • Writing job plan
  • Metrics
  • Solaris amanda testing
  • RCG meeting
  • Boot up thought bubble website for RDG peeps.
  • Extract amanda data to database
  • Writing DSM, disk server stats.
  • Didn't go to any conferences

• Kash:
  • Drive replacement.
  • Fixing broken WNs.
  • Decommissioning old batch systems.(R 27)
  • quattor02 is not showing more SCSI errors after driver and firmware updates.
  • Viglen 2007 all disk servers firmware update. (ongoing)
  • Update firmware on Jetstor systems.(ongoing) Updated on three.
  • gdss502 started acceptance test for 7 days.
  • Use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor Storage servers. (SL09, V09 and SL10)
  • SL08 testing 3 disk servers with multiple drives failure and failed array.
  • Replaced two CV10 nodes.
  • gdss293 started memory test.
  • Added IPMI addresses for NC rack systems in dhcp and network spreadsheet.
  • gdss206 taken out of production due to multiple drive failures.
  • Booked review meeting with Andrew and James for Fabric metrics for other hardware failures

• Martin:
  • HEPiX

• Ian:
  • HEPiX
  • Planning switching Atlas production using CVMFS
  • Science Oxford talk (before bank holiday weekend)

Operational Issues and Incidents

Index	Description	Start	End	Severity	Affected VO(s)

Summary of plans for week ahead

Scheduled and Cancelled Down Times

Type=Down/At Risk/Cancelled entries in/planned to go to GOCDB

Component	Description	Start	End	Affected VO(s)	Type

Development priorities (Coming week)

• All

• Tim:
  • Central Backup Document
  • T10KBs on DMF
  • SDB production service planning
  • More hassel for Oracle till C drives installed
  • Chat to SSC about re-newing framework agreements

• Cheney
  • Solaris amanda testing
  • Set up backups webpage
  • Chomp the infosec for amanda
  • Think about training and how-tos for amanda

• James A:
  • Catching up after leave.
  • Clearing ticket backlog.

• Kash:
  • Drive replacement.
  • Fixing broken WNs.
  • Hardware failure metrics continue.
  • Continue SL08 testing.
  • Continuous decommissioning old batch systems.(R 27)
  • Continue Labelling racks and systems in UPS and HPD room.

• Martin:
  • Database systems installations
  • Job plans
  • SLM stuff
  • ESC/CICT common ops program meeting
  • Networking issues
  • Catch up

• Ian:
  • Switch Atlas production to use CVMFS
  • Joint e-Science/CICT project meeting
  • EGI User Virtualisation meeting (Thurday/Friday)
  • Catching up

Absences

• Ian out Thursday-Friday
• Tim - Out Tuesday

Fabric On-Call

• Ian -Primary - Monday - Tuesday & Saturday-Sunday
• Kash Fabric on-call Wednesday-Friday

Services Issues

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RAL Tier1 weekly operations fabric

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