RAL T1 weekly ops Fabric 20110606

Developments

• All:

• Tim:

• James A:
  • Worked on job plan.
  • General Quattor assistance.
  • Closed out work on CLF array.
  • Performed bulk renewal of ~300 storage node certificates.

• Cheney
  • DMF had broken file system
  • tidy up backups
  • write backup status monitoring prog
  • fix disk arrays
  • set up storageD monitor

• Kash:
  • Drive replacement.
  • Fixing broken WNs.
  • Decommissioning old disk servers/batch systems.
  • gdss365 start testing after re-creating raid array.
  • Viglen 2007 all disk servers firmware update. (ongoing)
  • Update firmware on Jetstor systems.(ongoing) Updated on three.
  • Contacted with Areca support regarding problems with SL08 disk servers.
  • Add (SL09, V09 and SL10) in Adaptec Storage Manager for monitoring. (Ongoing)
  • gdss135 kernel-panic.
  • Updated Adaptec StorMan on all SL09 and Viglen 09 disk servers.
  • gdss294 re-created raid array.

• Martin:
  • Installed C300 #2 in Tel9
  • Installed Tier1 Castor Services 4 + 10 T10KC tape servesr + Arista switch
  • eMROG
  • Various management stuff

• Ian:
  • Job plan
  • Common Ops Virtualisation work
  • Began setting up EqualLogic iSCSI demo unit
  • Began work on managed provision workflow
  • Induction for editing escience external website

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

• All

• Tim:

• Cheney
  • Backups

• James A:
  • Open Day logistics and plannning.
  • Closing out tickets.
  • Work on Storage ITT.

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

• Martin:
  • Work on MAIA systems
  • Database config for Facilities Castor
  • Maintenance for C300 #1
  • Procurement stuff

• Ian:
  • Further EqualLogic evaluation
  • Further provisioning workflow in RT
  • Disk ITT review
  • Prep for Edinburgh HEP Computing workshop
  • Prep for TDG CVMFS talk
  • Tier1 Quattor refactoring workday (Friday)

Fabric On-Call

• Ian Primary - Monday - Sunday

Services Issues

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RAL Tier1 weekly operations fabric

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