FTS version 1.5 help

This page collects all the necessary information and advice on how to install, configure and operate release 1.5 of FTS.

Release 1.5 of FTS is packaged with gLite release 3.0. See FtsANoteOnVersions.

Changes

Changes from release 1.4 are described in FtsChangesFrom14To15.

Software installation and configuration

Deployment scenarios

Possible deployment scenarios are shown in FtsServerDeploy13.

Server upgrade from 1.4

The upgrade procedure from 1.4 is described in FtsServerUpgrade14to15.

New installation

The fresh 1.5 server install is described in FtsServerInstall15.

The client install and test is described in FtsClientInstall15

Administration

Server administration (starting, stopping, logfiles, etc) is described in FtsServerAdmin15.

Channel administration is described in FtsChannelAdmin15.

VO administration functions are described in FtsVOAdmin15.

What channels should I set up?

See:

https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/pub/LCG/FtsServerInstall15/SC4FTSsetupplan.doc

which describes what transfers your site is resposible for in the WLCG infrastructure (the recommended channels to set up and which channel you should not set up).

The channels to setup for an example Tier-1 site are described in FtsServerDeployExampleTier1.

Regional Operations Centre instructions and procedures

Instructions and procedures for Regional Operation Centres which have been assigned FTS tickets in GGUS are in FtsRocProcedure15.

CERN Procedures

Service procedures are described in FtsProcedures15.

Validation

Oracle validation

The 1.5 FTS has been validated against:

• using 10gR2 Oracle InstantClient (10.2.0.1) against Oracle 10gR1 RAC database.
• using 10gR2 Oracle InstantClient (10.2.0.1) against Oracle 10gR2 RAC database.

See FTSvalidationonOracle10gR2release.pdf for more details.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions are given in DMFtsSupport.

Previous releases

Information about release 1.4 of FTS is still available at FtsRelease14 although it is recommended to upgrade to 1.5.

Information about release 1.3 of FTS is still available at FtsRelease13 although it is recommended to upgrade to 1.5.

Information about release 1.1.2 of FTS is still available at GliteFTSInformation although it is recommended to upgrade to 1.5.

Last edit: GavinMcCance on 2007-06-20 - 11:29

Maintainer: GavinMcCance