2009-05-25: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 47 was released to pre-production and it is currently in phase of deployment testing
The update contains

• LFC v1.7.2 + YAIM (PATCH:2969)(PATCH:2970)(PATCH:2992)(PATCH:2988)
  • Two new methods have been added to the LFC server and the API for the bulk removal or addition of entries.
• Cream and CEMon clients on VOBOX (PATCH:2996)
• submission to ARC CE enabled on WMS (PATCH:2964)
• WMS 3.2 for SLC4 + YAIM (PATCH:2954)(PATCH:2597)(PATCH:2896)
  • important code re-structuring featuring:
    • parallel match-making
    • ISM: restructured algorithm for matchmaking in case of data requirements specified in the JDL.
    • added support for IPv6
    • improved error reporting for DAGs
    • run-time selection of LB type: server or proxy.
    • the jobwrapper template is now cached at each WM start (restart to re-load any change)
    • restructured jobwrapper (also removed perl dependencies)
    • dumping the ISM can be done more often at a lesser cost, simply by creating a jobdir request (basically a file) like this one: [ command = "ism_dump"; ]
    • this code baseline is ready to support Grid Site Delegtion 2, at the moment disabled given that for backward-compatibility needs coming from external packages the project has been build agains Gridsite 1.1.18
  • Working version of ICE for submission to CREAM
  • Release notes in https://twiki.cnaf.infn.it/cgi-bin/twiki/view/EgeeJra1It/ReleaseNotes2597
• dCache 1.9.1-7 Sever and 1.9.0-9 Client release (PATCH:2868)(PATCH:2869)
  • Info service and info provider
  • Permanent registration of deleted files
  • SRM Client Tools
  • Log4j Runtime User Interface
  • dCacheConfigure Script
• PATCH:2922 New version of glite-info-templates introducing the Glue attribute GlueHostProcessorOtherDescription
• PATCH:2841 New version of glite-info-provider-service to publish the gatekeeper and the RTEpublisher services.
• PATCH:2851 several minor fixes for lcg-info-dynamic-scheduler
• glite-yaim-lcg-ce 4.0.5 featuring the changes in the infosys on the CE + other bug fixes (PATCH:2840)
• Torque and Maui Patches fixing a vulnerability (PATCH:2590)(PATCH:2704)(PATCH:2707)(PATCH:2709)

2009-05-20: gLite 3.2 PPS Update 02 was released to pre-production and it is currently in phase of deployment testing
The update contains

• first version of the gLite UI for SLC5 (PATCH:2875)
• MyProxy client on the WN (needed for the ATLAS PanDA pilot job framework) (PATCH:2925)

2009-05-12: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 46 was released to production
The update affects the client nodes (UI WN and VOBOXes) and will contain:

• New DPM and LFC version 1.7.0 (PATCH:2563, PATCH:2564).
  • LCG-DM 1.7.0-5
  • srmCopy has been fully implemented
  • WLCG SRM MoU requirements:
  • support for multiple groups on spaces
  • SRM2.2 srmReleaseFiles can be used without a requestToken
  • srmLs can return information about the spaces in which a file resides
  • new dpm-listspaces CLI, which will also serve as information provider
  • ready for SLC5
    Note the 1.7 series of the DPM requires a database schema change with respect to earlier versions. The YAIM script will automatically do this. However as a precaution the DPM databases should be backed up before doing the upgrade.
• VOMS client version 1.8.12-1 (PATCH:2771 and PATCH:2908)

2009-05-05: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 46 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 12th of May will affect the client nodes (UI WN and VOBOXes) and will contain:

• New DPM and LFC version 1.7.0 (PATCH:2563, PATCH:2564).
  • LCG-DM 1.7.0-5
  • srmCopy has been fully implemented
  • WLCG SRM MoU requirements:
  • support for multiple groups on spaces
  • SRM2.2 srmReleaseFiles can be used without a requestToken
  • srmLs can return information about the spaces in which a file resides
  • new dpm-listspaces CLI, which will also serve as information provider
  • ready for SLC5
    Note the 1.7 series of the DPM requires a database schema change with respect to earlier versions. The YAIM script will automatically do this. However as a precaution the DPM databases should be backed up before doing the upgrade.
• VOMS client version 1.8.12-1 (PATCH:2771 and PATCH:2908)

2009-05-04: gLite 3.1 Update 45 was released to production
The update affects the client nodes (UI WN and VOBOXes) and it will contain:

• New GFAL (1.11.4) and lcg_util 1.7.2. (PATCH:2785;PATCH:2783)
• Addition of glite-wn-info to return information about subcluster from a WN (PATCH:2757;PATCH:2758)
• New yaim core and yaim clients
  • version 4.0.6 with many bug fixes.
  • version 4.0.7 fixing some issues needed by GFAL and lcg_util.
  • The two consecutive versions of YAIM are released at the same time in order to have a complete list of fixed issues, but sites will need to install only the latest one.

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

2009-05-01: Pilot service of glexec/SCAS: in progress

• The following message was sent out on the 1st of May by John Gordon on behalf of the WLCG Management Board
  

• Replies received from
  • ASGC
  • GRIF

• A new version of glexec PATCH:2973 was produced by the developers fixing among others an incompatibility we observed with CREAM
• The new version will be available to the sites for installation on Wednesday
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-04-30: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Restricted check-point meeting held on the 30th
• limited to CMS and sites providing support for ICE testing
• Need for production CREAM instances to support CMS
• Action plan defined for the integration in CRAB of one WMS-ICE connected to the production CREAM instances
• Minutes at https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPIslandFollowUp2009x04x30
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-04-29: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 46 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 12th of May will affect the client nodes (UI WN and VOBOXes) and will contain:

• New DPM and LFC version 1.7.0 (PATCH:2563, PATCH:2564).
  • LCG-DM 1.7.0-5
  • srmCopy has been fully implemented
  • WLCG SRM MoU requirements:
  • support for multiple groups on spaces
  • SRM2.2 srmReleaseFiles can be used without a requestToken
  • srmLs can return information about the spaces in which a file resides
  • new dpm-listspaces CLI, which will also serve as information provider
  • ready for SLC5
    Note the 1.7 series of the DPM requires a database schema change with respect to earlier versions. The YAIM script will automatically do this. However as a precaution the DPM databases should be backed up before doing the upgrade.
• VOMS client version 1.8.12-1 (PATCH:2771 and PATCH:2908)

2009-04-27: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 46 went through deployment testing
This release contains a number of patches. The most relevant fixes are summarised below:

• *Rejected from PPS*SCAS has been certified and is released to PPS for the first time. There's also a new version of gLExec fixing some outstanding issues.
• WMS and Cream CE fixes that are already in Production.
• New DPM and LFC version 1.7.0 (PATCH:2563, PATCH:2564).
  • LCG-DM 1.7.0-5
  • srmCopy has been fully implemented
  • WLCG SRM MoU requirements:
  • support for multiple groups on spaces
  • SRM2.2 srmReleaseFiles can be used without a requestToken
  • srmLs can return information about the spaces in which a file resides
  • new dpm-listspaces CLI, which will also serve as information provider
  • ready for SLC5
    Note the 1.7 series of the DPM requires a database schema change with respect to earlier versions. The YAIM script will automatically do this. However as a precaution the DPM databases should be backed up before doing the upgrade.
• New GFAL and lcg_util.
• New yaim core and yaim clients basically fixing some issues needed by GFAL and lcg_util.
• fetch-crl update.
• AMGA is now published in the Information System.
• WN contains now myproxy client.

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE46/

2009-04-24: Pilot service of glexec/SCAS: in progress

• Check-point meeting held on the 24th
• installation at IN2P3 in progress
• a new version of glexec is expected on Tuesday fixing an incompatibility we observed with CREAM
• Lancaster site from UK joined the pilot
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57611
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-04-20: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 45 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 29th of April will affect the client nodes (UI WN and VOBOXes) and will contain:

• New GFAL (1.11.4) and lcg_util 1.7.2. (PATCH:2785;PATCH:2783)
• Addition of glite-wn-info to return information about subcluster from a WN (PATCH:2757;PATCH:2758)
• New yaim core and yaim clients
  • version 4.0.6 with many bug fixes.
  • version 4.0.7 fixing some issues needed by GFAL and lcg_util.
  • The two consecutive versions of YAIM are released at the same time in order to have a complete list of fixed issues, but sites will need to install only the latest one

2009-04-17: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 46 was released to pre-production and it is currently on phase of deployment testing
This release contains a big amount of patches. The most relevant fixes are summarised below:

• SCAS has been certified and is released to PPS for the first time. There's also a new version of gLExec fixing some outstanding issues.
• WMS and Cream CE fixes that are already in Production.
• New DPM and LFC version 1.7.0 (PATCH:2563, PATCH:2564).
  • LCG-DM 1.7.0-5
  • srmCopy has been fully implemented
  • WLCG SRM MoU requirements:
  • support for multiple groups on spaces
  • SRM2.2 srmReleaseFiles can be used without a requestToken
  • srmLs can return information about the spaces in which a file resides
  • new dpm-listspaces CLI, which will also serve as information provider
  • ready for SLC5
    Note the 1.7 series of the DPM requires a database schema change with respect to earlier versions. The YAIM script will automatically do this. However as a precaution the DPM databases should be backed up before doing the upgrade.
• New GFAL and lcg_util.
• New yaim core and yaim clients basically fixing some issues needed by GFAL and lcg_util.
• fetch-crl update.
• AMGA is now published in the Information System.
• WN contains now myproxy client.

2009-04-14: gLite 3.1 Update 44 was released to production
The update contains:

• Updates for CREAM and CEMon Clients (PATCH:2845)
• Updates to CREAM CEs (PATCH:2748) + YAIM for CREAM (PATCH:2750)
• Fix for a critical issue recently introduced in the WMSUI (jobs submission failing when multiple WMSs are configured and the selected one is draining, BUG:48598) (PATCH:2928)

2009-04-08: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 44 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 14th of April will contain:

• Updates for CREAM and CEMon Clients (PATCH:2845)
• Updates to CREAM CEs (PATCH:2748) + YAIM for CREAM (PATCH:2750)
• Update of ICE for WMS (PATCH:2459) + YAIM for WMS (PATCH:2830)
• Fix for a critical issue recently introduced in the WMSUI (jobs submission failing when multiple WMSs are configured and the selected one is draining, BUG:48598) (PATCH:2928)

2009-04-08: Pilot service of glexec/SCAS: in progress

• Check-point meeting held on the 8th
• installation at IN2P3 was slowed down by incompatibilities with the WN deployment method applied locally
• While these issues are being fixed the decision was made to involve another centre in the pilot in order to allow LHCb and Atlas to continue testing
• The new SCAS error codes are now interpreted by LHCb's Dirac3
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=56204
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-04-06: gLite 3.1 Update 43 was released to production
The update, scheduled for the 6th of April will contain:

• Client nodes (WN, UI, VOBOX)
  • New version of YAIM clients enabling configuration of Service Discovery (PATCH:2596 PATCH:2672)
  • remove glite-security-lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface OBSOLETE dependency from glite-VOBOX (PATCH:2934)
• SGE: New info dynamic plugin + YAIM utils (PATCH:2720)
• VOMS 64 bit version
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs....64bit version (PATCH:2652)
  • dependency on mysql-server added

• Check-point meeting held on the 1st
• Decision was made to open a third phase of the pilot with the following goals
  • controlled roll-out of ICE WMS in the CMS production
  • test of the performance criteria for transition
• Details on the plans will be defined within next week * Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=54688
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-03-30: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 43 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 6th of April will contain:

• New version of YAIM clients enabling configuration of Service Discovery (PATCH:2596 PATCH:2672)
• VOMS:
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs....64bit version (PATCH:2652)
  • dependency on mysql-server added
• SGE: New info dynamic plugin + YAIM utils (PATCH:2720)

2009-03-30: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 44 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 14th of April will contain:

• Updates for CREAM and CEMon Clients (PATCH:2845)
• Updates to CREAM CEs (PATCH:2748) + YAIM for CREAM (PATCH:2750)
• Update of ICE for WMS (PATCH:2459) + YAIM for WMS (PATCH:2830)

PATCH:2928

BUG:48598

2009-03-27: gLite 3.1 Update 42 was released to production
The update, contains:

• Upgrade of BDII. The starting cache size used for the Berkeley Database in
  the BDII has been reduced from 1 GB to 50 MB. This should significantly reduce
  the memory footprint and still provide the necessary performance. (PATCH:2671) (PATCH:2679) *(PATCH:2701)(PATCH:2702): a dependency on 'which' is added to the WN as this program is required by several middleware modules and it is not always included in the OS distributions at the sites
• (PATCH:2680)(PATCH:2681): VDT 1.6.1 Release 9 - This version features the fix of a bug in globus (described in BUG:40734) that was causing troubles to 32bit programs using globus and running on 64bit machines. This fix affects almost all the middleware services
• R3.1/FTS 2.1: (PATCH:2761) (PATCH:2760) fix FTS job submission that sometimes ends up with an invalid delegated proxy certificate in the FTS service
• (PATCH:2858) (PATCH:2859): R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch

2009-03-24: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 42 to production in preparation
The patches fixing an issue with proxy delegation affecting the FTS were added to the list The update, scheduled for the 30th of March will contain:

• Upgrade of BDII. The starting cache size used for the Berkeley Database in
  the BDII has been reduced from 1 GB to 50 MB. This should significantly reduce
  the memory footprint and still provide the necessary performance. (PATCH:2671) (PATCH:2679) *(PATCH:2701)(PATCH:2702): a dependency on 'which' is added to the WN as this program is required by several middleware modules and it is not always included in the OS distributions at the sites
• (PATCH:2680)(PATCH:2681): VDT 1.6.1 Release 9 - This version features the fix of a bug in globus (described in BUG:40734) that was causing troubles to 32bit programs using globus and running on 64bit machines. This fix affects almost all the middleware services
• R3.1/FTS 2.1: (PATCH:2761) (PATCH:2760) fix FTS job submission that sometimes ends up with an invalid delegated proxy certificate in the FTS service
• (PATCH:2858) (PATCH:2859): R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch

2009-03-23: gLite 3.2 Update 01 was released to production
This is the first release of the 3.2 baseline and contains:

• WNs + Torque clients for SLC5
• signed rpm repository

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.2/x86_64/updates.asp

2009-03-20: Pilot service of glexec/SCAS: in progress

• Check-point meeting held on the 20th
• new PATCH:2892 certified (fixes for nfs issue observed at NIKHEF) will be distributed to sites in the pilot
• PanDA integration tests from Atlas successfully done at FZK. Next step: set-up of a regular test of glexec in PanDA
• LHCb tried out successfully the submission via Dirac3 at NIKHEF
• installation at IN2P3 will happen between 23rd and 27th of March. Atlas will integrate PanDA in the following week (end 4th of April). Behaviour of SCAS in load-balancing will be tried out.
• concern from site admins expressed for compatibility of the current version with SLC5 WNs due to production for the 23rd: tp be followed up
• pilot end-date moved to 30th of April, target date for the deployment in production
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=54505
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-03-18: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 43 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 6th of April will contain:

• Updates for CREAM and CEMon Clients (PATCH:2845)
• Updates to CREAM CEs (PATCH:2748) + YAIM for CREAM (PATCH:2750)
• Update of ICE for WMS (PATCH:2459) + YAIM for WMS (PATCH:2830)

2009-03-16: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 42 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 30th of March will contain: *(PATCH:2701)(PATCH:2702): a dependency on 'which' is added to the WN as this program is required by several middleware modules and it is not always included in the OS distributions at the sites

• (PATCH:2680)(PATCH:2681): VDT 1.6.1 Release 9 - This version features the fix of a bug in globus (described in BUG:40734) that was causing troubles to 32bit programs using globus and running on 64bit machines. This fix affects almost all the middleware services
• (PATCH:2858) (PATCH:2859): R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch

2009-03-16: Pilot service for BDII 5.0.0: call for sites
The EMT would like to promote the start-up of a pilot service in production focused on the new BDII 5.0.0. The pilot works will include (if appropriate) those patches affecting gip and BDII and currently available in pre-production. The analysis of the layout withe the detailed description of requirements is being carried out these days and will be circulated through a broadcast to sites and ROCs. Sites interested to join can already contact us at pps-support@cern.ch . Specifically ROCs and sites who recently raised the need for a speed-up in the delivery of the new BDII are definitely welcome to join.

2009-03-12: Release of gLite 3.2 Update 01 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 23rd of March will contain:

• New WNs for SLC5
• signed rpm repository

2009-03-11: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 45 went through the deployment tests and it is now being installed by the remaining PPS sites. The update contains:

• R3.1/FTS 2.1: (PATCH:2761) (PATCH:2760) fix FTS job submission that sometimes ends up with an invalid delegated proxy certificate in the FTS service
• (PATCH:2791) SL4/i386/CE - New lcg-info-dynamic-software package - was rejected
• (PATCH:2802) [ YAIM ] WMS configuration - clone #2642 - fix to VO information published by WMS, already released in production. This is for PPS synchronisation
• (PATCH:2858) (PATCH:2859) R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch
• (PATCH:2860) VOBOX with glite-info-provider-service dependency

2009-03-13: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Check-point meeting held on the 13th
• CERN-PROD now running two Cream CEs for Alice production
• CMS testing in progress against ice-WMS at CNAF
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=54498
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-03-06: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 45 was released to PPS and it is now going
through the deployment test. The update contains:

• R3.1/FTS 2.1: Fix to proxy delegation (PATCH:2761) (PATCH:2760)
• (PATCH:2791) SL4/i386/CE New lcg-info-dynamic-software package
• (PATCH:2802) [ YAIM ] WMS configuration - clone #2642 Normal
• (PATCH:2858) R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch Normal
• (PATCH:2859) R3.1 lcg-vomscerts-5.4.0 adds next cert for lcg-voms.cern.ch x86_64 Normal
• (PATCH:2860) VOBOX with glite-info-provider-service dependency Normal

2009-02-25: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Results of direct ans WMS bbased submission test against the CREAM CEs in the pilot are now available
  on the SAM PPS portal (https://pps-sam.cern.ch:8443/sam/sam.py),
  specifically at http://tinyurl.com/ctwfaz
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-02-25: Pilot service of glexec/SCAS: in progress

• Check-point meeting held on the 19th
• release of new version of glexec implementing the error codes scheduled on the 20th Feb
• release of new version of glexec implementing fault tolerance mechanism (support of multiple SCAS servers) on the 25th Feb
• Atlas will use the installaion at FZK to try the integration of the new error codes
• ramp-up of FZK production and IN2P3 re-scheduled to start the 6th of March
• first results of the certification stress tests are now available at
  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/SCAStestsresults
• NiKHEF has upgraded the production system with the current version
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=52981
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSCAS
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-02-23: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 44 went through deployment test and it
is now being installed by the remaining PPS sites. The update contains:

• New version of Cream CE. (PATCH:2667 ,PATCH:2669).
  Among others this version provides:
  • Short term proxy renewal solution in CREAM based CE
  • fixes in particular BUG:44712 (Problem with
    lcmaps conf file used for glexec) currently affecting Alice
• [ YAIM ] glite-yaim-core 4.0.6 with many bug fixes (PATCH:2636)(PATCH:2697)
• [BDII] Default DB cache size reduced to 50Mb(PATCH:2679) for x86_64
• [WN] New glite-wn-info command designed to be executed on the WN
  by a job submitter. It returns information about that worker node to be used
  in a grid context (PATCH:2757 ; PATCH:2758)

2009-02-20: Pilot service of WMS3.1: in progress

• new instances of WMS based on gLite 3.1 PPS Update43 set
  up at CNAF and SCAI and CERN-PROD
• PATCH:2802 was deployed introducing a fix to the WMS info provider
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotWMS31
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:9038

2009-02-20: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 41 to production in preparation
The update, scheduled for the 25th of February will contain:

• update to WMS 3.1 with numerous bug fixes
• New version of Cream CE. (PATCH:2667 ,PATCH:2669).
  Among others this version provides:
  • Short term proxy renewal solution in CREAM based CE
  • fixes in particular BUG:44712 (Problem with
    lcmaps conf file used for glexec) currently affecting Alice

2009-02-18: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Results of direct submission test against the CREAM CEs in the pilot are now available
  on the SAM PPS portal (https://pps-sam.cern.ch:8443/sam/sam.py),
  specifically at http://tinyurl.com/ctwfaz
• There is a new version of CREAM ready to be installed on the CREAM PPS pilot.
  Wrt the previous version, this release fixes bugs BUG:45913, BUG:46283, BUG:46684 and BUG:46916. This software corresponds to PATCH:2748.
• Check-point meeting held on the 18th
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=52236
• Installation in progress at various production sites including CERN-PROD
• A timeline was drafted for the release in production of the patches currently under test in the pilot
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-02-16: Definition of procedures for middleware roll-back: in progress
As previously announced, within the gLite release process we want to introduce
the concept of “roll-back” of a middleware update.
With the now coming PPS Update44 the PPS deployment test team is going to do
a test of the first implementation of the procedure.
This is done in this instance as a collaboration "una-tantum" as there are currently
no plans to introduce this test as a regular deployment test in PPS.

2008-02-16: Definition of early adopters of gLite releases (Staged roll-out)
As a follow-up of action 000344 from the [[https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/SA1_CoordinationTasks][SA1 coordination tasks]
we are publishing the prioritised list of the service currently NOT covered
by the Release Testing process.

• Last week we registered the site GRIF (France) for this activity
  
• The EGEE ROCs are welcome toindicate one or more sites that
  can cover one of more of the services below listed.
  Candidates should be forwarded to the list =pps-support@cern.ch=
  The selected sites should have a reasonable usage profile, in order for the to be meaningful
  The list is priority-oriented. So if a site can cover more services
  they should be selected starting from top.
  

• glite-WN (plain and re-locatable)
• glite-UI (plai and re-locatable)
• glite-TORQUE_client
• glite-TORQUE_server
• glite-TORQUE_utils
• glite-CONDOR_utils
• glite-LSF_utils
• glite-SGE_utils
• glite-MON
• glite-SE_dpm_disk
• glite-MON (registry)
• glite-MPI_utils
• glite-FTA_oracle
• glite-FTM
• glite-FTS_oracle
• glite-SE_dcache_admin_gdbm
• glite-SE_dcache_admin_postgres
• glite-SE_dcache_info
• glite-SE_dcache_pool
• glite-LFC_oracle
• glite-PX
• glite-CREAM_ce
• glite-SE_dpm_mysql
• glite-LFC_mysql
• glite-WMS
• glite-LB

• GRIF (glite_SE_dpm_mysql, glite_LFC_mysql, glite_WMS)
• GUP-CERTIF-TB lcg-CE, glite-BDII (site)
• SiGNET lcg-CE, glite-BDII (site)
• RAL glite-BDII (top)
• WCSS lcg-CE, glite-SE_dpm_mysql

• kick-off meeting with sites and experiments concerned held on the 5th
  • Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=49840
  • The controlled roll-out of the glexec/SCAS functionality over two T1
    sites was decided
    • FZK will start the installation on the 9th-Feb
    • After a first phase of testing by LHCb and Atlas, IN2P3(Lyon) will step in
• FZK (Karlsruhe) has started the installation on the 9th-Feb on the
  local pre-production system. The installation is now being fine-tuned and
  it will be delivered to the LHC experiments for testing according to the schedule
• The need for a more fine-grained differentiation of error codes returned by glexec
  was pointed out. The specification of the new interface is now being produced.
  The change will be implemented with high priority and deployed in the pilot
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSCAS
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8986

2009-02-11: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Results of direct submission test against the CREAM CEs in the pilot are now available
  on the SAM PPS portal (https://pps-sam.cern.ch:8443/sam/sam.py),
  specifically at http://tinyurl.com/ctwfaz
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-02-09: Definition of early adopters of gLite releases (Staged roll-out)
As a follow-up of action 000344 from the [[https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/SA1_CoordinationTasks][SA1 coordination tasks]
we are publishing the list of the service currently NOT covered
by the Release Testing process. The EGEE ROCs are welcome to
indicate one or more sites that can cover one of more of the services below listed.
Candidates should be forwarded to the list =pps-support@cern.ch=
The selected sites should have a reasonable usage profile, in order for the to be meaningful
The list is priority-oriented by priority. So if a site can cover more services
they should be selected starting from top.
More info about the release testing (early adoption) process and the relevant
interfaces can be read at
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPS_Release_Testing List o fServices not covered

• glite-WN (plain and re-locatable)
• glite-UI (plai and re-locatable)
• glite-TORQUE_client
• glite-TORQUE_server
• glite-TORQUE_utils
• glite-CONDOR_utils
• glite-LSF_utils
• glite-SGE_utils
• glite-MON
• glite-SE_dpm_disk
• glite-MON (registry)
• glite-MPI_utils
• glite-FTA_oracle
• glite-FTM
• glite-FTS_oracle
• glite-SE_dcache_admin_gdbm
• glite-SE_dcache_admin_postgres
• glite-SE_dcache_info
• glite-SE_dcache_pool
• glite-LFC_mysql
• glite-LFC_oracle
• glite-WMS
• glite-LB
• glite-CREAM_ce
• glite-SE_dpm_mysql
• glite-PX

• GUP-CERTIF-TB lcg-CE, glite-BDII (site)
• SiGNET lcg-CE, glite-BDII (site)
• RAL glite-BDII (top)
• WCSS lcg-CE, glite-SE_dpm_mysql

Pre-Production Service

Middleware Pilot Services:

• The second phase of the Cream pilot service, started in Q2, is still active and used by CMS and Alice. At the same time a number of performance issues were found and solved by SA3 certifiers on the same installation. An action was promoted by the OCC in order to include in the pilot also instances of CREAM deployed in the production context.
• A pilot service of Worker Nodes based on the Cern Scientific Linux 5 was started at CERN-PROD and is close to the end.
• A pilot service to test the glexec/SCAS functionality was started. This service will run during Q3

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./MPS/

Middleware Quality Services:

• Deployment testing: Five middleware upgrades were processed by the partner sites (reports in http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/ ).
• Release Testing: An action was promoted by the SA1 coordination in order to increase the number of partners committed to this work package, which is recognized as a useful stage in the roll-out procedure meant to minimise the overall risk of service disruption.

• cclcgvomsli01.in2p3.fr (biomed + egeode);
• next cert for vo.racf.bnl.gov (atlas);
• cert for voms.fnal.gov (cms).

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/x86_64/updates.asp

2009-02-03: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• check-point meeting held on the 3rd
• PIC has joined the pilot in order to provide multiple CREAM CEs
  connected to the production batch system
• installation of CREAM CEs across the EGEE ROCs in progress
• The high failure rate observed affecting the ICE+CREAM submission chain was
  analised and the causes fixed. Now the system sustains correctly a submission rate of 40 jobs/min
• Stress tests with long lasting jobs seem to show performance issues when the number of active
  jobs in the system increases: Under analysis
• Alice requests CERN to propose a timeline for the deployment of CREAM in production
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=49840
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-02-03: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 43 went through the PPS deployment
test and is now been installed by the remaining PPS sites
The update contains:

• WMS 3.1.102 fixing WMS 3.1.100 already in PPS (PATCH:2562)
• Upgrade of lcg-vomscerts-5.3.0. (already deployed in production) (PATCH:2745 and PATCH:2746)
• Bugs fixes for WMS UI 3.1 (PATCH:2622)
• WN: grid-cm-* packages provide worker node configuration monitoring
  published on the Active MQ messaging system (PATCH:2660 PATCH:2661)
• Upgrade of BDII. The starting cache size used for the Berkeley Database in
  the BDII has been reduced from 1 GB to 50 MB. This should significantly reduce
  the memory footprint and still provide the necessary performance. (PATCH:2671)
• Dependency on mysql-server added to VOMS_mysql (PATCH:2700)
• New Information Dynamic Plugin and SGE yaim utils fix a vulnerability
  (http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/gsvg/advisories/advisory-43233.txt)

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE43/

2009-02-02: Pilot of SCAS in preparation
The gLite release team informed us that they reckon the new SCAS service (Site Central Authorization Service)
to be in a sufficiently stable condition for a pilot service to be set up. In particular
the most severe issues found earlier (memory leaks, bad configuration) were solved.
The software is currently undergoing stress testing in certification.
In parallel we contacted the LHC experiments (specifically CMS, Atlas and LHCb) in order to
address the activity and they were in favour of a controlled deployment in production
of a pilot service based on some instances of SCAS.
Specifically LHCb would like a supporting T1 to be involved in the pilot, and suggest IN2P3
and/or FZK as first choices.
The hardware set-up is presumably not very demanding (one node to host the SCAS server)
The patches in object are

• https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?2767
• https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?2635

More info about the SCAS service can be read at
http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?contribId=235&sessionId=95&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=32220 The pilot reference page (currently empty) is:
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSCAS

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2009-01-23: gLite 3.1 Update 39 was released to production
The update contains:

• New version of Cream (PATCH:2415).

2009-01-19: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• Alice run successfully a new round of tests of the CLI
  against the CREAM CE at FZK
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-01-19: WMS 3.1.100 (PATCH:1841) is on hold in PPS since before Christmas,
waiting for a fix to an issue found in certification immediately after the release to PPS.
Before releasing to production the EMT is requesting for a pilot service to be set-up and
run in production using this version. We kindly request one production site with a reasonable
usage pattern to volunteer to install this version out of the PPS repository, and the LCG experiments
to try the newly updated service for their daily production

2009-01-16: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 42 went through the PPS deployment
test and is now been installed by the remaining PPS sites
The update contains:

• VOMS client (affects client nodes, LFC and SE): fix for BUG:38506 (Previous
  Predictable Order with --voms flags was lost.) PATCH:2652 (64bit version)
• VDT 1.6.1 Release 9 SL4/x86 (Affects all services) - PATCH:2680 - PATCH:2681
• "which" added as a dependency to the glite-WN - PATCH:2701 - PATCH:2702
• Removal of Multivalue SE from GlueCESEBindSEUniqueID
  (quick fix deployed in production on the 12th of December) - PATCH:2705

• New version of Cream (PATCH:2415).

2009-01-13: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• A new version of CREAM was released to the pilot. This version
  fixes BUG:45437 and BUG:45736.
• Within the SA1 coordination meeting the ROCs were invited to
  use the pilot version of CREAM for their regional installation
• Stress test of the ICE+CREAM submission chain: A submission rate
  of 40 job/min was attained but a failure rate higher than expected was
  observed. The issue is currently under analysis
• Pilot end-date moved to mid-March.
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=47118
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2009-01-09: In order to improve the roll-out procedure of the BDII service
and to minimise the overall risk of service disruption
we are looking for a production site running a top-level BDII to join the
Release test process. Upon a new update of the BDII software in
production the site would be requested to be the first to
upgrade the BDII and to confirm that the updated service work as expected.
More info about release test procedures in
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPS_Release_Testing
Contact: pps-support@cern.ch

2009-01-09: Pilot service of SLC5 WN at CERN: in progress

• LHCb tests on the pilot pointed out some issues with the
  gssklog mechanism when submitting from DIRAC3.
  The issue apparently arises with the newer version of VDT distributed in the WN
  Under investigation.
• In accordance with the plans,two production CEs are being reconverted to use SLC5
  They will be made available for production next week (19th of Jan)
• Details about the pilot (including planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSLC5
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8350

2008-12-17: gLite 3.1 Update 38 was released to production.
The update contains:

• First release of Hydra (encryption of files on SE) for SLC4 32/64bit
• Bug fixes of Proxy renewal mechanism on FTA (PATCH:2344)
• MyProxy: Info provider configuration + improvements (PATCH:2518)
• lcg-vomscerts: renamed all certificates with ".pem" suffixes because of BUG:43395 (PATCH:2598 / 9)

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/x86_64/updates.asp

2008-12-17: Pilot service of SLC5 WN at CERN: in progress

• two days of testing were reserved to LHCb as agreed and the CE ce110 is now back
  publishing 'Preproduction' state. Alice can start to use the CE again since Thursday 18;
  in total we have now 58 nodes behind this CE. They are expected to go into production
  before Christmas; A down time for ce118 and ce119 was scheduled and they will be drained
  over the Christmas break before attching them to the pilot
• A check-point meeting was held with the site and the VOs to define a
  detailed timeline for the pilot activities
• The tentative end-date of the pilot was agreed to be the end of January
• The existing nodes were upgraded with the new WN software, based on Java 1.6 and VDT1.10
• Minutes of the check-point meeting can be read at
  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPIslandFollowUp2008x12x11
• Details about the pilot (including planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSLC5
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8350

2008-12-14: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• A new version of CREAM corresponding to PATCH:2667 was released by
  the developers and is now ready to be installed on the CREAM PPS pilot
• A request was sent to PPS site admins and the EGEE regional
  managers to join for an extension of the pilot. The request has
  been presented as well at the EGEE SA1 Coordination meeting
  (http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=44163)
  
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-12-12: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 41 went through the PPS deployment
test and it is now being installed by the remaining PPS sites.
This update contains:

• hot fix to glite-BDII, glite-SE_dcache_info and lcg-CE (already deployed in production with PATCH:2649 and (PATCH:2651)
• New WMS 3.1.100 with support to ARC CEs(PATCH:1841)
• Enhancements of the glite-yaim-condor-utils and related configuration
• trustmanager configure.sh fix for new bouncycastle (PATCH:2644, PATCH:2645)
• fix to glite-yaim-mon and APEL to deal with bcprov location
  (effect of upgrade of bouncycastle) (PATCH:2647)
• Bug fixes in glite-yaim-clients 4.0.5 for x86_64(PATCH:2672)

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE41/

2008-12-11: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• A new version of CREAM was released to developers and
  is now ready to be installed on the CREAM PPS pilot
• A request was sent to PPS site admins and the EGEE regional
  managers to join for an extension of the pilot
• 7th check-point meeting held.
• No progresses reported from CMS
• Alice is starting a new stream of activity on the pilot at CNAF
• Pilot end-date moved to end of January.
• The developers and the testers involved in the pilot (JRA1/SA3) expressed
  the need for more sites to join the pilot in order to complete scalability tests
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=46152
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-12-10: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress
The following request was forwarded to the PPS site admins and the EGEE regional managers.

2008-12-10: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 38 to production in preparation
The update contains:

• First release of Hydra (encryption of files on SE) for SLC4 32/64bit
• Bug fixes of Proxy renewal mechanism on FTA (PATCH:2344)
• MyProxy: Info provider configuration + improvements (PATCH:2518)
• lcg-vomscerts: renamed all certificates with ".pem" suffixes because of BUG:43395 (PATCH:2598 / 9)

2008-12-10: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 41 was released to PPS and it is now
going through the deployment test. This update contains:

• hot fix to glite-BDII, glite-SE_dcache_info and lcg-CE (already deployed in production with PATCH:2649 and (PATCH:2651)
• New WMS 3.1.100 with support to ARC CEs(PATCH:1841)
• Enhancements of the glite-yaim-condor-utils and related configuration
• trustmanager configure.sh fix for new bouncycastle (PATCH:2644, PATCH:2645)
• fix to glite-yaim-mon and APEL to deal with bcprov location
  (effect of upgrade of bouncycastle) (PATCH:2647)
• Bug fixes in glite-yaim-clients 4.0.5 for x86_64(PATCH:2672)

2008-12-04: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 38 to production in preparation
The update, to be released next Thursday 5th Dec, contains:

• First release of Hydra (encryption of files on SE) for SLC4 32/64bit
• Bug fixes of Proxy renewal mechanism on FTA (PATCH:2344)
• CREAM CE: Bug fixes in CREAM, CEMon and BLAH (PATCH:2415)
• MyProxy: Info provider configuration + improvements (PATCH:2518)
• lcg-vomscerts: renamed all certificates with ".pem" suffixes because of BUG:43395 (PATCH:2598 / 9)

2008-12-03: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 41 was released to PPS and it is now
going through the deployment test. This update contains:

• hot fix to glite-BDII, glite-SE_dcache_info and lcg-CE (already deployed in production with PATCH:2649 and (PATCH:2651)
• New WMS 3.1.100 with support to ARC CEs(PATCH:1841) Normal
• Enhancements of the glite-yaim-condor-utils and related configuration

2008-11-28: Pilot service of SLC5 WN at CERN: in progress

• ce110 now published in production BDII with GlueCeStateStatus='Preproduction'
• CMS and LHCb running test on the installation
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSLC5
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:8350

2008-12-02: Changes to the release procedures
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPSReleaseProcedures

• Modus operandi for fast-tracked releases to production is now better detailed

2008-11-28: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• New version of CREAM available for installation on the CREAM PPS pilot
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-11-28: gLite 3.1 Update 37 was released to production
The update was fast-tracked to production (it was not officially delivered
to PPS first). It contains an hot fix to glite-BDII, glite-SE_dcache_info and lcg-CE
The information provider glite-info-provider-ldap has been updated.
This version has improved logging and the protection for recursion has
been re-enabled after accidentally being removed in a previous release.
(PATCH:2649, PATCH:2651)
An operational issue was reported affecting this update tracked with BUG:44885 (invalid)
The reported malfunctioning (glite-info-provider-ldap broken) happens if the new rpms
are used in combination with the deprecated YAIM function config_gip

2008-11-26: gLite 3.1 Update 36 was released to production.
The update contains:

• FTS bug and logrotate for FTA (PATCH:2551)
• Fix for the bouncycastle problem for FTS
• Bug fixes for CREAM CE ( affects UI ), (PATCH:2417)

2008-10-31: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 40 went through deployment test and it
is currently being installed at the remaining PPS sites and it is now in phase of deployment test
This update contains:

• Bug fixes of Proxy renewal mechanism on FTA (PATCH:2344)
• CREAM CE: Bug fixes in CREAM, CEMon and BLAH (PATCH:2415)
• MyProxy: Info provider configuration + improvements (PATCH:2518)
• lcg-vomscerts: renamed all certificates with ".pem" suffixes because of BUG:43395 (PATCH:2598 / 9)

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE40/

2008-11-26: Minor changes to the release procedures
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPSReleaseProcedures

• Obsolete concept of fixed two-week stage in PPS cleaned up
• Opening of ticket GT-PPS by PPS release team now happens
  as soon as the release is out and not on fixed date

2008-11-25: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• 6th check-point meeting held.
• Progresses in Nagios monitoring set-up.
• Pilot end-date confirmed to the 16th of December.
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=45264
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-11-18: gLite 3.1 Update 36 in preparation
The update contains:

• FTS bug and logrotate for FTA (PATCH:2551)
• Fix for the bouncycastle problem for FTS
• Bug fixes for CREAM CE ( affects UI ), (PATCH:2417)

2008-10-31: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 40 was released to PPS
and it is now in phase of deployment test
This update contains:

• Bug fixes of Proxy renewal mechanism on FTA (PATCH:2344)
• CREAM CE: Bug fixes in CREAM, CEMon and BLAH (PATCH:2415)
• MyProxy: Info provider configuration + improvements (PATCH:2518)
• lcg-vomscerts: renamed all certificates with ".pem" suffixes because of BUG:43395 (PATCH:2598 / 9)
• FTS 2.1: configuration fixes (PATCH:2643)

2008-11-26: MInor changes to the release procedures
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPSReleaseProcedures

• Obsolete concept of fixed two-week stage in PPS cleaned up
• Opening of ticket GT-PPS by PPS release team now happens
  as soon as the release is out and not on fixed date

2008-11-25: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• 6th check-point meeting held.
• Progresses in Nagios monitoring set-up.
• Pilot end-date confirmed to the 16th of December.
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=45264
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-11-24: the new service Hydra was released to PPS with gLite 3.1 Update39.
There is currently no activity in progress or scheduled in PPS with the service so
according to the new process it should be release din the production repository with
the next update. With the help of Johan Montagnat we tried to get in touch with users
from the biomed potentially interested in the biomed community. We did not get any reply.
A list of sites potentially interested in PPS activity concerning Hydra was also given by Johan

• Unice
• LPC Clermont-Ferrand
• CREATIS Lyon / CC-IN2P3
• University Polytechnic of Valencia
• IBCP in Lyon

2008-11-18: A phone conference meeting was held with a
number of partner sites in the CE region in order to better define
the interface between the gLite Release Team and the SA1 PPS Release
Testing Team. Minutes are available at
http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=45261 .
The reference web page for the activity was updated consequently
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPS_Release_Testing

2008-11-18: gLite 3.1 Update 36 to production in preparation
The update was originally to be released on Monday 24th.
Then an issue was found during the release preparation due to the
unexpected update of of bouncycastle in jpackage (1.37 -> 1.41).
Although not part of the gLite distribution this change has an
impact on affecting many of our packages including FTS.
The issue is understood and the fix for FTS will be fast-tracked
to production but we have a short delay do the updatae will be out
in the next couple of days. It will contain:

• FTS bug and logrotate for FTA (PATCH:2551)
• Fix for the bouncycastle problem for FTS
• Bug fixes for CREAM CE ( affects UI ), (PATCH:2417)

2008-11-17: gLite 3.1 Update 35 was released to production
The update was scheduled to be released last Thursday, then an installation
problem was seen which needed to be understood. We preferred not to release
on Friday afternoon. So the update should be out today. Apologise for the inconvenience
The new version was already delivered to the sites in the sa1 release test team and will be
likely out later on today. The update will contain:

• Bug fixes for CREAM Client ( affects UI ), PATCH:2002
• VOMS
  • VOMS Admin Client and Server 2.0.8-1 (affect VOMS, UI, VOBOX) - PATCH:2063
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs.... - PATCH:2390
  • VO-level configuration parameter to enable short FQANs - PATCH:2072
• PATCH:2253 New JobManager, Information Dynamic plugin and yaim utils versions for SGE
• dcache-server and dcache-client upgrades (PATCH:2398 and PATCH:2399)
• GFAL-client-1.10.18-3 and lcg_util-1.6.17-2 (bug fixes) (PATCH:2512, PATCH:2513)
• LCAS/LCMAPS update (PATCH:1830)

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/x86_64/updates.asp

2008-11-14: Minor review of the PPS Service Description document:

• deployment test workflow better detailed
• categorization of PPS partner sites (Silver, Gold, Platinum) removed

2008-11-13: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 39 was released to PPS,
went through the deployment test and it is currently being installed
at the pre-production sites
This update contains:

• First release of Hydra (encryption of files on SE) for SLC4 32/64bit
• FTS2.1: Bug fix (format of error message) and logrotate policy updated
• YAIM-CREAM-CE with fixes issues interacting with lsf and
  the configuration of tomcat user for sites where groups are defined in ldap)

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE39/

2008-11-12: An issue was observed at CERN-PROD introduced by
one of the recent updates of config_wn (YAIM)

The CERN-PROD production systems are still running the 32bit
version of the WN software, but they have a 64bit OS system.
Therefore, there is no /opt/glite/lib64 on these nodes. In such a case,
the module should treat the WN just as a 32bit one; instead, it ignores
the setting. The result is that user jobs looking for particular modules
(e.g. lfc.py )fail because the module is not present in the python path.

A bug was reported (https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?43881)
And the fix is scheduled to appear in the next yaim-clients 4.0.5-x

A post-mortem of the incident, possibly useful to sites running WNs
in the same configuration as CERN is available at
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/FIOgroup/PostMortemWN11Nov08

2008-11-11: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• 5th check-point meeting held.
• CMS is actively using the services.
• Progresses in Nagios monitoring set-up.
• Pilot extended until the 16th of December.
• Minutes in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=42943
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7981

2008-11-11: Since 6/10/2008 Users have the possibility to evaluate
SLC5 interactive and batch services at CERN. The entry point is an alias called
lx64slc5.cern.ch (AFS access enabled). The service is also reachable by sending
grid jobs to ce110.cern.ch (PPS BDII).
The set-up is now based on the 64bit SLC5 version of the WN in a beta version
Please note that this service is still experimental, and that there are some known issues.
More details in
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotSLC5

• 2008-11-13(3): Task: gL3.1 U39 --> PPS Details:Bulletin created, broadcast sent to the PPS site admins Status: Done . Alvaro,Esteban

2008-11-06: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 35 to production in preparation
The update, to be released next Thursday, will contain:

• Bug fixes for CREAM Client ( affects UI ), PATCH:2002
• VOMS
  • VOMS Admin Client and Server 2.0.8-1 (affect VOMS, UI, VOBOX) - PATCH:2063
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs.... - PATCH:2390
  • VO-level configuration parameter to enable short FQANs - PATCH:2072
• PATCH:2253 New JobManager, Information Dynamic plugin and yaim utils versions for SGE
• dcache-server and dcache-client upgrades (PATCH:2398 and PATCH:2399)
• GFAL-client-1.10.18-3 and lcg_util-1.6.17-2 (bug fixes) (PATCH:2512, PATCH:2513)
• LCAS/LCMAPS update (PATCH:1830)

2008-10-31: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 38 went through the deployment test
and was distributed to PPS sites.
This update contains:

• PATCH:2002 Bug fixes for CREAM Client ( affects UI )
• VOMS
  • VOMS Admin Client and Server 2.0.8-1 (affect VOMS, UI, VOBOX) - PATCH:2063
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs.... - PATCH:2390
  • VO-level configuration parameter to enable short FQANs - PATCH:2072
• PATCH:2253 New JobManager, Information Dynamic plugin and yaim utils versions for SGE
• dcache-server and dcache-client upgrades (PATCH:2398 and PATCH:2399)
• GFAL-client-1.10.18-3 and lcg_util-1.6.17-2 (bug fixes) (PATCH:2512, PATCH:2513)

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE38/

2008-10-27: Pilot service of VOMS: The voms pilot service is currently installed
with the voms from PATCH:2390, voms proxies are available from it. All PPS sites
are invited to re-configure their UIs to use this pilot service
Details in: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/VomsPilot

2008-10-27: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 38 in preparation
The update, to be released today or tomorrow will contain:

• PATCH:2002 Bug fixes for CREAM Client ( affects UI )
• VOMS
  • VOMS Admin Client and Server 2.0.8-1 (affect VOMS, UI, VOBOX) - PATCH:2063
  • Various bug fixes, including fixes for FQAN order, short FQANs.... - PATCH:2390
  • VO-level configuration parameter to enable short FQANs - PATCH:2072
• PATCH:2253 New JobManager, Information Dynamic plugin and yaim utils versions for SGE
• dcache-server and dcache-client upgrades (PATCH:2398 and PATCH:2399)
• GFAL-client-1.10.18-3 and lcg_util-1.6.17-2 (bug fixes) (PATCH:2512, PATCH:2513)

Pre-Production Service

The transition plan drafted at the beginning of Q1 in order to move the EGEE pre-production service (www.cern.ch/pps) towards a new implementation model came to a successful end in Q2. The pre-production is now organized in three service areas well defined in scope and goals: Middleware Pilot Services (MPS), Middleware Quality Service (MQS) and PPS Support (SUP) (Details in: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionServiceDescription). This report will cover them individually.

Middleware Pilot Services: the first phase of the Cream Pilot was closed at the end of September. The main users of the pilots, from the LHC VO Alice, discussed the progresses on the Pilot in several task forces meetings and the results were presented in several sessions during the EGEE conference. As an overall result of their testing, in October the VO requested officially the operations team to support the deployment of the first certified version of Cream in production.

A second phase of the Cream pilot was started in October, more focused on the submission utilities. This use case is of particular interest for the LHC VO CMS, which is actively cooperating in the pilot.

More details, planning, results and links available in the pilot wiki page (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream)

A new pilot service of VOMS was started in August, and it is now used by the PPS sites, the EGEE/OSG interoperability platform and by interested user communities to test the new upcoming features of the authentication and authorization service.

Middleware Quality Services: The deployment test service (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPS_Pre_Deployment_Testing ) was extended and it now covers a wider range of deployment scenarios. Five middleware upgrades were processed by the partner sites (reports in http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/ ). In the framework of the gLite release to production, the PPS-MQS is also supporting with 3 sites the complementary Release Testing activity (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPS_Release_Testing )

PPS Support: A tool to identify, keep track and display statistics of the work being done in PPS by the EGEE-SA1 partners is now available on the PPS web site http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/ Interesting features of the tool are:

• Management Interface to task tracker
• Visualization and statistics of PPS related tasks
• Planned and actual effort statistics distributed per ROC and per site
• Site/Activity commitment registry (Who is doing What) http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./site/../panel/SVC/

2008-10-20: Pilot service of VOMS: The voms pilot service is currently installed
with the voms from PATCH:2390, voms proxies are available from it. This patch is
definitely now a candidate to be certified.
Details in: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/VomsPilot

2008-10-20: Pilot service of Cream CE: in progress

• UI now available at CNAF
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-10-18: gLite 3.1 Update 34 was released to production
The update contains:

• LB: A number of non-critical bug fixes (PATCH:1803 , PATCH:2380)
• glite-UI: glite-brokerinfo added
• glite-BDII: obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
  fixe for a critical bug which could potentially cause problems on any
  node type if the variables BDII_VAR_DIR or BDII_DIR are not set in
  the configuration file (not an issue for sites using YAIM). This update also
  fixes the problem spotted in the previous release). The release notes given there
  are now valid for the glite-BDII service node. In addition the the attributed set_lk_max_locks 2000 has been set in the DB_CONFIG
  file which is a partial solution to Bug #42727.
• glite-VOMS (oracle and mysql): obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• FTS for SL4:

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

• The issue reported by CERN ROC, tracked with BUG:42799,
  was narrowed down to a race condition which could be solved
  by doubling the value of the configuration variable "GIP_TIMEOUT" in YAIM.
  (Similar configuration may be needed for other BDIIs used for
  site certification purposes, which may include unresponsive sites.
• The issue reported by CERN ROC, tracked with BUG:42799,
  was narrowed down to a race condition which could be solved
  by doubling the value of the configuration variable "GIP_TIMEOUT" in YAIM.
  (Similar configuration may be needed for other BDIIs used for
  site certification purposes, which may include unresponsive sites. * Another issue reported in BUG:42799 is addressed by PATCH:2519
  which will be released with gLite3.1 Update34, scheduled for Thursday 15th

2008-10-10: gLite 3.1 Update 33 was released to production
The update contains:

• Proxy Server: The service now publishes the glite release version
• lcg-CE: New updates on LCG CE improvement packages
• glite-BDII: Updated version that fixes a number of outstanding
  issues, improves the configuration and provides
  some additional features. This update affects ALL service nodes
• Clients (UI, WN, VOBOX): removal of obsoleted DM packages
• New version of YAIM core with a number of bug fixes

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

https://cic.gridops.org/index.php?section=cod&page=broadcastretrieval&step=2&typeb=C&idbroadcast=36541

• Software now available at the pilot repositories
• Installation finished in Bari
• Installation in progress at CNAF, FZK, Padova
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout, technical info) can be
  found in the page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-10-09: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 34 to production in preparation
The update, to be released next Thursday Friday, will contain:

• LB: A number of non-critical bug fixes (PATCH:1803 , PATCH:2380)
• glite-UI: glite-brokerinfo added
• glite-BDII: obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• glite-VOMS (oracle and mysql): obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• FTS for SL4:

2008-10-08: gLite 3.1 Update 33 was released to production
The update contains:

• Proxy Server: The service now publishes the glite release version
• lcg-CE: New updates on LCG CE improvement packages
• glite-BDII: Updated version that fixes a number of outstanding
  issues, improves the configuration and provides
  some additional features. This update affects ALL service nodes
• Clients (UI, WN, VOBOX): removal of obsoleted DM packages
• New version of YAIM core with a number of bug fixes

http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/packages/R3.1/updates.asp

2008-10-07: after deployment testing PPS sites are now upgrading to
gLite 3.1 PPS Update 37. This update contains:

• LB: A number of non-critical bug fixes (PATCH:1803 , PATCH:2380)
• glite-UI: glite-brokerinfo added
• glite-BDII: obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• glite-VOMS (oracle and mysql): obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• glite-PX:
  • The information provider now publishes much richer
    information about how the MyProxy service can be used.
  • obsoleted lcg-info packages removed

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE37/

2008-10-06: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 33 to production in preparation
The update, to be released on Friday, will contain:

• Proxy Server: The service now publishes the glite release version
• lcg-CE: New updates on LCG CE improvement packages
• glite-BDII: Updated version that fixes a number of outstanding
  issues, improves the configuration and provides
  some additional features. This update affects ALL service nodes
• Clients (UI, WN, VOBOX): removal of obsoleted DM packages
• New version of YAIM core with a number of bug fises
• FTS SL4: The bug found last week, due to a log4c limitation, was fixed.
  A new version of the service including the fix is currenlty being tried out in the
  preproduction instance (FTS pilot). If no further problems are seen the service will
  be included in this release

2008-10-02: gLite 3.1 Update 32 released to production
The update, contains:

• Cream CE . The service is released with a GlueCEServiceState different
  from 'production'
• WMS: Important bug fix to proxy renewal mechanism (crash with FQANs too short) (BUG:38820)

2008-10-02: gLite 3.0 Update 44 released to production
The update, contains

• new host certificate for the VOMS server lcg-voms.cern.ch
• glite-FTA: A new version of glite-data-transfer-url-copy fixes bug #33528

2008-10-01: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• A check point meeting was held with JRAI, SA1 and SA3
  
• The decision was made to close Phase 1 of the Pilot and start Phase2
  Key points of Phase2:
  • Upgrade of the pilot infrastructure to include 3 more sites
  • Access to production queues by all sites running Cream
  • Controlled deployment of ICE WMS at two sites
  • Objective: enable CMS to submit continuously at a rate of 10k jobs/day over 5 days
• Minutes are available at
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=40707
• Details about the pilot (planning, layout) can be found in the page
  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/SA1DeploymentTaskTracking
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-10-01: After the deployment tests, PPS sites are now upgrading
to gLite 3.1 PPS Update 36 This update contains

• WMS: Important bug fix to proxy renewal mechanism (crash with FQANs too short) (BUG:38820)
• Proxy Server: The service now publishes the glite release version
• lcg-CE: New updates on LCG CE improvement packagesl
• glite-BDII: Updated version that fixes a number of outstanding
  issues, improves the configuration and provides
  some additional features. This update affects ALL service nodes
• bug fixes for FTS SL4.
• New certificate of lcg-vomscers (already in production).
  This change affects ALL service nodes
• Clients (UI, WN, VOBOX): removal of obsoleted DM packages

http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./release/testreports/gLite3.1.0/gLite3.1.0-PPS-UPDATE36/

2008-09-30: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 37 was released to PPS and
it is now in phase of pre-deployment testing. This update contains

• LB: A number of non-critical bug fixes (PATCH:1803 , PATCH:2380)
• glite-UI: glite-brokerinfo added
• glite-BDII: obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• glite-VOMS (oracle and mysql): obsoleted lcg-info packages removed
• glite-PX:
  • The information provider now publishes much richer
    information about how the MyProxy service can be used.
  • obsoleted lcg-info packages removed

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-09-24: a PPS all-sites meeting was held in Istanbul
at the EGEE conference. among the item discussed:

• Changes happened in PPS since EGEE07. How the day-to-day work
  of the PPS people may be affected by these changes
• make progress in the re-distribution of tasks between the pre-production
  partners, with a special regard to deployment testing.

http://indico.cern.ch/sessionDisplay.py?sessionId=72&confId=32220

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-09-17: gLite 3.1 PPS Update 36 was released to PPS
and is currently in phase of pre-deployment testing.
Among the new services we find:

• WMS: Important bug fix to proxy renewal mechanism (crash with FQANs too short) (BUG:38820)
• Proxy Server: The service now publishes the glite release version
• lcg-CE: New updates on LCG CE improvement packagesl
• glite-BDII: Updated version that fixes a number of outstanding
  issues, improves the configuration and provides
  some additional features. This update affects ALL service nodes
• bug fixes for FTS SL4.
• New certificate of lcg-vomscers (already in production).
  This change affects ALL service nodes
• Clients (UI, WN, VOBOX): removal of obsoleted DM packages

2008-09-17: A tool to identify, keep track and display statistics of the work
being done in PPS by the EGEE-SA1 partners is now available on the PPS web site
http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./ActivityManagement/
Interesting features of the tool are:

• Management Interface to task tracker
• Visualization and statistics of PPS related tasks
• Effort statistics distributed per ROC and per site (the report includes
  for the time being only the effort spent around the cream pilot)
• Site/Activity commitment registry (Who is doing What)
  http://www.cern.ch/pps/index.php?dir=./site/../panel/SVC/

2008-09-15: Release of gLite 3.1 Update 31 to production in preparation
The update, to be released this Wednesday will contain
the new host certificate for the VOMS server lcg-voms.cern.ch

2008-09-15: Pre-production site admins and ROC Managers are welcome
to join the Pre-Production Service all sites meeting on Wednesday 24th
September at the EGEE08 conference (Barbaros hall B: 16:00 - 17:30)
http://indico.cern.ch/sessionDisplay.py?sessionId=72&slotId=0&confId=32220#2008-09-24

2008-09-11: The procedure to register a site to PPS was changed.
The updated one is available at
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPSSiteRegistrationProcedures
In particular a new site registration form for PPS site is available at
http://www.cern.ch/pps/site/PPSsiteRegistrationForm_v0.1.doc
for ROCs and Site Admins to test. Relevant changes are:

• Permanent SLA with PPS site removed
• A pre-registration of the site to at least one of the activities is required.
  For sites already registered in PPS, the PPS activity registry is now being
  updated with the information now available
  Site and ROCs will be requested later on to verify it

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-09-05: the EMT made the decision to delay the deployment of
the CREAM CE (PATCH:1755). This is because there are instances of the WMS
of unsupported version in production that can still accidentally match the Cream CE
and cause submission failure. The number of WMS potentially affected by this
issue has been estimated to be order of 4/5 by an analysis of the information
published. The list of sites that are publishing old version of WMS running on SL3 is

• EENet (Estonia)
• ITEP (Russia)
• RTUETF ( Latvia)
• UNI-FREIBURG (Germany)

• AEGIS01-PHY-SCL
• Australia-ATLAS
• BY-UIIP
• CERN-PROD
• CESGA-EGEE
• CGG-LCG2
• CNR-PROD-PISA
• CY-01-KIMON
• CYFRONET-LCG2
• DESY-HH
• FZK-LCG2
• GR-01-AUTH
• GRIF
• HG-06-EKT
• INFN-CNAF
• INFN-PADOVA
• ITEP
• JINR-LCG2
• KR-KISTI-GCRT-01
• NCP-LCG2
• pic
• prague_cesnet_lcg2
• RAL-LCG2
• RO-03-UPB
• RTUETF
• RU-Phys-SPbSU
• ru-PNPI
• SARA-MATRIX
• Taiwan-LCG2
• TR-01-ULAKBIM
• UKI-SCOTGRID-GLASGOW
• Uniandes
• VU-MIF-LCG2

In addition to that, the proxy renewal mechanism wasn't working properly because
it required opening of ports on the WNs. Until these issues are fixed by an incoming
patch, Cream will be released with a GlueCEServiceState different from 'production'
and changed later changed again later. The release with the workaround that is currently in
certification can be expected in about 2 weeks

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-09-04: an issue was found with the version of GFAL
released with gLite3.1 Update30: After the upgrade, some sites in various
regions appear to be failing the SAM tests. The issue, still under analysis appears
to be due to LDAP searches no longer compatible with the gLite 3.0 top-level BDII.
Affected sites (those failing the SAM tests) should make sure to be be pointing to a gLite 3.1 top-level BDII
as LCG_GFAL_INFOSYS. SA1 is preparing an official recommendation for the sites and interacting with
the ROCs to make sure that all regional top level BDII are running a compatible version

2008-09-02: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• A check point meeting was held with JRAI, SA1 and Alice
  
• Progresses in the usage of the services in preview were reported by Alice
• The decision was made to extend the duration of the pilot
  in the current configuration until the 30th of September
• The pilot will be sligtly extended to include cream services running the version
  about to be released in produciton
• Minutes are available at
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=38527
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-09-2: the EMT made the decision to delay the deployment of
the CREAM CE (PATCH:1755). This is because there are instances of the WMS
of unsupported version in production that can still accidentally match the Cream CE
and cause submission failure. The number of WMS potentially affected by this
issue has been estimated to be order of 4/5 by an analysis of the information
published. A confirmation is expected from the WLCG EGEE Operation meeting.
In addition to that, the proxy renewal mechanism wasn't working properly because
it required opening of ports on the WNs. Until these issues are fixed by an incoming
patch, Cream will be released with a GlueCEServiceState different from 'production'
and changed later changed again later. The release with the workaround that is currently in
certification can be expected in about 2 weeks

2008-09-02: The gLite release procedure
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPSReleaseProcedures#PPS_Production
was changed to include the Release Testing as a formal step.
The new service is described in
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionServiceDescription#Release_Testing
This is a complementary step of the release procedure:
selected and specialised sites receive the updates at a shortly earlier stage than the other
production sites. So that they can provide useful feedback to the release managers in case
of any anomalies. This happens in parallel with the release preparation and it is so far
a non-blocking step.
Sites part of the initial team are all from the Central Europe region, namely:

• WCSS - Pawel Dziekonski (Production)
• GUP-CERTIF-TB - Martin Polak (PPS)
• PPS-SiGNET - Dejan Lesjak (PPS)

2008-09-02: gLite3.1 Update30 was released to production
The update, meant to be released next Thursday, was delayed due to last-minute
changes to the repository and further analysis of the impacts of bugs
found in PPS. It is going however to be released today or tomorrow
. The update will affect the vast majority of services.
It will contain, notably:

• A patch to globus VDT , fixing the issue raised with BUG:37563
  (limit in proxy delegation chain)
  
• dCache 1.8.0-15p5 : Minor bug fixes and inclusion of the Chimera
  filesystem which can be configured through new yaim-dcache module.
• GFAL/lcg_util bugfix release
• gLite YAIM clients update
  • VOBOX specific variables are now distributed under services/glite-vobox
    and defaults/glite-vobox.pre
  • The AMGA client configuration function is now included in the UI, WN, TAR UI and TAR WN
  • The config_vomsdir function configuring the .lsc files under vomsdir is now
    included un the UI, WN and VOBOX. There is a known problem with config_vomsdir on
    the UI_TAR and WN_TAR.
  • Please check also the YAIM-Client Known Issues in
    https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/YaimGuide400

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-08-27: the EMT made the decision to delay the deployment of
the CREAM CE (the certified patch). This is because not-ICE-enabeld WMS
could accidentally match the Cream CE and cause a submission failure.
Waiting for the ICE-WMS to be deployed, as a workaround,Cream will be
released with a GlueServiceStatus = ‘Production’, to be
changed again later. One issue is represented by the old version of WMS on
SL3 (unsupported). As they will not be integrated with ICE, once the Cream
CE will be advertised again in realproduction mode, they would fail to submit.
In order to size this issue up we would like to get from the WLCG EGEE Operation
Meeting an estimation of the number of old SL3 WMS still in production.

2008-08-25: release of gLite3.1 Update30 to production in preparation.
The update, to be released next Thursday, will affect the vast majority of services.
It will contain, notably:

• Cream CE and clients
• A patch to globus VDT , fixing the issue raised with BUG:37563
  (limit in proxy delegation chain)
  
• dCache 1.8.0-15p5
• GFAL/lcg_util bugfix release

2008-08-20: gLite 3.1 Update 29 was released to production
The updated version of DPM and LFC , corresponding to
PATCH:1987 and PATCH:1988 fixes the following bugs:

• return space to pool when removing a replica in a space that no longer exists
• disfavour filling filesystems to more than 98 percent of capacity during selection
• added ctrl-c handling and an option to limit total drain size in dpm-drain
• minor bounds checking changes in dpm, ns and Csec
• return a network time out error to client rather than internal error in some circumstances
• apply castor ns fix for BUG:31342, for consistency between lcg-dm and castor
• several small fixes (see patch for more details)

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-08-20: after pre-deployment testing PPS sites are now upgrading to
gLite3.1 PPS Update35. This update contains an hot bugfix for the FTS
production release identified by PATCH:2047 and PATCH:2048
. Apart from this the latest globus VDT packages (v.1.6.1-7)
are updated which affect many node types. The included GFAL update fixes several bugs.

glite_DPM & glite_LFC Release of gLite 3.0 Update 29 in preparation The updated version of DPM and LFC , corresponding to PATCH:1987 and PATCH:1988 fixes the following bugs:

• return space to pool when removing a replica in a space that no longer exists
• disfavour filling filesystems to more than 98 percent of capacity during selection
• added ctrl-c handling and an option to limit total drain size in dpm-drain
• minor bounds checking changes in dpm, ns and Csec
• return a network time out error to client rather than internal error in some circumstances
• apply castor ns fix for BUG:31342, for consistency between lcg-dm and castor
• several small fixes (see patch for more details)

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-08-12: gLite3.1 PPS Update35 was released to PPS
and it is now undergoing pre-deployment test. This updates a hot bugfix for the FTS production release. Apart from this the latest globus VDT packages (v.1.6.1-7) are updated which affect many node types. The included GFAL update fixes several bugs.

2008-08-12: after pre-deployment testing PPS sites are now upgrading to
gLite3.1 PPS Update34. This update contains

• Removes about 40MB of not needed dependency.
• Major changes in YAIM minor bug fixes in dcache plus the inclusion of Chimera in dCache, and can be configured via YAIM.
• A new version of the dcache YAIM module has been compiled by Maria.
• Update on LFC and DPM
• Updated version of CREAM_ce, leaned of uneccessary packages which were deliverd with PPS update 33 (PPS-glite-CREAM_ce-3.1.1-0).

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-08-05: gLite3.1 PPS Update34 was released to PPS
and it is now undergoing pre-deployment test. This update contains

• Removes about 40MB of not needed dependency.
• Major changes in YAIM minor bug fixes in dcache plus the inclusion of Chimera in dCache, and can be configured via YAIM.
• A new version of the dcache YAIM module has been compiled by Maria.
• Update on LFC and DPM
• Updated version of CREAM_ce, leaned of uneccessary packages which were deliverd with PPS update 33 (PPS-glite-CREAM_ce-3.1.1-0).

2008-08-05: after pre-deployment testing PPS sites are now upgrading to
gLite3.1 PPS Update33. This update contains first version of CREAM CE.
The glite-UI has been extended by CREAM capability.

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

https://pps-private-wiki.egee.cesga.es/gocdb/user1.cgi?inputVal=40

2008-07-28: release of gLite3.1 PPS Update34 to PPS in preparation
This update will contain

• DPM and LFC 1.6.11 (see details in PATCH:1987)
• dCache 1.8.0-15p5 with new YAIM nodule for configuration

2008-07-23: gLite3.1 PPS Update33 was released to PPS
and it is now undergoing pre-deployment test. This update contains
The new Cream CE as well as some extentions to the glite-UI needed
to support it . This version, the first one certified, is slightly behind the one currently
used in the PPS pilot, but perfectly safe and compatible, so it will be likely
made available in production as soon as the pre-deployment test is successfully done

Pre-Production Service

During Q1, the activity done within the pre-production service (PPS) [www.cern.ch/pps] was focused on the two main goals of

1. introducing and channeling software releases to production according to the existing process, well established during EGEEII
2. at the same time, and without service interruptions, shifting towards the implementation of the new service model, as developed during the last two quarters of EGEEII.

In particular a slight but significant change was introduced for EGEEIII in the mandate of the service itself, which now aims to be much more tailored on the real needs of the users without necessarily provide a permanent and hardly sustainable grid infrastructure parallel to the production service. At the same time the PPS keeps unaltered the task of contributing to the overall quality of the middleware by providing feedback on installation and configuration procedures against near-production scenarios.

In observation of the new mandate and of the use case document shared with HEP VOs and EGEE regions (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionUseCases) , two separate service areas were distinguished (the Middleware Preview Services or MPS and the Middleware Quality Services or MQS ), covering, respectively, the two main points of the mandate. The layout of the service to-be is described in the document https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionServiceDescription

A transition plan to migrate the service towards the new model was drafted at the beginning of Q1 . The workplan for the transition, available in its first version in the presentation http://egee-pre-production-service.web.cern.ch/egee-pre-production-service/presentations/080610-EGEEIII-SA1-PPS-planning-v1.ppt , is based on six major tasks, currently in progress, ideally to be completed by September/October 2008. They are:

• Modification of the release procedure to integrate the deployment of pilot services.
• Review of the pre-deployment test in the aim to de-centralise the coordination and to distribute the responsibility to partners
• Decommissioning of the permanent infrastructure
• Set-up automated tools for distribution of middleware clients
• Set up an activity management system to track PPS activity performed by the regions
• Documentation/dissemination

A tracker to monitor the work in progress was set up and is available at https://savannah.cern.ch/projects/sa1dep/

As previously said, in parallel with this work in progress, the PPS continues to perform seamlessly old and new technical tasks. E.g.

• 9 gLite middleware updates, introducing new services and key changes, were dealt with, tested and installed at the PPS sites (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/PPSReleaseNotes)
• A pilot service of the Cream CE was started at 4 sites, it is currently running and it is in use by Alice and CMS (Alice in particular is exploiting the service in full production mode). Details in https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PpsPilotCream

Pre-production service: During Q1, the activity done within the pre-production service (PPS) [www.cern.ch/pps] was focused on the two main goals of introducing software releases to production, and at the same time, without service interruptions, shifting towards the implementation of the new service model, as developed during the last two quarters of EGEEII. The PPS mandate has changed in EGEE III and it now aims to be tailored to the real needs of the users moving from a permanent service to an on-demand one. At the same time the PPS keeps unaltered the task of contributing to the overall quality of the middleware by providing feedback on installation and configuration procedures against near-production scenarios. In observation of the new mandate and of the use case document shared with HEP VOs and EGEE regions (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionUseCases) , two separate service areas were distinguished (the Middleware Preview Services or MPS and the Middleware Quality Services or MQS ), covering, respectively, the two main points of the mandate. The layout of the service to-be is described in the document https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionServiceDescription A transition plan to migrate the service towards the new model was drafted at the beginning of Q1. The work plan for the transition, available in its first version in the presentation http://egee-pre-production-service.web.cern.ch/egee-pre-production-service/presentations/080610-EGEEIII-SA1-PPS-planning-v1.ppt , is based on six major tasks, currently in progress, ideally to be completed by September/October 2008.

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

• FTS SL4 release (32 and 64 bit)
• GFAL and lcg_util update (32 and 64 bit)
  • New function gfal_removedir
  • Several bug fixes
• AMGA c++and Python Client API's into client nodes
• Various improvements on lcg-extra-jobmanagers (CE)
• MyProxy version 1.6.1-7 (fixes build issue related to globus
  flavour, already deployed in production)

2008-07-23: release of gLite3.1 Update28 in preparation
This update, to be release the 29th of July will contain

• glite-CONDOR_utils for lcg-CE(PATCH:1856)
• New version of gsoap plugin with a vulnerability fix
  (affecting LB, WMS, UI, WN, VOBOX, CE)(PATCH:1846)
• Several bug fixes on WMS and clients (PATCH:1780)
• New Short Lived Credential Service (SLCS), allowing to
  get short-lived personal certificate based on Shibboleth
  AAI identity (PATCH:1693)
• MyProxy version 1.6.1-7 (fixes build issue related to globus flavour,
  already deployed in production) (PATCH:1978)
• Various improvements on lcg-extra-jobmanagers (CE) (PATCH:1942)
• GFAL and lcg_util update with new function gfal_removedir
  and Several bug fixes
• FTS SL4 release (32 and 64 bit)
  

2008-07-22: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• A check point meeting was held with JRAI, SA1 Alice and CMS
  
• Progresses in the usage of the services in preview were reported by Alice
• The decision was made to extend the duration of the pilot
  in the current configuration until the 26th of August
• FZK is setting up a rack with about 300 cores for the pps queue
  dedicated to Alice through the cream CE
• Minutes available at
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=37274
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-07-21: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• Next check point meeting will be tomorrow (22nd July)
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=37274
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-07-14: After pre-deployment testing PPS sites
have upgraded to gLite3.1 Update31. The EIS support team
has been notified about the installed machines. This update,
impacting the client nodes and all voms-aware services, contains:

• glexec installation/configuration + rpath stripping
• glite-CONDOR_utils on a lcg-CE3.1
• New version of gsoap plugin with a vulnerability fix(affecting LB, WMS, UI, WN, VOBOX, CE)
• Several bug fixes on WMS and clients
• TORQUE_client metapackage for the 64 bit architecture
• glite-SLCS-client (inital release)
• An issue was recently found in certification (BUG:38373) affecting glexec on WNs.
  Basically the new feature cannot work with voms proxies unless host
  certificates are not installed on the worker nodes. A fix for that will be
  released before the deployment to production. As the proper fix will take
  some time to be certified, though, and the feature is of extreme interest for
  the experiments to test, PPS sites will work the issue around by deploying
  host certificates on PPS WNs

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-07-03: release of gLite3.0 Update44 in preparation
This update, to be release the 3rd of July will contain

• PATCH:1850 - Bug fix in glite-FTA: the gridFTP session
  handling was changed so that the copy and getFileSize are done
  in the same session

2008-07-02: SAM service still down in PPS:

• The installation of a new publishing webservice and a new instance
  of the bdii2oracle script is still in progress
  

2008-07-02: Release of gLite3.1 PPS Update31 to PPS in preparation

• This update, is bound to contain, among other certified patches,
  PATCH:1732 - glexec installation/configuration + rpath stripping
• An issue was recently found in certification (BUG:39373).
  Basically the new feature cannot work with voms proxies unless host
  certificates are not installed on the worker nodes. A fix for that will be
  released before the deployment to production. As the proper fix will take
  some time to be certified, though, and the feature is of extreme interest for
  the experiments to test, PPS sites will work the issue around by deploying
  host certificates on PPS WNs

2008-07-02: After pre-deployment testing gLite3.0 Update50
was released to PPS. This update contains
a bug fix in glite-FTA: the gridFTP session handling was changed so that the
copy and getFileSize are done in the same session

2008-07-01: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• Cream CEs and ICE-enabled WMS are available at PPS-CNAF,
  FZK-PPS and SCAI-PPS
• A check-point meeting was held to define the next steps of the pilot
• The LHC experiments where invited and given details about the current
  set up. They generally confirmed that there are the conditions for an initial
  testing from their part and technical agreements were reached in that sense
  
• In consideration of that and of the current certification status of the relevant
  software, the decision was made to extend the duration of Phase1 of the pilot
  (deployment in PPS environment) until the 22nd of July before the pilot service
  starts being migrated toward the production environment
• Minutes of the meeting available at
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=36931
• Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

2008-07-01: A PPS all-sites meeting was held to introduce the
implementation of the new model of PPS and discuss the related tasks

• Minutes of the meeting are available at
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=36928
• Details about the tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7285

2008-06-19: release of gLite3.1 Update27 to production in preparation
This update, initially supposed to be released the 25th of June,
had some delays and it will be out as soon as possible. It will contain:

• glite-BDII
  • As a new functionality for the site BDII, the use of GlueSite object
    has been improved according to the recommendations in:
    https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/MAN1_How_to_publish_Site_Information
  • Both the site and the top level BDIIs publish the GlueService object using
    a new information service provider. (See PATCH:1278).
  • BDII__URL variables are now required by YAIM if they are not
    defined in the config files.

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-06-26: New SAM server in PPS:

• A dedicated instance of the SAM database for PPS has been set up
  in order to fix a recently emerged incompatibility that was affecting the
  submission of SAm tests to PPS sites. Clients and portal are being reconfigured
  accordingly and the service should be available again in a very short time

2008-06-24: Release of gLite3.1 PPS Update31 to PPS in preparation
This update, is bound to contain, among other certified patches,
PATCH:1732 - glexec installation/configuration + rpath stripping

2008-06-23: gLite3.0 Update50 was released to PPS
This update, currently in advanced phase of pre-deployment testing, contains
a bug fix in glite-FTA: the gridFTP session handling was changed so that the
copy and getFileSize are done in the same session

2008-06-23: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• The 1st phase is in progress as scheduled.
  
  • Cream CEs have been installed at PPS-CNAF and FZK-PPS
  • ICE-enabled WMSss have been installed at SCAI-PPS and FZK-PPS
  • Update of installation procedure in progress
    
• The trasition to phase2 (publishing in production BDII and involvement of experiments
  in the test) is planned to be kicked-off the 1st of Julyt
  Details about the single tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-06-19: release of gLite3.1 Update27 to production in preparation
This update, to be released the 25th of June will contain:

• glite-BDII
  • As a new functionality for the site BDII, the use of GlueSite object
    has been improved according to the recommendations in:
    https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/MAN1_How_to_publish_Site_Information
  • Both the site and the top level BDIIs publish the GlueService object using
    a new information service provider. (See PATCH:1278).
  • BDII__URL variables are now required by YAIM if they are not
    defined in the config files.

2008-06-18: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• The 1st phase is in progress as scheduled. Details about the single
  tasks can be found in the tracker
  https://savannah.cern.ch/task/?group=sa1dep
  specifically listing the subtasks of TASK:7143

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-06-11: gLite3.1 Update26 was released to production
This update contains:

• glite-AMGA_oracle (initial release)
• glite-AMGA_postgres
• VOMS
  • voms-server 3.1.3-0 (several bug fixes)
  • VOMS Admin Server 2.0.14.1 (several bug fixes)
• Torque 2.3.0 with several enhancements e.g.:
  • added -a to qrun to allow asynchronous job start
  • allow qrerun on completed jobs
  • allow qdel to delete all jobs
  • make qdel -m functionality match the documentation
  • local client connections use a unix domain socket, bypassing inet and pbs_iff
• Client tools (UI, WNs, VOBOXEs)
  • New version of lcg-info to support multiple BDII endpoints in LCG_GFAL_INFOSYS
  • VOMS Admin Client 2.0.7.1
    • Added VOMS-Admin User's guide
    • Improved voms-admin client online documentation
• Fix for dependency issue found after deployment of Update 25

2008-06-11: Pilot service of Cream CE:

• The 1st phase was started and the service installation is in progress
  at CNAF (done) and FZK
• Details of the kick-off meeting are available at
  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPIslandKickOff2008x06x10

2008-06-10: After pre-deployment testing, PPS sites are upgrading to gLite3.1.0 PPS Update30
The update affects the lcg-CE and VOBOX service:

• It fixes the problem of the metapackage upgrade introduced in production
  by gLite 3.1 Update 25. For details, please see the BUG:37323, the related GGUS ticket GGUS:36981 and the patch PATCH:1874.

2008-06-09: A link to "Security best practices for administrators, developers
and users of EGEE infrastructure" https://edms.cern.ch/document/926685/1 is now available on the PPS website)

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

2008-06-5: Release of gLite3.1 Update26 to production in preparation
This update, to be released on Monday 9th of June, contains:

• glite-AMGA_oracle (initial release)
• glite-AMGA_postgres
• VOMS
  • voms-server 3.1.3-0 (several bug fixes)
  • VOMS Admin Server 2.0.14.1 (several bug fixes)
• Torque 2.3.0 with several enhancements e.g.:
  • added -a to qrun to allow asynchronous job start
  • allow qrerun on completed jobs
  • allow qdel to delete all jobs
  • make qdel -m functionality match the documentation
  • local client connections use a unix domain socket, bypassing inet and pbs_iff
• Client tools (UI, WNs, VOBOXEs)
  • New version of lcg-info to support multiple BDII endpoints in LCG_GFAL_INFOSYS
  • VOMS Admin Client 2.0.7.1
    • Added VOMS-Admin User's guide
    • Improved voms-admin client online documentation

2008-06-05: Pilot service of Cream CE: While the integration and certification of Cream CEs is progressing, JRA1, SA3 and SA1 are organising a parallel pilot service in order to collect feedback from the experiments and to accelerate the testing and deployment in production of the new service. The pilot will be organised in two phases:

• 1st phase: to start as soon as YAIM and/or an acceptable set of installation instructions will be provided. Some of PPS sites will be gradually requested to replace their lcg-CE with CREAM. We will start with one site, published in the PPS BDII and then extend the testbed as needed. The aim of this phase is to fine-tune the installation tools (YAIM and release notes), and to verify the correct interactions of the new services with the monitoring tools. In addition to that 1 WMS in PPSwill need to be adapted to submit to cream CEs. So, initially, up to two PPS sites will be needed to support this scenario, to grow to some more (ideally one per batch-system)
• 2nd phase: to start as soon as the installation is stable and the service has proven to be working and interacting correctly with the other components. Some production sites will be asked to add/replace one or more Cream CEs. to be published with GlueServiceStatus = 'production'. The LHC experiments will be involved in this phase to start a controlled submission of production jobs to the new service.

• The contents of the GlueSite object has been improved resulting in changes being made to YAIM to reflect the recommendations in http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gocwi...
• Both the site and the top level BDIIs publish the GlueService object using a new information service provider. (See details in PATCH:1278).
• BDII_regions_URL variables are now required by YAIM if they are not defined in the config files

• glite-WMS
  • General performances and robustness improvements
  • Several bugs fixed
  • Bottlenecks analyzed and fixed
  • Improved job submission rate and service stability
  • Experimental support for JobDir, a mailbox-based persistent communication mechanism between local processes.
• glite-LB
  • The functionality is the same as the current gLite 3.0/SL3 release.
    A review of the features of the current release is provided in thee release notes
• glite-SGE_utils (new JobManager version for SGE)
  • Includes support for DGAS job records
  • Now SGE JobManager submits jobs with CE environment using qsub -V (Fix to question raised in bug #33666)
  • Now SGE JM can submit qstat queries to different qmaster ports including the "$SGE_QMASTER= ''" in the lcgsge.conf JM configuration file.

EGEE Pre-Production Service Coordination:

• Installation completed: LHCb is now using the
  service for the integration of the bookkeeping service

28-5-2008: A self-consistent draft of the "PPS Service Description" was sent to the EGEE ROC Managers for comments
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PreProductionServiceDescription The document is also being circulated in EGEE/NA4

2008-05-27: Set-up of preproduction LB notification service for ARDA in progress: Analysis with developers in progress.

27-5-2008: gLite3.1.0 PPS Update29 was released to PPS.
The update, currently in phase of pre-deployment testing, affects the BDII* service, namely:

• The contents of the GlueSite object has been improved resulting in changes being made to YAIM to reflect the recommendations in http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gocwi...
• Both the site and the top level BDIIs publish the GlueService object using a new information service provider. (See details in PATCH:1278).
• BDII_regions_URL variables are now required by YAIM if they are not defined in the config files

26-5-2008: After pre-deployment testing the PPS is currently upgrading to gLite3.1.0 PPS Update28 . The update contains:

• WMS: fix for minor configuration bug

23-5-2008: gLite3.1 Update25 to production in preparation.
The update, to be released on thursday 29th May, contains

• glite-WMS 3.1 for SL4
• glite-LB 3.1 for SL4
• SGE-utils
  • new jobmanager version supporting DGAS job records

23-5-2008: gLite3.0 Update43 released to production
The update contains:

• lcg-vomscerts-5.0.0 with new host certificate for the VOMS server vo.racf.bnl.gov
  Affected metapackages
  • lcg-RB
  • glite-SE_classic
  • glite-VOBOX
  • glite-WMS
  • glite-LB
  • glite-WMSLB
    The following metapackages, now supported with gLite version 3.1, are affected as well if still deployed at some sites in version 3.0
  • lcg-CE
  • lcg-CE_torque
  • glite-LFC_mysql
  • glite-LFC_oracle
  • glite-SE_dpm_disk
  • glite-SE_dpm_mysql
  • glite-SE_dpm_oracle

23-5-2008: gLite3.1 Update24 was released to production. The update contains

• lcg-vomscerts-5.0.0 with new host certificate for the VOMS server vo.racf.bnl.gov The affected metapackages are
  • lcg-CE
  • lcg-CE_torque
  • glite-LFC_mysql
  • glite-LFC_oracle
  • glite-SE_dpm_disk
  • glite-SE_dpm_mysql
  • glite-SE_dpm_oracle
• Yaim core and yaim lcg-ce 4.0.4 series - Job Priorities implementation

22-5-2008: The WMS 3.1 PPS pilot at CERN-PROD and INFN CNAF for Atlas and CMS was successfully terminated.More details in https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/PPIslandFollowUp2008x05x22