Week of 060320
Open Actions from last week:
Chair: H.Renshall
On Call: Andrea + James
Monday:
Log: Nothing
New Actions:
Discussion:
Tuesday:
Log:
New Actions:
Discussion:
Wednesday
Log:
Actions: 8 remaining LFCs to be upgraded to 1.5.4 at 09.30. 15 mins downtime.
srm.cern.ch transfers failed with timeouts from 17.00 Tuesday. Being looked at by CASTOR team.
Discussion: 36 remaining disk servers (3 groups of 12 on different switches) for SC4 nearly ready. It was agreed to wait for tomorrow to get all 36 rather than take 12 today. Plan is to perform bulk file population operations over the weekend (JC). JDS reported only
IN2P3 had started ramp-up tests and we must start more. Maarten L. will drive this activity.
Thursday
Log: srmcopy tests are being made to BNL. Data rate should be higher.
Actions: FIO to decide how long a stoppage they want on Wed 29 March. When decided HRR to issue grid broacast news and schedule the downtime at GOCDB.
Discussion: CS will upgrade routers between 8 and 8.30 on 29 March. We may
profit from this to take a longer stoppage to perform kernel and castor upgrades. FIO expect to deliver 36 disk servers to SC4 today.
Friday
Log: March 29 will be network interruptions 07.30 to 08.30 then CASTOR interruptions till 10.00 and
LSF resumed at 10.30. EDG broadcast has been sent and scheduled downtime entered at GOCDB.
Actions: Start loading new diskservers with SC4 files.
Discussion: E7 type diskservers freeze last night followed new 3-ware firmware in preparation for March 29. They were rebooted so this should not re-occur.