RAL Tier1 weekly Operations Grid 20130128

Operational Issues

Description	Start	End	Affected VO(s)	Severity	Status

Downtimes

Description	Hosts	Type	Start	End	Affected VO(s)

Blocking Issues

Description	Requested Date	Required By Date	Priority	Status

Developments/Plans

Detailed Individual Reports

Andrew

• Last week:
  • Wrote FTS3 change control document
  • Carried out Maui 3.3.1 testing; wrote change control document
  • Built Torque 4.1.4; tried job query & job submission scale tests
  • CMS HLT farm testing
  • CMS processing
  • A/L on Tues, Fri
• Coming week:
  • Deploy www-ftsmon
  • Upgrade PhEDEx
  • APEL UMD-2 upgrade testing, change control
  • CMS HLT farm testing
  • CMS processing
  • A/L on Tues
  • CMS UK computing meeting Thurs

Catalin

• Last week
  • work on cvmfs for small VOs
  • SL6 EMI-2 topBDII installation and testing
• This week
  • CRISTAL 2

Ian

• Last week:
  • First HEPiX planning meeting
  • Network planning
  • Look at new SL59 Beta 1
  • Investigating LHCB job failures.

• Coming week:
  • Planning HEPiX talks
  • Investigating upgrading & expanding CEPH

James

• Last Week
• This Week

Orlin

• Install & Test EMI2/SL6 WNs on the gridSL6 queue [testing ongoing]
• Install & Configure lcgce12 as separate cluster/queue, dedicated CREAMCE for the gridSL6 queue [done]
• Bring the Testbed back in order, check the list of services [ongoing]
• Create user accounts for NEISS VO [done]
• Migrate production UMD1/SL5 to EMI2/SL6 Argus Server [to do]
• Learn more about Cloud computing - Open Nebula; EC2; OpenStack & do some tests [ongoing]
• Install & Test Cloud Apache server serving munge keys to WNs [done]
• Test a possibility of EMI2/SL6 WN - preinstalled cloud image with a batch-client [to do]
• Test and compare jobs running on cloud/hypervisor with physical hardware [to do]
• Focus on running software from CVMFS on SL6 WNs ---> ask Ian about it [to do]
• Learn more about Frontier services and install test lcgvo01/02 frontiers following Alastair's wikipage [ongoing]

OnCall/AoD Cover

OnCall Rota

• Grid OnCall: Andrew (Mon-Sun)

Absences

Catalin Mon-Wed (CRISTAL 2) Andrew Tues (Annual Leave)