February 2012 - Core-students - mailman3.cels.anl.gov

redundant flexlm license servers?
by John Valdes 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Hi Core, The software license for STAR (STAR-CCM+ and STAR-CD, computation fluid dynamics applications uses by various groups at the lab) will be renewed soon (in March). ANL has a lab-wide license which we're currently serving up from licman2. While licman2 has been stable, its/Bldg 240's power hasn't always been, so whenever licman2 has been down (usually for building or Core power maintenance), STAR users elsewhere on site (eg, in NE) have been unable to use the software. STAR uses FLEXlm for license management, and one feature of FLEXlm is that it supports redundant license servers. Basically, you run FLEXlm on 3 servers, and they talk with each other to see who's up and giving out licenses. I'm thinking it would be good to setup redundant license servers for STAR when we renew the license so that future 240 outages don't affect users elsewhere onsite. NE (Keith Bowers) has volunteered to run one server, and we'll keep licman2 as one, so then we just need a third. We have redundant/backup servers in 221, no? If so, maybe one of those (it could be a VM, doesn't really matter) could be the 3rd server? What you guys think? An alternative to using FLEXlm's redundancy feature would be to setup a failure server for licman2 as a whole as I believe is done with other servers? John

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Re: BGL nodes on TSM
by William Scullin 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

I'd have to look at when we gave final warning that the Blue Gene /L was going offline since I thought we were obligated to keep user files around for three years, though I cannot recall who said three years. Otherwise, we may still want the SN1.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV backup around until Cheetah and I find the free cycles to pull the db2 bits from it - everything else should be disposable. - William On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Tisha Stacey <tstacey(a)alcf.anl.gov> wrote: > Do either of you guys feel the need to keep any archived BG/L data at this > point? > > - Tisha > > On 08/11/11 10:53, Susan Coghlan wrote: > | This is up to the operations team. I don't know of any reason to keep > | it, but Andrew and/or William might. > | > | -Susan > | > | On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Tisha Stacey wrote: > | > |> I don't, but I've copied Susan on this mail. She's who I'd expect > |> would know > |> > |> - Tisha > |> > |> On 08/11/11 10:16, Craig Stacey wrote: > |> | Tisha, do you know? > |> | -- > |> | Craig > |> | > |> | On Aug 11, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Dan Olson wrote: > |> | > |> |> Anyone know what the data retention is supposed to be on these > |> |> nodes -- > |> |> > |> |> tsm: SRI>q n *bgl* > |> |> > |> |> Node Name Platform Policy Domain Days > Since Days Since Locked? > |> |> Name Last > Acce- Password > |> |> > ss Set > |> |> ------------------------- -------- -------------- > ---------- ---------- ------- > |> |> ARCHIVE.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV Linux86 STANDARD > 1,022 2,037 No > |> |> HS.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV Linux86 STANDARD > 685 685 No > |> |> LOGIN1.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV LinuxPPC STANDARD > 1,037 2,039 No > |> |> LOGIN2.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV LinuxPPC STANDARD > 1,037 2,039 No > |> |> SN1.BGL.MCS.ANL.GOV Linux86 STANDARD > 685 685 No > |> |> > |> |> > |> |> I would like to delete the backup and the archive data if it > |> |> isn't needed. > |> |> > |> |> ---- > |> |> Daniel Murphy-Olson > |> |> Systems Administrator > |> |> Mathematics& Computer Science Division > |> |> Argonne National Laboratory > |> |> 630-252-0055 > |> |> > |> |> > |> |> > |> | > |> | > | >

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Userbase update this evening
by Chris Walker 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

This evening, at about 8pm, I'll be updating userbase to the latest and greatest release version. This update a variety of improvements, and should offer an increase in stability for the user-facing components of the system. These improvements include: - visual changes to the sponsor page to improve usability - ldap scripts now verify their operations were successful by re-querying the server instead of relying on library function result codes. Many scripts are also shared between domains as well - UI improvements for LCRC account management - a new state for resource requests was added, which will hold an auto-approved resource in a pending state until the account is approved. This fixes the issue of users who are supposed to belong to a group, netgroup, etc but are not in LDAP even though they're active in userbase. (Userbase's scripts do not add inactive users to netgroups, etc) Additionally, all domain front-ends have received extensive testing and process improvements for the request process. I feel the user-facing portion of the system is more robust, stable, and all around better than it ever has been in the past. If you would like to read more about the updates this release includes, see the Userbase trac site, http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/userbase2/ and review the items listed in the Feb2 sprint. Most folks who get this email should be able to log in, if you find that not to be the case, just reply to me and we'll get you added.. The next sprint, "Feb3", is nearly planned out, while you're there feel free to review what's coming up, and submit tickets for features, bugs, or just things we need to discuss I expect the deployment to take more than an hour but less than 3, and I'll be stopping the event queue while this is going on (since much of the script configuration is changing). Account and resource requests will work fine, but updates will not leave userbase until I've setup the new configuration. Thanks, Chris

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Where's Tina (March version)
by Tina Stanton-Piersanti 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

On March 2nd I will be taking off early to attend Parent - Teacher conf. for Vinnie (waiting to hear back from the Teacher on the time). Once done at the school, I will finish out my day at home. March 5th - Vinnie has a day off of school to celebrate Casmir Pulaski Day. I will be working from home that day. T.

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Where's Ti
by Ti Leggett 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Amy's come down with whatever I had last week so I'm working from home today to help let her get some rest.

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Username w/ special character?
by Tina Stanton-Piersanti 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

I have a user who just applied for an MCS account. This user has chosen "teresas_ci" as her username? Do we allow special characters like that in usernames. I believe I had asked this same questions years ago when I stared with the group and was told "no" , "all letter and no numbers". I can recall the conversation back in the day in 221, but I cannot recall who with, maybe Craig or Gene? I am sure I was VERY sleep deprived at the time as well due to Vinnie just being a baby. But with the new userbase, is this something that can pose a problem? I won't let the account go to pending until I receive further feedback from you guys. T.

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Backup-Failure-Notice
by root＠lal.mcs.anl.gov 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

ATTENTION The following systems have passed their scheduled backup times. Listed are the date and time of the last backup completed. NODE FILESPACE DATE TIME GIRARD.MCS.ANL.GOV /www 2011-11-22 08:08:04.000000 GIRARD.MCS.ANL.GOV /neos-jobs 2011-11-22 08:00:36.000000 GIRARD.MCS.ANL.GOV /var/log 2011-11-22 08:00:25.000000 GIRARD.MCS.ANL.GOV / 2011-11-22 08:00:23.000000 GIRARD.MCS.ANL.GOV /sandbox 2011-11-22 08:00:23.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/request 2011-10-30 15:34:07.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/ruppert-share 2011-10-30 15:34:07.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/nt-homes001/maxadam-admin2011-10-30 15:34:04.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/mcs-homes29 2011-10-30 09:16:56.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/esh 2011-10-28 11:19:58.000000 AHA.MCS.ANL.GOV /failover/var 2011-10-05 05:55:16.000000 AHA.MCS.ANL.GOV /failover/tmp 2011-10-05 05:55:15.000000 AHA.MCS.ANL.GOV /failover 2011-10-05 05:55:14.000000 AHA.MCS.ANL.GOV /u99 2011-10-05 05:54:20.000000 AHA.MCS.ANL.GOV /u02 2011-10-05 05:54:19.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/CELSAdmin 2011-09-02 18:12:59.000000 BUNTINAS-MAC.MCS.ANL.GOV / 2011-08-05 16:30:44.000000 REPO.UC.TERAGRID.ORG /var/lib/cvs 2011-05-06 00:44:55.000000 PORTAL1.UC.TERAGRID.ORG /var 2011-05-05 23:49:26.000000 PORTAL1.UC.TERAGRID.ORG / 2011-05-05 23:49:25.000000 PORTAL1.UC.TERAGRID.ORG /home 2011-05-05 23:48:59.000000 PORTAL2.UC.TERAGRID.ORG /var 2011-05-05 20:47:42.000000 PORTAL2.UC.TERAGRID.ORG / 2011-05-05 20:47:41.000000 PORTAL2.UC.TERAGRID.ORG /home 2011-05-05 20:47:18.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/media 2011-02-14 16:26:17.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/linux-debian_sarge 2011-02-14 10:52:41.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/www.accessgrid.org 2011-02-14 10:22:22.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/www.bgl.mcs.anl.gov 2011-02-14 10:20:42.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/www.ivdgl.org 2011-02-14 10:19:34.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /exports/www.gridforum.org 2011-02-14 10:18:00.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /disks/weblogs 2011-02-14 09:13:24.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /disks/nt-homes001/maxadam-admin2011-02-14 06:36:39.000000 HOMES.MCS.ANL.GOV /disks/root 2011-02-14 00:57:04.000000 If any of these file systems no longer exist, you can stop receiving emails by contacting systems(a)mcs.anl.gov. The tables and software are still under development and may change.

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Today's user termination list
by stace＠mcs.anl.gov 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Full list of people who no longer appear on the active employee list =========================================================================== 50967 PHY Bentley, Michael A. 51130 PHY Rudolph, Dirk 51956 PSC Notestein, Justin M. 55659 PHY Teal, Charles, Jr. 56316 CLS Wang, Xiaoming 57939 PHY Seyfried, Evan P. 59711 PHY Brock, Timothy S. 59712 PHY Carroll, Robert J. 59718 PHY Pakarinen, Janne J. A. 59719 PHY Paterson, Iain J. 59720 PHY Scheck, Marcus 59721 PHY Watkins, Heidi V. 59734 PHY Filmer, Fay E. E. 59797 CLS Urbanski, Joseph A. 59802 CLS Johnson, Robert Allen 72301 DOE Henson, William G. 84023 PSC Forrest, Thomas R. 84743 PSC Jaiswal, Rahul 85372 PSC Chung, Jin-Seok 86069 PSC Miller, Erin A. 87079 PSC Gilbert, Benjamin 202407 ES Grossman, Leon 206008 PSC Randhawa, Sukanya 206708 PSC Dexheimer, Susan L. 206986 PHY Fransen, Christoph H. 207481 ES Zhai, Yuan 216137 PHY Algora, Alejandro 218375 PSC Gelb, Lev D. 218376 PSC Artim, Stephen C. 220140 PSC McCulloch, Dougal G.

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[CELS Sysadmins] FW: Two Brothers 15th Anniversary
by killough＠alcf.anl.gov 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

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[CELS Sysadmins] softenv development
by William Scullin 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hi, Outside of office hours I'm trying to reboot softenv development. While I intend a rewrite, I'd like to start by patching the existing legacy softenv to make a 1.6.{3..n} since it may be awhile before I even have an alpha softenv 2. I know that within LCF we've had to patch softenv 1.6.2 to fix bugs. I'm guessing others have fixed bugs and/or made enhancements and no one has been available to take them "upstream." If you have fixes or enhancements you'd be willing to share please pass them along. I've got a git repository set up at: https://github.com/wscullin/softenv2 and will pull in changes - or if you want to keep your hands completely clean, I'll take diffs / patch files. Likewise, I'm taking feature requests for things that people would like to see in a softenv 2. Thanks, William _______________________________________________ This is the CELS Sysadmins mailing list. It is sent to memebers of: core-admins(a)mcs.anl.gov, hpc-admins(a)mcs.anl.gov, systems(a)alcf.anl.gov, aig(a)alcf.anl.gov. Do not subscribe directly to this list. Thanks.

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