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

Where's Corby
by Schmitz, Corby B. 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Taking Imogen to school tomorrow to meet with the teacher and principal. Sheri has agreed to stay and do the lunch thing for the first day, so I will be in for my 10:30am meeting and in for the rest of the day unless we have problems at the school (which are not expected). If you need me, call me. Corby Schmitz Sent from my mobile office

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[email protected]
by Craig Stacey 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

the address webmaster(a)mcs.anl.gov will now bounce, with a note to contact systems(a)mcs.anl.gov. Hopefully, this will result in only people getting through. Mail to web(a)mcs.anl.gov will not bounce, and will go straight to systems. -- Craig

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Where's Tina (Next Thursday, 8/30)
by Tina Stanton-Piersanti 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Next Thursday morning, I will be later then school usual. I need to stop at MY school to finalize my financial paperwork and schedule with them at 8:45 am. I will be in as soon as I am done there. Thanks! Tina

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Beagle Lustre at 93%
by Joe Urbanski 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Beagle's Lustre filesystem is at 93% full. Normally I'd send out the usual 'please clean up your files' email, but with GPFS on PADS full, I'm worried I might cause a panic amongst users. Thoughts??

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Fwd: DD/DH: Conference Attendance Tracking Requirement by DOE
by Tina Stanton-Piersanti 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

To those of you that travel- all travel must be put into the Conf. Attendance Tracking system. See below- Begin forwarded message: > From: dddh(a)anl.gov > Date: August 21, 2012 9:30:12 AM CDT > To: dddh(a)anl.gov > Subject: DD/DH: Conference Attendance Tracking Requirement by DOE > > > The following memo and any accompanying attachments may be viewed in the Business Communication Archive at: > > http://www.tis.anl.gov/db/memos/memo/SDF?syskey=2972 > > > > > INFORMATIONAL MEMO > > > August 21, 2012 > > TO: Division Directors/Department Heads > > FROM: Mark Peters Deputy Laboratory Director for Programs > > SUBJECT: Conference Attendance Tracking Requirement by DOE > > > Conferences are important to all of us as scientists and engineers and to > Argonne. In order to preserve this important avenue for professional > development, access to potential collaborations and laboratory outreach, we > need to be good stewards of the taxpayer dollars entrusted to us. > > To that end, the U.S. Department of Energy has recently changed procedures and > requirements related to conference attendance, some of which were addressed in > an earlier memo (https://docs.anl.gov/doccenter/memos/175397) Among the new > changes is a requirement that the laboratory more closely track conference > attendance by its employees. > > To accomplish this, all conference attendance that requires travel must be > entered into the Conference Attendance System > (http://inside.anl.gov/tools/applications/conference-attendance-system) at > least 60 days in advance of the conference. Information required by the > application include each attendee's name and badge number, conference > information, estimated costs, funding source and the purpose/justification for > attendance. This is in addition to the travel authorization process. > > DOE's General Counsel defines a conference as: > > ∑ a meeting, seminar, retreat, symposium, or similar event that requires > official travel. A conference is generally organized for the purpose of > facilitating discussion or exchange of views on matters related to the mission > of DOE. It also includes certain training activity that has specific objectives > identified to improve knowledge, skills, or abilities of the attendees. > Operational meetings such as peer reviews, program reviews, and construction > project reviews are, generally speaking, not considered a conference because > they are aimed at evaluation of discrete program projects or initiatives of > DOE. Another example of "operational" function is DOE program officials meeting > with DOE contractors concerning particular work under a contract. However, if > DOE employees are going to a meeting, with or without non-federal participants, > where the object of the meeting is to develop "best practices" or update others > regarding developments in the DOE complex that meeting is not operational and > is a conference. > > An employee's participation may be denied if not entered into the system 60 > days in advance. Expenses incurred by the laboratory for unapproved events are > considered unallowable and not reimbursable. > > Good stewardship also means we should take every opportunity to curtail costs > associated with conference attendance and travel. Please ask your division or > department employees to consider: > > * Limiting attendees to the minimum number necessary > > * Using public transportation, hotel shuttles, and sharing cars > > * Taking advantage of discounted airfare and lodging when possible > > * Scheduling technical discussions and business meetings with those who > plan to attend the conference to avoid separate travel costs > > Your understanding and cooperation in this matter is appreciated. Refer > questions to Jacque LeBreck, CEPA Conference Services, at ext. 2-5585. > > > > > > > This is a transmittal message only. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. > > The Business Communications Archive is located at: > https://docs.anl.gov/doccenter/memos/index.html > > If you have trouble with receipt of the transmittal messages or trouble > with accessing or using the Archive, please send an email to > help(a)anl.gov or call CIS Helpdesk at 2-9999. >

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Late
by Dan Olson 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

I'll be in around 10 am. Had to shuffle the cars and take one in for service.

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Today's user termination list
by stace＠mcs.anl.gov 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Full list of people who no longer appear on the active employee list =========================================================================== 206842 PSC Behafarid, Farzad 216036 CIS Barlow, James 219627 PSC Hu, Qinang 219892 CSE Du, Pingwu 225059 PSC Zhang, Kailing

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Re: ** PROBLEM Service Alert: namby/diskspace is CRITICAL **
by Max trefonides 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

oops. this was my bad. Sorry. -- Max Trefonides MCS Systems maxadam(a)mcs.anl.gov On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:59 PM, nagios(a)mcs.anl.gov wrote: > ***** Nagios ***** > > Notification Type: PROBLEM > > Service: diskspace > Host: namby > Address: 140.221.9.203 > State: CRITICAL > > Date/Time: Mon Aug 20 15:59:23 CDT 2012 > > Additional Info: > > DISK CRITICAL - free space: / 3482 MB (40% inode=91%): /var/run 251 MB (99% inode=99%): /var/lock 251 MB (100% inode=99%): /dev 251 MB (99% inode=95%): /dev/shm 251 MB (100% inode=99%): /sandbox 0 MB (0% inode=99%): /tmp 836 MB (98% inode=99%): /var/log 1651 MB (97% inode=99%): > > URL: https://peer.mcs.anl.gov/nagios3/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=2&host=namby.mcs.…

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Where's Max?
by Max trefonides 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Tuesday, August 21, another dentist appointment, (whimper) I'll be leaving the lab at noon. Please put me down for 1/2 medical. thanks -- Max Trefonides MCS Systems maxadam(a)mcs.anl.gov

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Fwd: ** PROBLEM Service Alert: vserver3-221/MegaRAID is WARNING **
by Ti Leggett 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but vserver3-221 seems to be having RAID issues of some sort. I'm going to try and take a look, but anyone more knowledgable should feel free to peek as well. Begin forwarded message: > From: nagios(a)mcs.anl.gov > Subject: ** PROBLEM Service Alert: vserver3-221/MegaRAID is WARNING ** > Date: August 20, 2012 12:32:23 PM CDT > To: leggett(a)mcs.anl.gov > > ***** Nagios ***** > > Notification Type: PROBLEM > > Service: MegaRAID > Host: vserver3-221 > Address: vserver3-221.mcs.anl.gov > State: WARNING > > Date/Time: Mon Aug 20 12:32:23 CDT 2012 > > Additional Info: > > WARNING: 0:0:RAID-6:8 drives:26.666GB:Optimal 0:1:RAID-6:8 drives:3.609TB:Optimal Drives:8 (1 Errors) > > URL: https://peer.mcs.anl.gov/nagios3/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=2&host=vserver3-2…

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