NEW OSG CA DISTRIBUTION - RELEASE 1.9

A new release of the CA certificates is available at
http://software.grid.iu.edu/pacman/cadist/.
This is version 1.9 and uses IGTF 1.31 as the basis.

===== Version 1.9 ====================
Released 28-Jul-2009

Updated to IGTF 1.31:
* Removed expired root certificate for BEGrid (03aa0ecb) (BE)
* Removed expired and discontinued User and Server issuing CAs
for DFN (fe102e03 and 34f8e29c) (DE)

OSG 1.2.0 Release Announcement

After several months of work, we are pleased to announce the availability of version 1.2.0 of the OSG middleware stack. This release brings several new
features including support for debian 5.0, more efficient upgrading between minor releases, and features to make it easier to setup, use, and maintain installations based on the OSG middleware stack.

Documentation for the OSG release can be found at https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/.

For details about the release please visit the Overview document at https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/OSG12Overview.

Packages Available:
ce - Compute Element
wn-client - Worker Node Client
client - Desktop Client
gums - GUMS
voms - VOMS
vomrs - VOMRS

Job Manager Setup Packages:
Globus-Condor-Setup
Globus-LSF-Setup
Globus-PBS-Setup
Globus-SGE-Setup

Optional Packages:
ManagedFork - Condor Managed Fork
squid - Squid Web Caching Service
Bestman - Bestman Storage
Xrootd - XRootD

To install these packages use the following pacman syntax:

# pacman -get http://software.grid.iu.edu/osg-1.2:

Example for the compute element use:
# pacman -get http://software.grid.iu.edu/osg-1.2:ce

Please Contact the OSG Operations Center with any questions or concerns by opening a ticket at https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc/open.

Rob Quick
OSG Operations Coordinator
Suchandra Thapa
OSG Integration Coordinator
Alain Roy
OSG Software Coordinator

Clarification of 7/10 VORS Notification

In the attached message sent on Friday, July 10th, the GOC used the word "deprecate" to describe the VORS turndown on Monday, August 3rd. To clarify the status of VORS beginning on August 3rd, it will be turned down and unavailable to the public.
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The OSG Grid Operations Center is planning the deprecation of the VORS (http://vors.grid.iu.edu) status monitoring service on August 3rd. VORS status probing will be replaced by RSV probes and data presentation will be provided in the MyOSG pages (https://myosg.grid.iu.edu).

We have been working hard to identify and move VORS users to the new MyOSG interface for status data. If you are still using VORS please contact the GOC as soon as possible so we can help facilitate your move. Our goal is to have all external programmatic users fully functioning using MyOSG or other OSG information services by July 27th.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

VORS Deprecation Scheduled August 3rd, 2009

The OSG Grid Operations Center is planning the deprecation of the VORS (http://vors.grid.iu.edu) status monitoring service on August 3rd. VORS status probing will be replaced by RSV probes and data presentation will be provided in the MyOSG pages (https://myosg.grid.iu.edu).

We have been working hard to identify and move VORS users to the new MyOSG interface for status data. If you are still using VORS please contact the GOC as soon as possible so we can help facilitate your move. Our goal is to have all external programmatic users fully functioning using MyOSG or other OSG information services by July 27th.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

IMPORTANT: Please restart tomcat on your CE immediately

The GOC requests all OSG production site administrators to restart their
Tomcat service as soon as possible!

The IP address of is1.grid.iu.edu changed yesterday - this was part of
the final set of transitions of GOC servers to a new VLAN before the September
2009 machine room move. The CEMon clients running on most OSG CEs have
not picked up this change of IP address - this is a well known bug in
the Tomcat configuration that has supposedly been fixed in very recent
VDT releases (for more information please contact the VDT or file a GOC
ticket). Restarting Tomcat will ensure that your CE uploads data to both
servers is1 and is2.

The GOC has setup a temporary rsync of CEMon data files from is2 to is1
-- this will remain in place for the next 24-48 hours while we monitor
whether all sites have restarted uploading data to is1.

Completed: July 8 Maintenance on MyOSG and is1.grid.iu.edu

The GOC has completed maintenance on is1.grid.iu.edu and MyOSG.

We request site administrators to restart their tomcat so that CEMon will start uploading to is1.grid.iu.edu at its new IP address.

Additionally, during this maintenance, OIM (https://oim.grid.iu.edu) and the Ticket (https://ticket.grid.iu.edu) were unavailable for a few minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We expect to not have such outages in the future - this network maintenance is a required process as the GOC moves towards moving its servers to a new machine room in September 2009.

New VO Package - GUGrid VO Removed, CDF and JDEM updates - GOC Ticket # 7106

A new VO package is now available. This package removes the new defunct GUGrid VO who is conducting future OSG business under the Engage VO. It also updates a malformed vomses file entry for JDEM and the ordering of CDF entries in the edg-mkgridmap.conf.

The GOC suggests backing up your installation before running any update commands.

To pull the new VO Package for an OSG 0.8 or 1.0.x Resource please use:
# cd $VDT_LOCATION
# source setup.sh
# pacman -update vo-package

To pull the new VO Package for the OSG Client 0.8 or 1.0.x please use:
# cd $VDT_LOCATION
# source setup.sh
# pacman -update vo-client

Also remember local account mapping for GUGrid will need to be removed.

Please see ticket 7106 at:
https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc/viewer?id=7106

OIM Emergency Maintenance

The GOC will be applying a bug fix to OIM from 4:45 PM EDT to 5:00 EDT. No downtime is expected.

* This update fixes an issue with browsing the data change log.

July 8 Maintenance on MyOSG and is1.grid.iu.edu

On July 8th 2009 18:00-19:00 UTC, the OSG Operations Group will be performing maintenance on the following production services:
myosg.grid.iu.edu
is1.grid.iu.edu

BDII users will be unaffected - is.grid will be reconfigured to point to only is2.grid.iu.edu during this maintenance period. The real outages on myosg and is2 are expected to last only few minutes but the GOC reserves the entire hour for maintenance. We will let you know when the maintenance is complete.

Resolved: OIM Outage

The GOC was experiencing an OIM outage. Service has been restored.

OIM Outage

The GOC is currently experiencing an OIM outage. Engineers are currently investigating. We will send another announcement when service has been restored.

CORRECTION: New release 1.8 of CA Certificates

A new release of the CA certificates is available at
http://software.grid.iu.edu/pacman/cadist/.
This is version 1.8 and still uses IGTF 1.30 as the basis.

We had previously supplied the SVN address in error and we apologize.

===== Version 1.8 ====================
Released 1-Jul-2009

Removed obsolete expiring CAs:
* DFN-Verein User CA Grid - G01, hash 34f8e29c
* DFN-Verein Server CA Grid - G01, hash fe102e03

GOC Staff Holiday July 3-5

The Open Science Grid Operations Center will be operating on weekend/after-hours procedures on July 3rd for Independence Day holiday. Please submit issues normally via the webform at  https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc/open. All non-critical tickets will be addressed on Monday, July 6th.

New release 1.8 of CA Certificates

A new release of the CA certificates is available at
https://osg-svn.rtinfo.indiana.edu/cadist/release/.
This is version 1.8 and still uses IGTF 1.30 as the basis.
===== Version 1.8 ====================
Released 1-Jul-2009

Removed obsolete expiring CAs:
* DFN-Verein User CA Grid - G01, hash 34f8e29c
* DFN-Verein Server CA Grid - G01, hash fe102e03