Monday, June 21, 2010

REMINDER: GOC Service Update - Tuesday, June 22nd at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning at Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves four hours (14:00 - 18:00 UTC) in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

OSG TWiki (https://twiki.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://twiki-test.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Added PDF Generator plugin (GenPDFAddOn)

OIM 2.21 (https://oim.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://oim-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Removed indentation for vo form / science vo info section
* Split the field of science list into 3 columns
* Patched bug that caused null URL to be displayed on VO form

MyOSG 1.21 (https://myosg.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://myosg-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Fixed hidden service filter bug
* Implemented initial version of Misc/Operational Status Page.
* Updated OIM hierarchy indicator for resource group
* RSV Status Map: Updated logic so that non-reporting site, or site that has the latest resource status change older than N days will be treated as "Non Reporting". Added new information to display to display such sites with "NR" icons.
* RSV Status Map: Updated the map bubble style to be more inline with rest of MyOSG. Also added some verbiages to make it easier to understand why no resource status is displayed
* RSV Status Map: Updated the default URLs related to RSV status map so that "show non reporting site" check mark is checked by default.
* RSV Status Map: Set the default configuration parameter for "expired status change" to be 30 days.
* RSV Status Map: Added legend and link to a page explaining status calculation method.
* Made it easier to understand resource group / resource, site entities since this view is not exposed via display.grid.
* Other minor cosmetic changes and minor bug fixes.


GOC-TX
Release Notes:

* Moving internal synchronization table to data1/2.grid.iu.edu


GOC Ticket 1.21 (https://ticket.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Released new version of ticket navigator (switched /navigator2 to /navigator and renamed original /navigator to /navigatorold)
* Updated the application icon and favicon (from tea cup to an orange tag)
* Fixed the bug where phone number didn't get populated (patched on production)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, June 22nd at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning at Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves four hours (14:00 - 18:00 UTC) in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

OSG TWiki (https://twiki.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://twiki-test.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Added PDF Generator plugin (GenPDFAddOn)

OIM 2.21 (https://oim.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://oim-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Removed indentation for vo form / science vo info section
* Split the field of science list into 3 columns
* Patched bug that caused null URL to be displayed on VO form

MyOSG 1.21 (https://myosg.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://myosg-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Fixed hidden service filter bug
* Implemented initial version of Misc/Operational Status Page.
* Updated OIM hierarchy indicator for resource group
* RSV Status Map: Updated logic so that non-reporting site, or site that has the latest resource status change older than N days will be treated as "Non Reporting". Added new information to display to display such sites with "NR" icons.
* RSV Status Map: Updated the map bubble style to be more inline with rest of MyOSG. Also added some verbiages to make it easier to understand why no resource status is displayed
* RSV Status Map: Updated the default URLs related to RSV status map so that "show non reporting site" check mark is checked by default.
* RSV Status Map: Set the default configuration parameter for "expired status change" to be 30 days.
* RSV Status Map: Added legend and link to a page explaining status calculation method.
* Made it easier to understand resource group / resource, site entities since this view is not exposed via display.grid.
* Other minor cosmetic changes and minor bug fixes.


GOC-TX
Release Notes:

* Moving internal synchronization table to data1/2.grid.iu.edu


GOC Ticket 1.21 (https://ticket.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Released new version of ticket navigator (switched /navigator2 to /navigator and renamed original /navigator to /navigatorold)
* Updated the application icon and favicon (from tea cup to an orange tag)
* Fixed the bug where phone number didn't get populated (patched on production)

Friday, June 11, 2010

Power outage affecting VDT services on Saturday, June 12th

From the VDT Team:

There will be a power outage affecting VDT services on Saturday, June 12th due to upgrades of utilities in our building.

We expect it to begin around 8:30am Central US time and last until mid-afternoon on Saturday. It will affect:

* The VDT web site at vdt.cs.wisc.edu
* The VDT software caches (also hosted at vdt.cs.wisc.edu)
* The VDT ticket system (vdt-support@opensciencegrid.org and crt.cs.wisc.edu)

We apologize for the downtime and hope it doesn't cause any serious inconveniences for you.

-alain

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

OSG 1.2.10 Release Announcement

OSG Operations and Integration are pleased to announce the release of OSG version 1.2.10.

This update fixes several minor bugs in software found in the OSG software stack and adds some new functionality to xrootd to support ATLAS and Tier3 requirements.

This is an update for several of the components in the OSG software stack. The changes are primarily to provide xrootd changes requested by ATLAS and as well as to correct a few minor issues. This update is recommended mainly for admins interested in the new features present in the xrootd update.
Components updated
This release updates several software components to new versions, see the complete list below.
* Xrootd
* Bestman, SRM-Client-LBNL, and SRM-Tester-LBNL 2.2.1.3.12
* MyProxy and GSIOpenSSH 5.1
* vdt-ca-manage
* Apache
* osg-version

Please see the VDT release notes for more details: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/releases/2.0.0/release-p17.html

Update instructions can be found on the OSG twiki under the OSG 1.2. update instructions: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/OSG12UpdateInstructions

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, June 8th at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning at Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves four hours (14:00 - 18:00 UTC) in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.
BDII (ldap://is.grid.iu.edu:{2170,2180})

ITB servers are running the latest CEMon collector; the BDIIs on the ITB servers are now available for testing at ldap://is-itb.grid.iu.edu:2170 (OSG BDII) and ldap://is-itb.grid.iu.edu:2180 (WLCG Interop BDII); we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Upgrade CEMon collector to latest available production release version.

OIM 2.20 (https://oim.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://oim-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Modified VO registration/edit forms to allow pure resource provider VOs to be registered; number of required fields for such VOs is smaller. (Related: https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc/viewer?id=8417)
* Modified ordering of type of contacts shown on resource, VO, SC display pages to be more intuitive
* Added filters to prevent OIM registrations from sending notifications to various contacts in debug mode.
* Updated jQuery/jQuery-UI libraries to the latest version.


MyOSG 1.20 (https://myosg.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://myosg-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Added resource id / group id to various XMLs that were missing those values [JIRA ticket MYOSG-58] - GOC will notify registered XML users separately.

* Updated the main menu so that it will show the information to display as hover menu with screenshots [MYOSG-59]
* Changed the formatting for enumerated items like rgsummary / supported vo, vosummary / member resource
* Added SC summary / supported sites (No registered XML users at this time)
* Upgraded to jquery-ui 1.8.1 (which comes with jquery 1.4.2)


GOC-TX Ticket Exchange/Sync System 1.7 (tx.grid.iu.edu)
The ITB TX server has been functioning properly.

Release Notes:

* Updated cacerts file due to apache host certificate update on ticket.grid.iu.edu
* Minor code clean up & further troubleshooting code added to the initial Remedy SOAP interface.

GOC Ticket 1.20 (https://ticket.grid.iu.edu)
ITB version is now available for testing at https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu; we encourage users to test this service before the production release.

Release Notes:

* Implemented /navigator2 - this will replace /navigator and /mytickets in the coming weeks.
* Reorganized ticket viewer for non-editors and added description update field along with current CC editor. [GOCTICKET-39]
* Updated to the latest jQuery / jQuery-UI libs.
* Other internal code changes.