Tuesday, July 31, 2012

OSG Software version 3.1.7 has been released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce OSG Software version 3.1.7. This is the new OSG Software distributed via RPMs for Scientific Linux 5 and 6, CentOS 5 and 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The changes in this release include changes that primarily affect the OSG CE, the Bestman SE, and the HDFS SE. Changes include:

Several bug fixes, especially:
* Fixed missing dependencies for Bestman2
* Fixed lcmaps integration for xrootd
* Fixed GridFTP HDFS integration so files are properly deleted when requested.
Updated software, especially:
* New version of glideinwms, 2.6.0
* Condor job manager now respects max_wall_time RSL parameter

Release notes and pointers to documentation can be found at: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release317

Need help? Let us know: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We look forward to your feedback on this new release.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, July 24th at 13:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, June 24th, 2012 at 13:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours (13:00 - 21:00 UTC) in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered. We encourage users to test affected services before the production release.

GOC Ticket Synchronizer (GOC-TX) 1.26.1

ITB version can be tested via https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu
Updated default value for FNAL/SNOW Reported Source to “Direct Input”.
Fixed FNAL/SNOW mapping for pending status (was unknown previously)
Updated default assignment group for SNOW to be “Service Desk”.
Replaced GGUS/concerned VO to GOC/SC conversion with GGUS/notified site to GOC/SC [GOCTX-21]


MyOSG 1.53

ITB version is now available for testing at https://myosg-itb.grid.iu.edu
Added campus grid site marks on RSV Status Map (to be exposed via OSG Display)


OSG Display 1.0.10

ITB version can be tested via http://display-itb.grid.iu.edu/
Requesting MyOSG to render Campus Grid site icons on Status Map tab


Blogs

ITB version can be tested via http://blogs-itb.grid.iu.edu
Added OSG Security Blog


OIM 3.3

ITB version can be tested via https://oim-itb.grid.iu.edu
Added capability to display all DNs associated with the user contact, and show which cert was used to login.
Added email display for contacts in contact editor.
Various updates related to OSG PKI certificate interface.


TWiki

ITB version can be tested via https://twiki.grid.iu.edu
Fixed the Mime type issue for MS Office documents


All Services

We will be updating all RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 hosts to the latest Red Hat packages, and we will be updating the firmware on physical hosts where updates are available. This will require reboots.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Needs Your Opportunistic Cycles

OSG Resource Providers,

The LSST VO (http://www.lsst.org/lsst/) is looking for cycles. LSST is currently running on OSG resources using the North West Indiana Campus Grid (NWICG) VO as an umbrella VO for their activities. Eventually, we would like for all of the LSST work to be accounted to the LSST VO. Please take a look to see if your resource is enabled to allow LSST VO jobs, and if it is not please consider enabling it. Below is a description of the application. LSST jobs run already on the OSG and the LSST simulation group can work closely with the OSG support group and the resource providers in case of need. If you'd like to help please enable the LSST VO: we are happy to provide assistance if help is needed.

Thank you in advance for your participation,
Rob Quick
OSG Operations Coordinator

Gabriele Garzoglio
OSG Support team

John Peterson
LSST Photon Simulator Coordinator


About LSST simulations
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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will image a large area of the sky with each exposure. This will help it in accomplishing its science missions:
1.Probing dark energy and dark matter
2.Taking an inventory of the solar system
3.Exploring the transient optical sky
4.Mapping the Milky Way

One of the main features of the telescope is a 3.2 Gigapixel camera, which is anticipated to produce about 15TB of uncompressed image data a night. Another is its large mirror, which allows the telescope to quickly detect faint objects in a large area of the sky.

The OSG user support team and the LSST simulation group have collaborated in 2010 to port the LSST image simulation application to the OSG. Today, LSST simulation jobs "overspill" to OSG from Purdue whenever additional cycles are needed. Simulated images are used to refine and validate the data analysis software used to accomplish LSST scientific missions. For one exposure the software simulates the path of 1011 photons from their sources, through the atmosphere, the telescope optics, and to the CCDs.


LSST Simulation Execution on the OSG
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The client supports following important features:

* integration with glideinWMS
* automatic recovery of jobs through glideinWMS
* full support for eviction of jobs, automatic suspend and restart of the job
* ~30 MB data stage in / stage out per job without a need to prestage data at sites
* 1-5 hours per job
* the "unit" of computation is a "visit" of the sky i.e. two 15 sec exposures of all 189 camera CCDs i.e. 378 jobs. This takes ~1000 CPU hours.


Benefits of running LSST Simulation on your Site
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LSST simulation runs approximately monthly "bursts" of job "overspilling" from Purdue to OSG and other resources. These jobs will utilize idles cycles at your site that might otherwise not be utilized. At the same time, through the integration with GlideinWMS, the jobs will not flood any one site.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

OSG Software version 3.1.6 has been released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce OSG Software version 3.1.6. This is the new
OSG Software distributed via RPMs for Scientific Linux 5 and 6, CentOS
5 and 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The changes in this
release include changes that affect RSV installations.

- A bug has been fixed that was introduced in RSV 3.7.2 installations
that affected the use of user proxies
- The RSV log rotation configuration has been adjusted to not affect
global log rotation behavior

Release notes and pointers to documentation can be found at:
https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release316

Need help? Let us know:
https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We look forward to your feedback on this new release.