Tuesday, August 14, 2012

OSG Software version 3.1.8 has been released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce OSG Software version 3.1.8. 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 the client, and the compute element:

Condor 7.8.2 is a recommended security update.
A new version of the Gratia probe that fixes various bugs
A new version of osg-cleanup that fixes a bug that prevented it from cleaning up all appropriate files.
A new version of lcmaps that makes it work better with Condor. Please note that you will get an updated lcmaps configuration file that you need to merge with your existing configuration. (/etc/lcmaps.db)

Release notes and pointers to documentation can be found at: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release318

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

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, August 14th at 13:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, August 14th, 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.


OIM 3.4
ITB version can be tested via https://oim-itb.grid.iu.edu
Limited availability for OSG PKI user interface


MyOSG 2.0
ITB version is now available for testing at https://myosg-itb.grid.iu.edu
Updated look & feel.
Compacted various pages to fit more information.


GOC-TX 1.26.2
ITB version can be tested via https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu
Updated FNAL/ServiceNow SOAP client to the latest version which is to be released on 8/10 at FNAL.


GOC Ticket 1.55
ITB version is now available for testing at https://ticket-itb.grid.iu.edu
Added campus research club request form (prototype)


Blogs
ITB version can be tested via http://blogs-itb.grid.iu.edu
Added Erik Erlandson Blog


Installed Capacity Report 1.0-10
Adding sites supported by USCMS_Tier2 Support Center to the report.
Moving report script from OIM to reports.grid.iu.edu


VM Maintenance

We will be reorganizing the files on the VM hosts to improve performance -- most have already been done; this is the last group of changes. On Tuesday, August 7, only ITB VMs will be affected (and then only data-itb, display-itb, gratiaweb-itb, myosg-itb, rsv-itb, ticket-itb, and tx-itb). All other ITB VMs have already been reorganized. On Tuesday, August 14, the last production VMs will be reorganized. The only public-facing services experiencing downtime will be display.grid.iu.edu, tx.grid.iu.edu, and twiki.grid.iu.edu. Ticket.grid.iu.edu may experience degradation of service due to load but will remain online. Production downtime should not exceed 20 minutes.