OSG All Hands Meeting 2016 - Registration Open

OSG All Hands Meeting 2016 - Clemson University

Registration for the All Hands Meeting of the Open Science Grid hosted
by the Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration group (CITI -
http://citi.clemson.edu/) of Clemson University, March 14-18, 2016,
Clemson, South Carolina is now open at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/index.html

Topics to be discussed will include:

* How high-throughput computing accelerates research, and how OSG can help users scale up.

* Usability challenges and solutions for distributed high-throughput computing applications.

* Connecting virtual organizations, campus researchers and XSEDE users
to the OSG: command line, science gateways, and workflow frameworks.

* Training and education: partnerships with ACI-REF and Software Carpentry.

* Serving more of the "long tail" of science with high-throughput
parallel computing: incorporating multi-core, GPU and virtual cluster
resources into science workflows using shared and allocated
distributed infrastructure.

* Broadening participation and use of OSG from various disciplines,
strategy for expanding use, potential areas of impact.

* Advanced network analytics services for national Science DMZ infrastructure.

* Cyberinfrastructure partnerships: university research computing HPC
centers, XSEDE XD providers, DOE laboratories, NSF Large Facility
computing organizations and commercial cloud providers. Technologies,
strategies, ideas, and discussions on how OSG can foster partnerships
across the widest possible range of CI.

The program this year has been expanded to include hands-on workshops
for advanced cyberinfrastructure providers and scientific user
communities accessing the shared resources connected by the OSG. As
has been the custom, the 2016 OSG AHM will be co-located with the U.S.
Large Hadron Collider (LHC at CERN) computing facility meetings.

Logistical information, registration and agenda are available at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/index.html

OSG Release Series 3.2 Deprecation - End of Life August 2016

The OSG 3.3 release series began on 11 August 2015, and thus will reach its 6-month anniversary with the February release of OSG 3.3.9. According to our release series support policy [*], OSG 3.2 is the “previous release series” and will begin its 6-month deprecation phase. Therefore, after the February release, OSG 3.2 will receive only critical bug and security patches. [*] https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/SoftwareTeam/ReleaseSeriesSupportPolicy Because of the change in OSG 3.2’s status, OSG urges site administrators to update to OSG 3.3 if they have not done so already. Looking forward, the end-of-life date for OSG 3.2 is scheduled for 9 August 2016. If you have questions or comments about this announcement, the OSG release series, how to update your site, or so on, please email us at the usual OSG support address: goc@opensciencegrid.org

Hardware Failure Affecting Multiple Services. (Previously: Ongoing OASIS availability problems)

Repair of the hardware implementing the shared file system /net/nas01 completed early this week. This repair included replacing multiple drives. Recovery of the content previously stored on the system continues. The OASIS and PerfSonar systems have returned to normal operational status and are operating as expected. If you notice any irregularity in service please open a GOC ticket at ticket.grid.iu.edu.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 14:00 UTC.  The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event unexpected problems are encountered.

Voms
* Upgrade to 2.7
* Add --skipcacheck flag to all instances

Oasis
* Resize various filesystems

Condor Collectors
* Increase RAM to decrease swapping

OSG CA transition
* Additional VOs to be transitioned to OSG CA - CILogon HSM

UPDATE: Ongoing OASIS availability problems

Yesterday, OSG Operations announced a hardware problem with /net/nas01. Work continues on restoration of the shared file system. OSG Operations anticipates no loss of data and restoration of service within 24 hours. We will keep you advised as more information becomes available. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Ongoing OASIS availability problems

OSG Operations is experiencing hardware problems with a shared storage device (/net/nas01). Recovery on this device is in progress. OASIS users cannot currently update content but content is available externally. OSG Operations will keep you informed as updates become available. Expect the next update tomorrow by midday. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Announcing OSG Software versions 3.2.34 and 3.3.8

We are pleased to announce OSG Software versions 3.2.34 and 3.3.8.

Changes to OSG 3.2.34 and 3.3.8 include:
* HTCondor-CE 2.0.0 with the new HTCondor-CE View web app
* Updated vo-client to version 62 to prevent voms-proxy-init failures
   (see release notes for details)
* The PKI tools can accept hostname aliases in certificate requests
* Added support for rename and rmdir in gridftp-hdfs
* Added connection limits to gridftp-hdfs to limit load
* Updated to cctools version 4.4.3

In addition, OSG 3.3.8 includes:
* HTCondor 8.4.3
* HTCondor 8.5.1 in the Upcoming repository

Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3234
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release338

Need help? Let us know:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We welcome feedback on this release!

GOC service update - Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

OIM

Changes for certificate requests for CMS

OSG CA transition

CMS is switching to OSG CA - CILogon HSM. CMS users should continue to request their certificates from the CERN CA.

Perfsonar

Ensuring that IPv6 is disabled on psds0.grid.iu.edu as requested in https://ticket.opensciencegrid.org/27654 .