Reminder: GOC Service Update - Tuesday, April 27th at 14:00 UTC

A gentle reminder that the GOC will upgrade the following services beginning at Tuesday, April 27th at 14:00 UTC. More details here: http://osggoc.blogspot.com/2010/04/goc-service-update-tuesday-april-27th.html

OSG 1.2.9 Release Announcement

OSG Operations and Integration are pleased to announce the release of OSG version 1.2.9.

This is an update for several of the components in the OSG software stack. The changes are primarily to fix minor bugs or add some new functionality. Upgrading is not needed unless you are affected by one of these bugs or you need the new functionality provided in an update.

This release updates several software components to new versions, see the complete list below.
• Bestman 2.2.1.3.10
• Xrootd 20100315-1007
• XrootdFS 3.0rc4
• glExec 0.6.8.3-osg1
• PRIMA 0.8.7
• vdt-ca-manage
• CEMon 1.12.1-14
• Gratia 1.06.15i-1
• Pegasus 2.4.1
• OSG-RSV
• Java 1.6
• configure-osg
• osg-version
• wn-client (now includes gLite-FTS-Client and EDG-GridFTP-Client)
The following packages are now available in the VDT cache

• gLite-FTS-Client
• EDG-GridFTP-Client

Please see the VDT release notes for more details: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/releases/2.0.0/release-p16.html

Update instructions can be found on the OSG twiki under the OSG 1.2.9 update instructions: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/OSG129UpdateInstructions

The release notes for the VDT 2.0.0p16 release underlying this release can be found here: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/releases/2.0.0/release-p16.html

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, April 27th at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning at Tuesday, April 27th at 14:00 UTC.

Special Note about short expected intermittent outages
A short intermittent outage of (~5 minutes) is expected for all the services listed below while the GOC adjusts the virtual machine settings one VM host at a time; For example, myosg2 might be down for 5 minutes while myosg1 will still available be for anyone trying to access myosg.grid.iu.edu; Additionally, the GOC reserves four hours (14:00 - 18:00 UTC) in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered. Services impacted include:

• GOCTicket (Round-robined between two service endpoints)
• GOC-TX
• GOC VOMS
• MyOSG (Round-robined between two service endpoints)
• OIM
• OSG Display
• Secmon RA Agent (For security team)
• Software Cache (Round-robined between two service endpoints)
• Twiki

OIM 2.17 (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:

• Update MySQL Connector and patched various connection related issues (some of the critical fixes are already installed on the current production instance)
• Various minor bug fixes 

MyOSG 2.17 (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 status change XML that can be optionally pulled from RGstatusHistory XML
• Updated logic on RSV status map to remove resource groups that do not have any resources reporting RSV status data
• RSV status map will now honer disabled field on site table
• Added HEPSPEC XML tag to misccpuinfo per Brian's request
• Under Resource Group / GIP validation status page
• Updated the way LDIF URLs to match resource name, and not resource_group name; Placed LDIF URL links under resource
  
  • Added "Show LDIF URLs" check box under "Show Resource" as parent item.
  • Updated HTML/XML views so that LDIF URLs are now displayed under each resource
• Various other minor bug fixes

GOC-TX Ticket Exchange/Sync System 1.4 (tx.grid.iu.edu)

The ITB TX server has been functioning properly.

Release Notes:

• Improved the way ticket origin note was handled
• Added ticket origin note for GGUS / RT tickets
• Updated ticket origin information on custom field for RT

Issues patched on production

• Patched the GGUS null values to be handled elegantly
• Fixed the duplicate solution issue with GGUS by using history information for detailed solution just as it does for other diaries

GOC Ticket 1.17 (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:

• Added capability for all registered OIM users to update CC list on the ticket.
• Fixed the issue when guest user try to submit a form, the full name will be reset to "Guest".
• Added email mailto link for email address for OIM users (previously displayed as static text)
• Adjusted layout of ticket viewer for OIM users
• (For Ticket Editors ONLY) Added notification suppression check boxes
• Upgraded Zend Framework
• Various minor bug fixes

Issues patched on production

• Fixed the issue where next assignee rule didn't honer local time zone
• Fixed the issue where resource issue was not routed to a correct TX target
• Patched the issue when guest user try to submit a form, the full name will be reset to "Guest".

Saturday, April 10, 2010 ticket system maintenance

There will be a disaster recovery exercise performed by the IU GRNOC
between Saturday, April 10, 2010, 12:00 UTC until Sunday, April 11, 2010,
12:00 UTC which includes the server that houses the Footprints ticket
system. The GOC does not anticipate an outage of its ticket system, but
please be advised that there may be some unanticipated irregularities
or intermittent problems during the specified window.

OSG 1.0.6 Update Announcement

OSG Operations and Integration are pleased to announce the release of OSG version 1.0.6

This is a security update for all OSG installations using Gratia probes to report accounting information. The urgency of this update depends on the following factors:

* If your resource is using Gratia probes to report accounting information and are using Condor or Managed Fork, you should apply this update to prevent authorized local users from gaining elevated privileges
* Other resources using Gratia probes for accounting can treat this as a low priority security update that may prevent authorized local users from being able to run a DOS attack on Gratia reporting
* Resources not using Gratia do not need to apply this update since it does not apply in this case

This release updates two software components, see the complete list below.

* Gratia probes
* osg-version

Please see the VDT release notes for more details: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/releases/1.10.1/release-p25.html

Update instructions can be found on the OSG twiki under the OSG 1.0.6: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/OSG106UpdateInstructions

Sites using rpms to install Gratia probes should update their rpms to the latest versions in accordance with the guidelines given in the summary.

GOC Footprints Mail Anomaly

During a test of the Footprints server redundancy this afternoon, the GRNOC at IU mistakenly re-sent some old ticket emails as a part of the sendmail turn up on the second server. The duplicate sendmail queue was halted and emptied. We are investigating all ticket exchanges to ensure that there are no further issues. We apologize to any OSG collaborator that may have been inconvenienced by these emails and are here to answer any questions.

New VO Package Available

A new VO package is now available. This package includes the new HCC VO and an address change for the DOSAR VOMS.

A detailed list of changes is available at
https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/Operations/PackageV32

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

To pull the new VO Package for an OSG 1.0.x or 1.2.0 Resource please
use:
# cd $VDT_LOCATION
# source setup.sh
# pacman -update vo-package

Please remember a UNIX account for 'hcc' will need to be set up.

To pull the new VO Package for the OSG Client 1.0.x or 1.2.0 please use:
# cd $VDT_LOCATION
# source setup.sh
# pacman -update vo-client