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 .

Holiday Greetings from OSG Operations

Dear OSG Collaborators, OSG Operations would like to wish you a happy holiday season and joyous new year! We’d like to thank the OSG resource providers and users worldwide that have helped us provide nearly 1 Billion hours of compute time this calendar year. OSG Operations will continue to provide round the clock holiday coverage in case of operational emergencies over the holiday season. You can continue to open tickets at https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/, send us mail at goc@openscinecegrid.org, or call us at +1 (317)-278-9699. However, we will be operating on holiday procedures beginning on Monday, December 21st, and resuming regular staffing on Monday, January 4th. During this time non-emergency issues will be handled on a best-effort basis. Operations Weekly Calls will resume on Jan 4. Thanks to everyone for another successful year! We look forward to working with everyone in 2016!