Software and Computing

upcoming JAVA licensing changes for 2019

Regarding the upcoming Oracle licensing fee changes (January 2019), it seems to me that STAR need not be affected much, if at all, for the near future.

scp jump through gateways

Dmitry A.

Online Linux Pool switch link aggregation

The uplinks for onlpool-s60-01 and onlpool-s60-02 have each been upgraded from single 1Gb/s links to aggregated 2Gb/s links.

HyperNews and https


Software and Computing Meeting

2017-11-29 12:00
2017-11-29 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
1-189, SRN, at 17:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Status of the MuDST to picoDST production ( 00:20 ) 2 filesLevente Hajdu (BNL)
12:20AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

mysql-workbench on RHEL or SL 7.x with STAR db servers

A few notes here on restoring Leve's access to the scheduler database on duvall.star.bnl.gov after moving duvall to the Science DMZ (130.199.148.0/24).

CNAME resolution / expansion in MTAs

This is primarily looking into postfix, but some information about sendmail will also be included.

Software and Computing Meeting

2017-10-25 12:00
2017-10-25 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Misalignement framework integration ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJason Webb (BNL)
12:20Summary of the ESC efforts ( 00:20 ) 1 fileDmitry Arkhipkin (BNL)
12:40AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

stargrid ssl config issue

I just hit a snag updating stargrid04 which will certainly affect the other stargrid machines and likely stargw3.  I applied all available updates ('yum update') though was primarily intere

Run 17 Self-critique meeting

2017-10-13 16:00
2017-10-13 17:00
America/New York
Friday, 13 October 2017
1-189, at 20:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
16:00Intro ( 00:15 ) 1 fileJerome Lauret (BNL)
16:15QA (online and offline) ( 00:20 ) 1 fileGene van Buren (BNL)
16:35ESL, ... ( 00:10 ) 2 filesLevente Hajdu (BNL)
16:45Database and MetaData collection ( 00:15 ) 1 fileDmitry Arkhipkin (BNL)
17:00Online computing and online support - part 1 ( 00:15 ) 1 fileWayne Betts (BNL)
17:15Online computing and online support - part 2 ( 00:15 ) 1 fileMichael Poat (BNL)

CVE-2017-1000253 kernel vulnerability test

Software and Computing Meeting

2017-10-11 12:00
2017-10-11 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00iTPC software status/readiness ( 00:20 ) 0 filesIrakli Chakaberia (BNL)
12:20Re-vertexing versus ... summary of recent findings ( 00:20 ) 0 filesGene van Buren (BNL)
12:40NEC Conference summary ( 00:20 ) 1 fileLevente Hajdu (BNL)
13:00AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

lsblk - how did I go this long without having this command memorized as essential?

Though I've run across this very useful command before, it has not stuck in my memory.

kernel task scheduler and autogrouping

There was a thought to set the nice value on HTcondor jobs on the online linux pool so that interactive users and ceph-osd could get lots of CPU time even if the machine was loaded with CPU-intensi

HLT to OLP notes

This is a description of turning l402 and l403 into members of the OLP HTCondor pool for use with "grid" job submission of offline production and simulation jobs from Leve and Lidia.

Software and Computing Meeting

2017-07-05 12:00
2017-07-05 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
 
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00HFT impacts on non-HFT physics ( 00:30 ) 1 fileNick Elsey (WSU)
12:30Calibrations Update ( 00:10 ) 0 filesGene Van Buren (BNL)
12:40AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files

Software and Computing Meeting

2017-06-21 12:00
2017-06-21 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Status of the oVirt project ( 00:20 ) 1 fileM. Poat (BNL)
12:20Track extension & BTOF PID ( 00:20 ) 1 fileD. Brandenburg (Rice)
12:40Trigger info from online to offline ( 00:15 ) 1 fileD. Nemes, Z. Chang (Yale, BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

The cfengine policy server in use is ...

/var/cfengine/policy_server.dat

Software and Computing Meeting

2017-06-07 12:00
2017-06-07 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
1-189, SRN, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Data production update ( 00:15 ) 0 filesLidia Didenko (BNL)
12:15Test production request ( 00:10 ) 1 fileAll (BNL)
12:25AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

OCS inventory agent upgrade and encryption notes (2.0.5 to 2.3)

Encryption is enabled with the following line in the /etc/ocsinventory/ocsinventory-agent.cfg (and of course the crt file has to be present!):