Vnode works

How to work with virtual nodes, FTS, GFAL at CERN? A guide for developers can be found here.

FTS 2.2.2: rolling out

FTS version 2.2.2 (SL4) proceeded to "rolling out" phase. The main updates:

- By default, SRM/gridFTP actions are no longer split. One can re-enable the FTS 2.2.0 behaviour by setting the

FTA_TYPEDEFAULT_URLCOPY_AGENT_SRM_GRIDFTP_SPLIT

Yaim configuration option. See the related Savannah task.

- More liberal checksum handling: algorithm names should follow the specifications, however, some endpoints do not follow them yet. Temporarily, we enabled using their conventions with warnings in the logs. See the related Savannah task.

- Some relax on requirements on how long an SRM TURL is kept valid.

SVN migration + nightlies

GFAL and LCG_Util has been migrated to SVN, no more write access in CVS allowed. The last version that is available from CVS is 1.11.14. FTS migration is ongoing.

To improve the development process, we have finally set up the nightly build system. The first supported platforms are sl5_x86_64_gcc412 and deb5_x86_64_gcc432. The builds are executed at 1:00am (UTC+1) every night, they build the HEAD configuration in ETICS.

Reports are here.

FTS is coming soon. The current status of the nightly build system is accessible here:

https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/DMNightlyBuilds

Thanks for everything, Ákos!

Ákos has left the LHC Computing Grid projects. He has coordinated the development and support of the EGEE/LCG grid data management systems, and lead the FTS project since 2002. As he was always short, straight and to-the-point, following his style, I simply should not write more than

that :)

Your comments here are always welcome!

FTS 2.2.1: rolling out

FTS version 2.2.1 proceeded to "rolling out" phase. This version contains the finalization of the checksum support. The database schema has been changed, one has to follow the instructions of the Yaim script to do the upgrade. The API between the transfer-agents and transfer-url-copy has changed, so one has to stop and drain the channels before doing an upgrade.

FTS 2.2.3 certified

Today, the FTS 2.2.3 version has been certified. The pilot service has been updated with the new version. There have been no problems reported so far. The following changes are included:

FTS: agent crash when picking up a job

Couldn't set the private key

They are the infamous "agent crash" and "proxy delegation" problems that prevented from FTS 2.2 production deployment.