NDPF

Nikhef Data Processing Facility

NDPF TODO List

pending actions needed on NDPF

Hardware Inventory and Connections

NDPF_Node_Functions

which node does what??

NetworkDeelConnections

Network Connections in the NDPF (all routers and switches)

NDPF_OPN_Interfaces

Cabling of the OPN switches and routers

NDPF_Disk_Servers

which disk server contains what??

NDPF_DomUlist

domUs on a Dom0

NDPF H139

Layout of the cabinets in the server room

NDPF_NCF_Farm_node_mapping

NCF nodes, mostly in the leftmost rack (node16-17 to node16-41), have mismatches between what is written in the label (front and back) and the real installed node. This table has the mapping.

HW_X4500_MAC_20080417

MAC addresses "EasterEgg" Sun X4500 Thumpers

HooiThumpersLocation

Where is my Thumper? Physical locations per serial number

NDPF_Deel_Interfaces

OLD Deel interfaces

Operating procedures and manuals

User Management

Creating_Pool_Accounts_With_LDAP

how to create poolaccounts for a new VO (or extend an existing set), or even recover from an empty gridmapdir

NDPF_LDAP_Backups_and_Slaves

LDAP directory setup and slave linking

Adding local users

How to create a new user account.

Adding a new VO

How to add a new VO

NDPF_UidsAndGids

Uid and Gid number plan for the NDPF clusters

Grid, Quattor and Yaim

Upgrading Quattor managed glite servers

Information on how to upgrade Quattor managed glite servers.

Upgrading Quattor Components

Information on how to upgrade quattor components using the CVS repository on stal and the local tools for rpm management.

Upgrading the nikhef-yaim-local rpm

How to build a release of the nikhef-yaim-local rpm and include it in the Quattor profiles.

Namespaced Quattor configuration

Documentation on the Quattor setup, including the namespaced templates

AII version 2 and complex block device schemas

How to configure complex block device schemas in Pan with AII version 2

Setting up a gLite WMS

Notes for installing and configuring a gLite WMS

LCAS and LCMAPS installation for gLExec and (GT4) gatekeepers

What to install and what/how to configure the components

Batch Systems and Scheduling

Adding/removing nodes to PBS

Information on how to add or remove nodes from PBS.

Accounting

Information on how the accounting chain works from PBS to the local and APEL accounting portals.

VoViewGraphing

Creating the voview/grisview graphs on www.nikhef.nl/grid/stats, and the cron jobs that run on naab.

Systems Documentation

Remote usage of the Dell console switches

How to remotely connect to the Dell console switches.

Serial Consoles

how to setup your serial (over LAN) console and IMPI 2.0 SoL stuff, even with Xen, on a PE1950

SettingLcdPanelText

how to set the LCD panel text at runtime on a Dell PowerEdge using IPMI

NDPF Dell switch config

setup and configuration of the dell switches (disabling port-fast) - required for every new installation

NDPF_Dell_OpenManage_SA_Installation

use and configuration of the chassis and other controls of the Dell (PE1950) systems

NDPF_Equinox_ELS16

documentation for the Equinox ELS-16 TS

NDPF GS environment

Grid Service (specialties) environment documentation

NDPF rsync backup

backup of service nodes using rsync and indirect ADSM usage

NDPF MySQL configurations

Configuration and monitoring of the MySQL service on bedstee

RAID-1 configuration and management

how to set up RAID-1 and how to manage RAID devices

SunX4500Documentation

some tidbits on the X4500 Thumpers

Increasing Thumper filesystems for DPM

recipe for increasing the logical volume, file system and making it visible to DPM

NDPFAlarmsSystem

handling NL-T1 alarms at Nikhef

NDPFSubVersion

NDPF SubVersion Repository set up

System Utilities

PBS_Caching_Utilities

The current LCG software can put severe load on a pbs server due to the times it calls qstat (we have seen as many as 25 qstat calls per second). This load can eventually bring the entire system to an halt. In order to reduce the impact of this problem (a full solution requires rewriting part of the grid job manager), Davide wrote a set of utilities that wrap the original pbs commands and provide caching

MoniFarm Utilities

Graphing package for farm utilisation (used to make the production graphs for the NDPF Facilities)

NDPF_VOBOX_Alice_Renewalscript

The proxy renewal wrapper script, enhanced with status info

Virtualization

Xen on CentOS 5

Installation and configuration of XEN Dom0 CentOS 5 x86_64, DomU CentOS 4 i386

Virtualisation Issues

NDPF VMware authentication

controlling and creating VMs on the central VMware server

NDPF vmware tips

tips and tricks for generating vmware images

Xen on CentOS 5 - Notes

Notes for installing and configuring a XEN System on CentOS 5

Xen on CentOS - Automating Installation-Administration

Quator managed Xen-Dom0 and DomUs

Xen 3.2, CentOS 5.1 and NAT HOWTO

HOWTO document to set up Xen with NAT networking

Performance data and analysis

NDPF Node Performance

performance figures for nodes used for accounting purpuses

User Security and eTokens

eToken

Using an Aladdin eToken PRO with grid certificates (including gridproxy generation)

Using an Aladdin eToken PRO to store grid certificates

Using an Aladdin eToken PRO with grid certificates (including gridproxy generation)