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; [[NDPF vmware tips]] : tips and tricks for generating vmware images | ; [[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 5 - Notes]] : Notes for installing and configuring a XEN System on CentOS 5 | ||
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== Performance data and analysis == | == Performance data and analysis == |
Revision as of 09:12, 22 April 2008
Nikhef Data Processing Facility
- NDPF TODO List
- pending actions needed on NDPF
Hardware Inventory and Connections
- NDPF_Node_Functions
- which node does what??
- NDPF_Deel_Interfaces
- Deel interfaces
- NDPF_OPN_Interfaces
- Cabling of the OPN switches and routers
- NDPF_Disk_Servers
- which disk server contains what??
- 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.
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 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.
Systems Documentation
- Remote usage of the Dell console switches
- How to remotely connect to the Dell console switches.
- RAID-1 configuration and management
- how to set up RAID-1 and how to manage RAID devices
- 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
- 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
- SunX4500Documentation
- some tidbits on the X4500 Thumpers
- 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
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 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)