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Today's DIRAC upgrade has now finished
by Daniela Bauer 02 Jun '25

02 Jun '25

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, The GridPP DIRAC server has been upgraded. Initial tests were all successful, but please let us know if you notice any odd behaviour. Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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DIRAC upgrade on Wednesday 11/12/2024
by Daniela Bauer 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, We want to do a slightly-more-than-minor upgrade of the DIRAC server (from v8.0.38 to v8.0.60) on Wednesday 11/12/2024. We hope that this will not affect the jobs in the system and you shouldn't have to update your UIs, though I will update the cvmfs UI in due course. If you have something you really really care about, it might be a good idea not to run on this day though. We will let you know when the upgrade is complete. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or notice anything odd afterwards. Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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Problem in copying the files
by Beltrame, Paolo 04 Jul '24

04 Jul '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear all, I have produced some files and I got error messages when I tried to copy them. This is the error I get Uploading /mu3e.org/user/p/paolo3/test/mu3e_1E3_signal_run000001.root Error: failed to upload /mu3e.org/user/p/paolo3/test/mu3e_1E3_signal_run000001.root to UKI-NORTHGRID-LIV-HEP-disk: {'OK': False, 'Errno': 0, 'Message': "Failed to put file to Storage Element. Failed to copy ./data/mu3e_1E3_signal_run000001.root to srm://hepgrid11.ph.liv.\ ac.uk:8446/srm/managerv2?SFN=/dpm/ph.liv.ac.uk/home/mu3e.org/mu3e.org/user/…: GError('Protocol not supported or path/url invalid: srm://hepgrid11.ph.liv.ac.uk:8446/srm/managerv2?SFN=/dpm/ph.liv.ac.uk/home/… p/paolo3/test', 93) Failed to copy ./data/mu3e_1E3_signal_run000001.root to root://tmph7cievym@hepgrid11.ph.liv.ac.uk:1094//dpm/ph.liv.ac.uk/home/mu3e.org/mu3e.org/user/p/paolo3/test/mu3e_1E3_signal_run000001.root: GError('Protocol not supported or path/url invalid: root\ ://tmph7cievym@hepgrid11.ph.liv.ac.uk:1094//dpm/ph.liv.ac.uk/home/mu3e.org/mu3e.org/user/p/paolo3/test', 93)", 'CallStack': [' File "/cvmfs/dirac.egi.eu/dirac/v8.0.38/Linux-x86_64/bin/dirac-dms-add-file", line 8, in <module>\n sys.exit(main())\n', ' File "/cvmfs/dir\ ac.egi.eu/dirac/v8.0.38/Linux-x86_64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/DIRAC/Core/Base/Script.py", line 74, in __call__\n return entrypointFunc._func()\n', ' File "/cvmfs/dirac.egi.eu/dirac/v8.0.38/Linux-x86_64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/DIRAC/DataManagementSystem/scrip\ ts/dirac_dms_add_file.py", line 107, in main\n res = dm.putAndRegister(lfn["lfn"], lfn["localfile"], lfn["SE"], lfn["guid"], overwrite=overwrite)\n', ' File "/cvmfs/dirac.egi.eu/dirac/v8.0.38/Linux-x86_64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/DIRAC/DataManagementSystem/Client\ /DataManager.py", line 547, in putAndRegister\n return S_ERROR(f"{errStr} {res[\'Message\']}")\n’]} Could you please help me in understanding… and possibly solving it. Cheers, Paolo ___ L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle (Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145, Dante Alighieri) Dr. Paolo Beltrame University of Liverpool Department of Physics<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/physics/> Oliver Lodge Laboratories (Room 223) Oxford Street Liverpool L69 7ZE Mobile: +39 (339) 1363133 Skype: fedro3 Zoom: https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/5524672351

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New location of the GridPP DIRAC Wiki
by Daniela Bauer 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, The GridPP Wiki at: https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Quick_Guide_to_Dirac will soon be decommissioned. The content has been moved to: https://github.com/ic-hep/gridpp-dirac-users/wiki Please let me know if I have missed anything. Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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Change in default platform (operating system)
by Daniela Bauer 10 Jun '24

10 Jun '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, Up until now, we have assumed that if a user didn't specify an operating system version (Platform in DIRAC speak), that they would require a version of EL7 as variations on this operating system were the default at all sites for years. EL7 has reached end of life at the end of June and most sites have now switched to either Rocky or Alma 9 (grouped under EL9 for convenience). On the other hand, most experiments now containerize their workflows, making the underlying operating system less important. (If you need some help to containerize your workflow we might be able to point you in the right direction, but we aren't experts in experimental software.) >From Monday the 24th of June, we will not set a default operating system in DIRAC any longer. If for any reason you do need to set the operating system that your jobs require, please follow the instructions given here: https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Quick_Guide_to_Dirac#Selecting_a_site_platform Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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by Dan Protopopescu 23 May '24

23 May '24

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The GridPP DIRAC server upgrade is now complete
by Daniela Bauer 23 May '24

23 May '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, The server upgrade is now complete. Please let us know if you encounter any issues. Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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Reminder: DIRAC server upgrade day is tomorrow
by Daniela Bauer 22 May '24

22 May '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear All, This is a reminder that we are upgrading the GridPP DIRAC server to Rocky 9 tomorrow (so that your data will be kept safe and secure :-) This will unfortunately cause interruptions, so you should aim to have any work finished by tomorrow 9 am. We will send a notification to this list once the upgrade is complete. Thank you for your patience. Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/ <http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/>

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Request to increase the priority for dirac grid job submission
by Subash Chandra Behera 21 May '24

21 May '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear Expert, I am writing this email because I'm submitting Dirac grid jobs for my analysis and paper submissions. Still, unfortunately, many of my jobs are in waiting status and taking a bit longer to finish. Can we increase the priority and make it faster? My lxplus user name is 'subehera' and dirac grid owner id is 'subash.behera' Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks & best regards, Subash

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Server upgrade on 23 May 2024
by Daniela Bauer 10 May '24

10 May '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hi All, Due to CentOS7 reaching end-of-life at the end of June, we are required to upgrade the operating system of the GridPP DIRAC servers. We hope to do this with minimal disruption (about 5 min downtime per server, 4 servers total), but we cannot rule out that this won't affect the processing of your jobs, so to be on the safe side, it's probably best to ensure that you have no jobs running on the day. The upgrade will happen on May 23rd starting at 11:00. We will send out a notice when we are done and services are stable again. Sorry for any inconvenience, but a brief downtime beats getting hacked. Regards, Daniela -- ----------------------------------------------------------- daniela.bauer(a)imperial.ac.uk HEP Group/Physics Dep Imperial College London, SW7 2BW Tel: 020-75947810 https://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/~dbauer/

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