[Brahms-dev-l] Fwd: [Rhic-rcf-l] RCF BRAHMS RCAS/RCRS Farm OS Upgrade

Just in case you have not seen this.

Together with Chris we will try out the rootd and proof on a single  
machine on Monday to ensure this will work.
Likely rcas0006 will be used for this (my proposal)

-F
Flemming Videbaek
videbaek @ bnl.gov
Brookhaven National Lab
Physics Department
Bldg 510D
Upton, NY 11973

phone: 631-344-4106
cell     :  631-681-1596





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> From: RACF Computing Facility Staff <announce_at_rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>
> Date: November 24, 2009 10:45:47 AM EST
> To: rhic-rcf-l_at_lists.bnl.gov
> Subject: [Rhic-rcf-l] RCF BRAHMS RCAS/RCRS Farm OS Upgrade
>
> The RCF BRAHMS processor farm will undergo an
> operating system upgrade to 64-bit Scientific
> Linux (SL) 5.3 next Wednesday (12/2), from
> 10:00 AM through 6:00 PM.
>
> In preparation for the upgrade, all BRAHMS
> RCAS/RCRS systems will be closed to the
> acceptance of new Condor jobs at 10:00 PM
> next Tuesday (12/1).
>
> ***NOTE: With the exception of files stored in
> the /data and /dataX (where X=0-3) filesystems,
> all local data (files in /home, /tmp, etc.) on
> BRAHMS' RCAS/RCRS hosts will be destroyed by
> the upgrade process.  Files under /brahms,
> /direct and /afs are not stored locally on the
> nodes (they reside in NFS/AFS), and are therefore
> unaffected.
>
> All users are encouraged to test their software
> on the RCF farm SL64 5.3 evaluation host before
> the upgrade: rplay45.rcf.bnl.gov
>
>
> Chris Hollowell (hollowec_at_bnl.gov)
>
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