Hi Martin.
I have some problems in connecting to the BDII at RAL. Can you confirm
that this is lcgbdii.gridpp.rl.ac.uk?
This node is responding to ping but I cannot contact port 2170: is this
a firewall configuration problem?
Cheers
Emanuele
Bly, MJ (Martin) wrote:
> Implemented at RAL.
>
> Martin.
>
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> Martin Bly | +44 1235 446981 | [log in to unmask]
> Systems Admin, Tier 1/A Service, RAL PPD CSG
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emanuele LEONARDI [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:25 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [LCG-ROLLOUT] New MDS Region: BDII configuration update is
> > needed at all sites
> >
> >
> > Dear LCG site managers,
> >
> > given the ever increasing number of sites joining the LCG-1 system, we
> > decided to create a new Information System Region to avoid overloading
> > the lcgeast region.
> >
> > The new region is called lcgsouth and, at least in the beginning, will
> > include Italian and Spanish sites.
> >
> > Andrea Chierici at INFN-CNAF in Bologna and Gonzalo Merino at PIC in
> > Barcelona have already set up two new Regional MDS nodes which will
> > collect and publish data from all sites in the new region.
> >
> > If your site hosts a BDII node, then you must modify the configuration
> > of the BDII population program to include the new region with its two
> > servers. To do this you have to:
> >
> > 1) log on your BDII node as root
> > 2) cd to /opt/edg/etc
> > 3) edit the bdii-cron.conf file. The definition of
> > MDS_HOST_LIST should
> > be changed to look like this:
> >
> > MDS_HOST_LIST="
> > adc0026.cern.ch:2135/lcg00108.grid.sinica.edu.tw:2135
> > lcgcs01.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:2135
> > wn-02-37-a.cr.cnaf.infn.it:2135/pic115.ifae.es:2135
> > "
> >
> > Note: with this setting, the CNAF Regional MDS will be queried first,
> > while the PIC server will only be used if the CNAF one is down. If you
> > have a better connection to Spain than to Italy, then you may want to
> > switch the order of the two servers and use the node in Barcelona as
> > your first choice.
> >
> > After you save the file, the new settings will be used the
> > next time the
> > population program runs on your BDII. This happens every ten minutes.
> >
> > Please announce on the LCG-Rollout list when you have done this
> > modification so that I can check if your BDII can correctly
> > see the new
> > Region.
> >
> > For Italian and Spanish sites only: later today or tomorrow
> > (it depends
> > on how fast the BDII update process goes) I will publish the
> > instructions on how to move your Site GIIS from the old
> > region, lcgeast,
> > to the new one, lcgsouth.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Emanuele
> >
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> > | IT division - Bat.31 2-012 - CERN - CH-1211 Geneva 23 |
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> >
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