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Indeed, DPM-https is pretty much irrelevant now (as it's the old non-WebDAV https interface), so it's not a problem that it isn't configured. The only prevalent problem is the database banning one (in the wiki article), which is indeed a head node only thing. Sam On 3 October 2013 14:16, Alessandra Forti <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I upgraded a data server. YAIM didn't complain and xrootd is running. > The only thing is this > > INFO: Executing function: config_DPM_https > INFO: [CONFIG_DPM_HTTPS] Skipping configuration of DPM-https - to > activate add DPM_HTTPS="yes" to your <config_dir>/services/<node_type> file! > > which I take as : if you want to configure it you need to enable it. > > All the other tips are for the head node isn't it? > > cheers > alessandra > > > On 03/10/2013 13:59, Wahid Bhimji wrote: > > Hi > > For Dav you just need to not have DPM_DAV="no" > > I have this with yes. These are all the DAV variables. > > DPM_DAV="yes" # Enable DAV access > DPM_DAV_NS_FLAGS="Write" # Allow write access on the NS node > DPM_DAV_DISK_FLAGS="Write" # Allow write access on the disk nodes > DPM_DAV_SECURE_REDIRECT="On" # Enable redirection from head to disk using > plain HTTP. > > > Thats fine - but they are the defaults so you can also just comment them > out. > > 2) I'm on EMI2 SL6. I see Oxford and ECDF moved from EMI2 on SL5 to > EMI3 on SL5 I assume I can do the same on SL6. > > yes the EMI2 -> EMI3 transistion is very smooth (as they have the same > stuff it it) > > Is it sufficient to remove the EMI2 repositories and use only the EPEL > one? > > probably not - if you use yaim you need the update to dpm-yaim from EMI. > Also the metapackage is only in EMI but that depends how you update > whether you need that. > For now I would say having EMI as well as EPEL is recommended though with > a puppet config you could maybe avoid it. > > you know you are not really reassuring.... don't you? > > > What do you mean? - perhaps I misunderstood your question. > If you remove EMI2 and enable EMI3 and EPEL then that will be totally fine > . > > I interpreted your question as asking if you could enable on EPEL and no > EMI repo at all . > That won't work if you use yaim . > > > Wahid > > > > cheers > alessandra > > Wahid > > On 3 Oct 2013, at 12:14, Alessandra Forti <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > since we are in downtime and the WNs upgrade went well, I'm going to try > to use the reminder of the time to upgrade DPM too. Here are my preliminary > questions: > > 1) When I upgraded last time and enabled WEBdav and xrootd there were > manual steps to fix them. Have these been solved? > 2) I'm on EMI2 SL6. I see Oxford and ECDF moved from EMI2 on SL5 to EMI3 > on SL5 I assume I can do the same on SL6. Is it sufficient to remove the > EMI2 repositories and use only the EPEL one? > > cheers > alessandra > > On 18/09/2013 10:47, Wahid Bhimji wrote: > > Hi > > As mentioned in the storage meeting. Ewan has noticed a problem with > xrootd and dmlite in his case where the physical files on the disk servers > are mounted under > '/dpm' > > If you have that situation then there is a workaround mentioned at : > https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/DPMUpgradeTips > under oxford. > > Apparently Sam said that it always been said that you should mount your > files at '/dpm/' - but others may also be in that boat. > > > > Wahid > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > -- > Facts aren't facts if they come from the wrong people. (Paul Krugman) > > > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > -- > Facts aren't facts if they come from the wrong people. (Paul Krugman) > > > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > -- > Facts aren't facts if they come from the wrong people. (Paul Krugman) > >