Release notes for DAQ/HLT-I S/W Release tdaq-01-09-01


General notes from s/w librarian

General info

This is a general DAQ/HLT-I release which is intended to be used for the ATLAS detector commissioning starting from July 2008. It is compatible with LCG54g s/w and offline-14.2.X releases branch. W.r.t. tdaq-01-09-00 it does not contain incompatible API changes (with an exceprion in monitoring), but rebuilding of all user code is required.

Supported platforms and compilers

System and compiler
 CMTCONFIG
Compatibility list
Linux 2.6.9 (SLC4), gcc-3.4.x i686-slc4-gcc34-opt
SLC4.x, RHEL4
Linux 2.6.9 (SLC4), gcc-3.4.x i686-slc4-gcc34-dbg - ~ -

External s/w and run-time environment tuning.

 tdaq-common-01-09-03
 dqm-common-00-05-00
 LCG 54g
 Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0

Release distribution

This release is distributed in RPM format, along with all required dependencies.

Development environment

Versions and paths of used external s/w are defined in TDAQExternal package.

Tools needed for development:
The default compiler is gcc-3.4.x on SLC4, no need to install it additionally.
CMT v1r20p20070720 (installed with RPM in <inst_root>/CMT/v1r20p20070720)
JDK 1.6.0 (installed with RPM in <inst_root>/sw/lcg/external/Java/JDK/1.6.0)

Important changes requiring user actions:

1) All database files (schema and data) for this release are installed under $TDAQ_INST_PATH/share/data/daq. The name of the package they originate from is dropped.
There is the helper script which may automate the migration: download.

2) Since the RunParams class has been extended with one attribute, you need to remove the backup file of the RunParams IS servers when you switch from tdaq-01-09-00 to this release.

Packages and tags used in the release

ac v4r4p0
AccessManager AccessManager-00-05-19
clips clips-06-10-06
cmdl cmdl-01-04-14
cmem_rcc v2r0p23
coca coca-01-07-01
config config-01-17-00
coral_auth coral_auth-01-05-00
dal tdaq-01-09-01_patches_02
DataflowPolicy v1r6p0
dccommon v1r1p15
dcmessages v2r2p14
ddc ddc-05-04-04
DFConfiguration v9r1p17
DFDebug v2r0p19
DFExceptions v3r0p0
DFM v2r19p2
DFRelease DFnightly-00-00-45
DFSubSystemItem v6r3p7
DFTests v2r1p6
DFThreads v2r4p0
dnc dnc-01-00-02
dqm_config dqm_config-00-04-03
dqm_display dqm_display-00-00-19
dqmf dqmf-00-05-00
dvs dvs-00-32-03
ed ed-00-02-18
efd efd-01-14-09
efio v2r7p0
emon emon-00-03-07
errorRecovery v3r2p19
ErrorReporting v3r0p1
FarmTools FarmTools-02-01-03
file_sampler tdaq-01-09-00-p3
gatherer v8r6p81
genconfig genconfig-02-08-01
gnam gnam_010901-04-01-02
gnamDummyLib gnamDummyLib-01-02-01
histmon histmon-00-02-25
igui igui-01-01-49
instrumentation v1r3p6
io_rcc v2r0p41
ipc ipc-04-08-06
is is-05-05-15
ispy tdaq-01-09-01_patches-06
Jers Jers-01-00-03
ktidbexplorer ktidbexplorer_tdaq-01-09-01_01
l2dummy v1r8p12
l2pu tdaq-01-09-01_patch_02
l2rh tdaq-01-09-01_patch_07
L2streamTest v1r0p0
l2sv tdaq-01-09-01_patch_01
ls ls-01-02-07
mda mda_010901-04-01-03
MonaIsa tdaq-01-09-01-p5
MonGatherer MonGatherer-02-14-13
mrs mrs-01-09-04
msg v1r1p9
msgconf tdaq-01-09-01_patches-01
msginput v1r3p1
msgsctp v1r1p0
msgtcp v1r1p7
msgudp v1r1p0
NetPanel NetPanel-01-01-03
NSG NSG-01-01-03
oh oh-00-00-84
ohp ohp-03-01-00
ohpplugins ohpplugins-01-00-00
oks tdaq-01-09-01_patches_01
oks2cool oks2cool_tdaq-01-09-01_03
oks2coral oks2coral-02-01-02
oksconfig oksconfig-02-02-01
OMD tdaq-01-09-01_p1
omni omni-04-08-08
onasic onasic_tdaq-01-09-01_02
OnlinePolicy online-00-23-00
OnlineRecovery OnlineRecovery-02-02-01
OnlineRelease nightly-00-00-57
opmon opmon-00-00-09
owl owl-00-00-26
PackageID v1r0p21
PartitionMaker PartitionMaker-06-05-25
PmgGui PmgGui-00-00-10
ProcessManager ProcessManager-01-02-28
pt v4r4p6
ptdummy v3r10p5
PTIO PTIO-03-09-01
queues v1r0p16
rcc_corbo v2r0p4
rcc_error v2r0p5
rcc_rodbusy v2r0p8
rcc_time_stamp v2r0p6
rcdal rcdal-00-01-11
RCDBitString v1r4p1
RCDJtagChain v1r2p0
RCDLtp v1r9p3
RCDLtpi v1r9p4
RCDLtpiModule v1r9p9
RCDLTPModule v1r9p5
RCDMenu v1r3p0
RCDModuleDesign v2r2p2
RCDTtc v1r4p0
RCDUtilities v1r3p0
RCDVme v1r2p0
RCInfo RCInfo-00-02-00
RCUtils RCUtils-01-02-10
rdb rdb-05-12-01
rdbconfig rdbconfig-01-07-03
rm rm-02-02-08
rn rn-01-02-06
robin_ppc v0r0p83
RobinTestSuite v2r1p23
RODBusy v1r9p2
RODBusyModule v1r9p7
roib v2r7p3
ROSApplication v6r4p13
ROSBufferManagement v2r3p0
ROSCore v8r12p14
rose v1r19p9
ROSEventFragment v2r1p22
ROSEventInputManager v2r1p3
ROSfilar v2r0p35
ROSGetInput v2r0p4
ROSInterruptScheduler v0r0p16
ROSIO tdaq-01-09-00_patch02
ROSMemoryPool v2r2p0
ROSModules v2r7p21
ROSMonitor v1r1p4
ROSObjectAllocation v2r0p1
ROSRCDdrivers ROSRCDdrivers-00-00-38
ROSRobin v0r1p60
ROSslink v2r0p11
ROSsolar v2r0p49
ROSUtilities v2r4p0
RunController RunController-01-08-09
SFI v4r9p12
SFIOEmulators SFIOEmulators-00-06-04
SFO v2r13p14
siom v1r6p2
sysmon v2r2p14
sysmonapps v2r3p7
system system-00-00-12
TDAQExternal TDAQExternal-00-11-01
TDAQPolicy TDAQPolicy-00-07-11
thread_allocator v1r0p7
tidb2 tidb2_tdaq-01-09-01_00
tmgr tmgr-01-05-01
training training-00-04-07
transport v1r1p4
TriP TriP-00-00-38
ttcpr v2r2p0
TTCviModule v1r9p4
vme_rcc v2r0p49
wmi wmi-00-01-11
xmext xmext-01-02-09

Changes in packages (in ABC order)

dal |  DFConfiguration |  DFSubSystemItem |  dqmf |  emon |  igui |  ispy |  ktidbexplorer |  ls |  MonaIsa |  MonGatherer |  msg |  msgconf |  ohp |  ohpplugins |  oks2cool |  oks2coral |  OMD |  onasic |  OnlineRecovery |  PmgGui |  ProcessManager |  RCInfo |  RCUtils |  rdb |  rm |  rn |  ROSApplication |  ROSCore |  ROSIO |  RunController |  SFI |  tidb2 |  training |  TriP |  wmi | 

dal

Visit DAL package TWiki page https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/DaqHltDal

Schema Changes

Changes in dal_load_is_info_files


DFConfiguration

General changes

From this release onwards all schema and data files are installed in $TDAQ_INST_PATH/share/data/daq.

Configuration Schema Changes since tdaq-01-09-00

Changes relating to ReadoutApplication

Information Service Info Description Changes since tdaq-01-09-00

dc_is_info

ros_is_info
None.

Configuration Data Changes (examples) since tdaq-01-09-00



DFSubSystemItem

Changes since tdaq-01-09-00


dqmf

New features:

DQParameterName[<_>[matched_substring]...]
where the matched_subsstirng is the i-th subexpression of the histogram name where i goes from 1 to N and N is the number of matched sub-expressions. For example if the for the DQParameter with the id="TmplParam" the InputDataSource attribute has been defined as:
Histogramming.(dummy[0-9]+).(h[0-9]+)
then the histogram which is published with the name:
Histogramming.dummy13.h24 
will result in the DQResult published with the name:
DQM.TmplParam_dummy13_h24

emon

General changes

The new API is backward compatible, i.e. if the new value is not given then it will be used wityh Ignore flag for the logic attribute. In order to set this value one can use one the two following constructors:
where the BitMask256 is a typedef for the unsigned char[32].
The emon::PatternValue has in turn two constcructors which can be used:
SamplingAddress address;
address.addComponent( "SFI" );
will allow to get events from arbitrary SFI event sampler.
SamplingAddress address;
std::vector<std::string> values;
values.push_back( "SFI-2" );
values.push_back( "SFI-10" );
values.push_back( "SFI-12" );
address.addComponent( "SFI", values );

To be implemented


igui

Introduction

The IGUI (Integrated Graphical User Interface) web page is at:
   http://atlas-onlsw.web.cern.ch/Atlas-onlsw/components/igui/welcome.html

General changes


Bug fixes

ispy

PartitionMaker Release Notes for TDAQ-01-09-00

The ispy package is a Python interface to the Information Service (IS). It allows easy access from a scripting language to all the information in IS.

To use the package, simply start the tdaq_python interpreter:

    % tdaq_python
    Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Oct 18 2007, 16:26:11)
    [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> from ispy import *

The following classes from IS are available in Python:

The following minimal script shows how to use them in a simple way:

#!/usr/bin/env tdaq_python

part_name = 'rhauser_test'

import sys
from ispy import *

p = IPCPartition(part_name)

if not p.isValid():
    print "Partition:",p.name(),"is not valid"
    sys.exit(1)

x = ISObject(p, 'DF.L2SV-1', 'L2SV')
print "Exists: ",x.isExist()

x.checkout()
print x

sum = ISObject(p,'DF.L2SV-Summary', 'L2SV')
sum.LVL2_events = x.LVL2_events
sum.checkin(False)

Several utility classes are provide to make it easier to read arbitrary information from IS. See the examples directory for how to use them.

The ispygui.py is a simple application using Tcl/Tk to give an overview of the dataflow part of a running partition.

The callback routines can now be used in separate python threads, the actual code is protected and deals nicely with the interpreter.

ktidbexplorer

KTIDBExplorer Updates/Fixes and Description


ls

Introduction

This package substitues the obsolete logService. A new requirement whereby database technologies other than ORACLE had to be dropped came in around spiring 2007. This new requirement meant the re-writing of the logService package, which was higly dependent on MySQL. This opportunity was taken to refactorize the code, especially the log manager, which was never very user friendly. The database access in C++ is done using the CORAL interface, which hides the underlying technology. For the log manager, JAVA was the language chosen, since it brings in the flexibility requiered to make this tool more intuitive. The resulting java application can be run from the console, or remotely using the Java Web Start technology.

Known issues/bugs

In the Log Manager, when righ-clicking on the Messages Table (right hand side panel) or Partition Table (left hand side panel) a Refresh button pops up. This is used to update the current view of partitions and messages, respectively. Refreshing these objects only works if one right-clicks the mouse without moving it; that is, press and release without changing the X and Y pointer of the mouse. This may be a problem with Java. In the meantime, one can also perform a Refresh via the options in the top menu File: 'Refresh tree' and 'Refresh table'.

To be implemented

Add an option to display statistics, internal and from IS.

Changes from previous release

The Log Service has migrated to the Offline database. During this transition and to be back compatible, the Log Manager has the option to either access the INTR or the Offline (default) databases. Fix bug: If the log message parameter size is larger than 4,000 characters, the logger crashed due to a misleading excpetion thrown by Oracle that invalidated a CORAL variable. Messages are now cropped if their field size is larger than 4,000 character.

The user can now do a search based on the run number. On the left hand side panel of the Log Manager, how messages are searched has changed from Partition->User->SessionID to Partition->User->Runnumber. WARNING: messages between runs are associated to the last run of the partition. If it is the first run for a partition, the messages before the first run will be associated to run number 0. This means that messages produced during starting up (until the next start of run) may be associated to a runnumber started days before.

Example applications

None exist at the moment.

Applications

Log Manager

Usage: log_manager 
Instruction on how to use to be written.
The Log Manager can also be run using Java Web Start technology from the link:

If possible, it is preferrable to launch this tool as a Java application rather than from the link above.

lsReceiver

Description: This application subscribes to the MRS service to receive and log on a database messages produced by TDAQ applications.
Usage: lsReceiver [-p partition-name] [-u user-name] [-n IS-server-name] [-s threshold-size] -c connect-string [-S subscribe-expression]
Options/Arguments:
        -p partitionName     Partition name
        -u userName          User name
        -n ISserverName      Name of the Information Service to publish the message rate into.
        -c connectionString  Database connection string. 

Test units

logTest

Description: Test binary for the Log Receiver application.
Usage: logTest -c connect-string [-p partition-name] [-l complexity-level]
Options/Arguments:
        -p partitionName      Partition name
        -l level           Level of Complexity of the test [1: open/close - 2: tests the Log Service Infrastructure].
        -c connectionString  Database connection string. 

Utilities

logSelect

Description: Application to retrieve log messages for a given partition according to the search criteria specified. By default, messages are dumped on std::cout.
Usage: logSelect -c connect-string -p partition-name [-i message-name] [-m machine-name] 
                 [-a application-name] [-l time-low] [-u time-up] [-s severity]  
                 [-x text] [-r parameters] [-d order-list] [-e max-rows] [-f offset-row]
Options/Arguments:
        -p partitionName      Partition name
        -c connectionString   Database connection string. 
        -i message-name       Message name or ID.
        -m machine-name       Machine name where the message was issued.
        -a application-name   Application name where the message was issued.
        -l time-low           Lower time threshold.
        -u time-up            Upper time threshold.
        -s severity           Message severity:
                                 1 - FATAL
                                 2 - ERROR
                                 3 - WARNING
                                 4 - DEBUG
                                 5 - INFORMATION
                                 6 - SUCCESS
        -x text               Text in the message body.
        -r parameters         Message parameters.
        -d order-list         Parameter to sort the messages by.
        -e max-rows           Maximum number of rows to retrieve from the database; 100 by default. If 0, all entries are retrieved.
        -f offset-row         Offset in the table to retrieve the messages from.

logDelete

Description: Application to remove log messages for a given partition according to the search criteria specified.
Usage: logDelete -c connect-string -p partition-name [-i message-name] [-m machine-name] 
                 [-a application-name] [-l time-low] [-u time-up] [-s severity]  
                 [-x text] [-r parameters]
Options/Arguments:
        -p partitionName      Partition name
        -c connectionString   Database connection string. 
        -i message-name       Message name or ID.
        -m machine-name       Machine name where the message was issued.
        -a application-name   Application name where the message was issued.
        -l time-low           Lower time threshold.
        -u time-up            Upper time threshold.
        -s severity           Message severity:
                                 1 - FATAL
                                 2 - ERROR
                                 3 - WARNING
                                 4 - DEBUG
                                 5 - INFORMATION
                                 6 - SUCCESS
        -x text               Text in the message body.
        -r parameters         Message parameters.

logGetPartitionNames

Description: Application to retrieve the list of partition names.
Usage: logGetPartitionNames -c connectionString 
Options/Arguments:
        -c connectionString  Database connection string. 

logCleanDatabase

Description: Application to clean the database by removing all the existing tables.
Usage: logCleanDatabase -c connectionString 
Options/Arguments:
        -c connectionString  Database connection string. 


MonaIsa

Changes from tdaq-01-08-04 up to tdaq-01-09-01

CheckBCID
  1. Human readable source identifiers
  2. Use source id as map key
  3. Check initial absolute synchronization
  4. Check presence of duplicated ROD.s
  5. Check absolute consistency of all fragments inside each partition separately
  6. Change selection of the reference value: from CTP (if CTP present) or according the majority of partitions (if CTP absent)
  7. Check consistency of each partition wrt reference value (at first event, the absolute consistency, then just the incremental one)
MonaIsa
  1. Get rid of ROS generic is info tables
  2. Provide some better support for vector types (for EFD monitoring)
  3. Handle templated PT/EFD names in any server
  4. Directly search IS servers in IPC, according to regular expressions
  5. Include additional histograms (in particular for EF monitoring)

MonGatherer

Gatherer is rewritten.

Uses subscription instead of pull mode
Average now refers to averaging TH histograms, not profiles. Should be used SUM by default.
UpdateFrequency is not used.


msg

The TrafficType parameter has been removed from all public interfaces. It has been meaningless for the last five years and had a default value everywhere it was used. The few remaining clients that still used DEFAULT_TRAFFIC_TYPE have all been fixed for this release.

msgconf

  1. Multiple NetworkInterfaces for the same node can have the same label (e.g. DATA). The client will search through its own list of network interfaces and if it finds one which has the same network mask, it will pick this one automatically.
  2. Both message passing applications and InterfaceMap support an additional integer attribute SubType. This is zero by default (the old behaviour), but can be used to create an additional set of application/InterfaceMap relationships. This is introduced for the dual SFI setup.

ohp

General changes

For more details, please refer to the "README" file (in the ohp installation directory). OHP now supports retreiving histograms from multile servers. To use this feature the configuration files need to be slightly modified: the general block should change from:
< general >
< partition name="be_test" />
< server name="Histogramming" />
< subscription name="Provider/.*" />
</general>

to:
< general >
< partition name="be_test" />
< subscription server="Histogramming" provider="Provider" histogram=".*" />
</general>

In the configuration file every istance (in tabs or options) of the file names have to be changed to include the OH server name as in the following examples:
< display >
< tab name="Tile" >
< histogram name="TileProv/Tile/Drawer1/h1"/>
< /tab>
< /display >
< globaloptions >
< histogram name="TileProv/Tile/Drawer1/h1" >
< DRAWOPT=LEGO/>
< /hisgogram >
< /globaloptions >
has to be changed in:
< display >
< tab name="Tile" >
< histogram name="Histogramming/TileProv/Tile/Drawer1/h1"/>
< /tab>
< /display >
< globaloptions >
< histogram name="Histogramming/TileProv/Tile/Drawer1/h1" >
< DRAWOPT=LEGO/>
< /hisgogram >
< /globaloptions >
In share directory a commented example (example.conf.xml) is provided with instructions on how to write a configuration file for OHP.
Configuration of OHP through old ASCII format is deprecated, ohp will still work with ASCII but new features are compatible only with XML.
OHP has a plug-ins system. Users can develop their own GUIs to extend or modify OHP functionalities. The standard GUI has been migrated to a plug-in, even if nothing changes in the aspect/usage. You can refer to ohpplugin package as an example of developing plugins. More information on plug-ins system can be found on OHP twiki.
Links:
OhpMonitoring TWiki
OhpUserGuide TWiki

To be implemented/known issues:



ohpplugins

General changes

This package contains common plug-ins for the OHP general enough to be used by all ATLAS sub-systems. Also specific examples from detectors are included.
The package contains the follwing plug-ins:

Plug-ins list

Under Development


oks2cool

oks2cool2 Changes/Fixes


oks2coral

Changes in the oks2coral_mk_tmp_file.sh script


OMD

Changes


onasic

ONASIC Updates/Fixes

ONASIC Command Line Changes

TO DO

ONASIC Updates/Fixes
ONASIC Command Line Changes
In onasic_is2oks:
  • Added -I flag to support ISType::ISObject, by default it is not supported, so if you want to subscribe a Info with ISType::ISObject within, use onasic_is2oks with -i option. onasic_is2oks: -p partition-name required.
  • Added -c flag to create a new attribute per object in which a string with all other attribute values is stored, this is only to be used for data consistency tests.
  • Added -i flag to use by default partition_name for COOL Channel Name instead of default partition_name+user_name.
  • -c To put a new attribute to see if the data is all stored -I To support ISType::ISObject, default is off -i Use only Partition name for Channel ID, default is false (that is: ${PARTITION}_${USER} will be used.)
    TO DO
    Implementation of DAL in ONASIC, onasic_is2oks has allready been better structured for such implementation.
    

    OnlineRecovery

    Introduction

    The OnlineRecovery package is responsible for all recovery mechanisms from the RunControl point of view. It consists of two main parts. The first is a plug-in to the new RunController and will reproduce all recovery related behavior seen in the old RunControl (such as restart, ignore, etc). In addition it will include some more advanced recovery mechanism and also better statistics. The second part is a stand-alone server which will handle errors with a system wide impact and will also receive information from the RunController plug-ins.

    RunController expert system

    This is integrated as a plug-in to the new RunController. It receives updates directly from the controller and decides what to do in error-cases (such as ignoring, restarting, etc). It implements the ExpertSystemInterface defined in the RunController package.

    Server

    The OnlineRecovery server is responsible for handling all system wide errors. Currently the automatic disabling of RODs and the notification to the corresponding ROS has been enabled.

    Core functionality

    The OnlineRecovery takes the decision what to do in case of applications dying, going into the error state, failed test, etc. Normally the action taken will be according to the configuration settings for the specific application (IF-FAILS, IF-DIES, IF-ERROR) with the following exceptions:

    Changes since tdaq-01-09-01

    Known bugs

    Utilities

    A graphical utility that allows a complete view of all errors in the system is available. It is possible to select partition and expert system server to retrieve the list of errors from.
    error_viewer<\pre>
    

    PmgGui

    Introduction
    The PmgGui package includes GUI interfaces to the ProcessManager system.

    Changes wrt tdaq-01-09-00

    PmgControlPanel

    ProcessManager

    Changes since tdaq-01-09-00

    Client
    Launcher
    Helpers



    RCInfo

    Introduction

    This new package contains the xml schema for several IS classes used by the DAQ:
    ChildrenStatistics (statistic about died/restarted applications)
    DAQApplicationInfo (status of an applications from a "process" point of view)
    LuminosityInfo (luminosity block number)
    RCStateInfo (run control state of applications)
    TestInfo (information about tests executed on the DAQ system)
    RunParams (basic information about the run)
    StorageInfo (basic information about raw data files stored on file)

    The c++ and java classes are generated dynamically.
    C++ headers are installed in rc/ClassName.h and rc/ClassNameNamed.h.
    The Java classes are installed as RCInfo.jar.

    Changes since tdaq-01-09-00

    The RunParams class has been extended with one more data member: T0_project_tag.
    This field has to be filled by the shifter via the RunParams Tab of the IGUI before starting a new run. The SFOs will pass on this project tag to Tier 0 to seed reconstruction.

    RCUtils

    Introduction

    This new package contains several utilities which used to be in the RunControl, setup and onl_integ packages which have been removed from the release.
    As an example it contains the setup_daq script and a script to migrate the databases from the old to the new run control.
    In addition this package contains the run control plugin for the web based monitoring (WMI).

    General changes

    New utilities

    old2newRC.sh: script to translate databases from the old to the new run control. (go into directory containing your database files and execute it)

    setup_daq <-h>: script to launch the DAQ. Note that the <-i> option is not supported anymore.

    The old script get_tdaq_env.sh (onl_integ package)  is substituted by the  c++ utility rc_print_partition_env. From within a bash script also the function get_partition_env ${TDAQ_PARTITION} can be used after having sourced the file ${TDAQ_INST_PATH}/share/bin/setup_functions: this function requires ${TDAQ_DB_DATA} to be set.

    rc_commander: simple graphical tool to send commands to a Controller.
    rc_sendcommand <-h>: sends commands to a Controller.
    rc_isread <-h>: reads the RC state of a controller from IS.
    rc_waitstate <-h>: waits for a controller to reach a particular RC state.
    rc_timetest <-h>: sends a series of commands to a Controller and measures the duration of each transition.
    rc_decode_detectormask <-h> : decodes a numerical detector mask into human readable TTC pastition names.
    rc_print_root <-h>: prints the name of the root controller and the top segment.
    rc_print_tree <-h>: prints the tree of controllers for a partition.
    rc_getrunnumber <-h>: gets the current run number for a partition from IS.
     rc_checkapps <-h>: dumps a tabular view of the applications in a partition with their basic properties.
    rc_print_partition_env <-h>: extracts form the database the basic environment for the partition.
    rc_is2cool_archive <-h>: inserts basic run information into COOL.

    Changes in API

    No APIs.

    Known bugs, problems and limitations

    None.

    rdb

    IDL Changes

    RDB Server

    New RDB Server Command Line Options

    Remote Monitoring
    To run RDB server in push mode run it with option -M. In such case the RDB server pushes complete database to the mirror RDB server, when it starts and pushes incremental update on any reload or unload/load operations.
    Backup Server for templated servers
    If value of option -r or -b points to the directory and option -a is used, then the name of the backup file is generated concatenating the directory name and the server name.


    rm

    Common remarks
    The behavior of request/free resources interfaces changed. The purpose to add/remove partition automatically. On request resource operations partition should be registered automatically in case it was not registered. Partition removed from the RM server data automatically after free resource operations in case it does not contain any allocated resource. The are some not fully implemented methods added to the RM APIs (in IDL, client part and server part). It suppose to implement update RM configuration data. It was not fully implemented yet and did not described here. Just chain of according methods to transfer call from client to server done. It added in order to make all remained changes only in private part of RM server. It means that it could be done by patches. Now also client part and server part are independent. No use of server libs in RM_ClientExt class. register/update/remove partition methods will be removed when update configuration method will be introduced in patch. The reason is that the RM uses configuration data that are partition independent (since the time when binary and computer used instead of application in resource request).

    changes in RM_Client API