1. University of Wisconsin at Madison
Migration to SL5
James Bellinger
University of Wisconsin at Madison
3-Mar-2010
3-Mar-2010 1

2. Validation Progress 6.1.6.migrate
No obviously significant code changes
10K test: Tests ProductionExe and Stntuples
No differences / SL3 vs migrate / SL4
Few events differed / SL3 vs migrate SL5
Consistent with round off differences
100K test: in progress
Power user tests: please do
Top ntuple testing started by Hyun Su
3-Mar-2010

3. Validation Progress 6.1.4mc.migrate
No obviously significant code changes
10K tests 6.1.4mc / SL3 vs 6.1.4mc.migrate SL3, SL4, and SL5
No mysql yet (used in MC tarball)
Pythia shows some significant differences.
Is new behavior correct?
Generators/decayers in cdfSim (Bgenerator, Evtgen, Herwig, Tauola all seem to work the same)
Geant and TrigSim++ work the same
ProductionExe differs
Still investigating
3-Mar-2010

4. Deliverables 6.1.6.m, development, 6.1.4mc.m, 6.1.4.m
Compiled/built on SL4 and SL5 (and SL3)
Validated to produce the same results as their SL3 normal counterparts
Use new Oracle client to match server
6.1.4mc.m tarballs for SL4 and SL5
3-Mar-2010

5. When 6.1.6m is released
To run on the CAF (SL4 for now) build on a SL4 machine: lnx1 or lnx2
To run on the CDF GRID (to soon become SL5) build on a SL5 machine: lnx3 or lnx5
3-Mar-2010

6. Power Users: required for running on non-native platforms
To run SL3 binaries on SL4:
setup cdfsoft m –f Linux
tcl
To run SL3 binaries on SL5:
setup cdfsoft m –f Linux
readline
To run SL4 binaries on SL5:
libssl.so.4, libcrypto.so.4
3-Mar-2010

7. Proposed Target Dates
15-Mar-2010: Announce validation of ported releases m and 6.1.4mc.m
General user validation begins using lnx3 and KISTI
15-Apr-2010:
Begin rolling upgrade of farms to SL5
Urge desktop migrations
1-May-2010:
Logins to central SL3 disabled
upgrade lnx1/2 to SL5 (no more central SL4)
Get disruptions out of the way before summer conferences
3-Mar-2010