This Week

• Alastair
  • systemd project
    • Consider how components will work with systemd
    • Continue work on documentation - guidance for other COs on how to use
  • EL7 project
    • Upgrade all my machines to SL7
    • Look at whether I did manage to grab console input for a component whilst being started from systemd
    • continue considering dependencies between components and ordering
    • blog about dependency issues
      • client time before updaterpms
      • starting stuff before network
    • what sort of level of space is required by systemd journald logging (for desktop /var sizing)
      • (By default journald logs to /run/log. Have to mkdir /var/log/journal to keep data). Have enabled on one machine
      • identify default retention policyDefault retention is to use up to 10% of partition. Can use either space or time as a constraint on space. Logs are per user + system, so users can read their own data. Each log file starts at 8MB, so a popular machine will have lots of log data.
      • Blog about journald retention policy - and document how to set...
      • are we duplicating stuff in journald and /var/lcfg/log/syslog (if so, do we want to kill off /var/lcfg/log/syslog?)Yes we are.
      • Blog about decision to keep journald and /var/lcfg/log/syslog duplication.
    • check installroot stuff same version across SL6 and EL7
      • and pull out old SL5 stuff
    • Look at pam_systemd module - what does it do?
    • Complete dconf component and ship
      • kdm component has option to forcerestart even if someone is logged in (used for exam mode)
    • Look at what else we used kdm component for
      • setting and clearing ownership of /dev devices on login/logout (for devices in labs) - might be a better solution using udev rules?
      • enable/disable Xdmcp (never used?)
      • Set kdm theme (for background image etc)
      • enable/disable shutdown at login window (for podium machines)
    • Look at whether we need anything better than existing network component for desktops
    • Look at lightdm (and configuration) - and systemd configuration
  • Upgrade jubilee to 6.5 and install disks and additional memory - waiting for additional memory
  • RT 65774 - try two identical monitors on my machine
  • Need to remove default bridge from kvmtool create
  • Think about disk partition policy
  • Review last reviewed date for documentation

• Chris
  • Virtual DICE
    • Request USU sign off - chase Alison
  • EL7
    • Consider what next
    • Create SL7 hardware testing page and ask Carol to start testing various hardware types
  • Check for 146GB 15K SAS disk for northern (in B.03) - or order a couple
  • url shortener (once gdm solved)
  • Projects EL7 blog - start populating
  • Create Project entries - for KVM refinement project
  • Experiment rename br0 as br202 on circle
  • Think about disk partition policy
  • Review last reviewed date for documentation
  • Deploy metropolitan as backup KVM server (for while we're all out of country)
  • Hammersmith upgrade

• Stephen
  • LCFG client refactor stage 1
    • schedule debrief meeting
  • EL7
    • Continue thinking about boot.run functionality
    • complete repository management scripts
    • Consider what next
    • Complete porting MPU managed resources to the DICE level
    • update tags in packages to record el7 support
    • convert dice-authorise to looking up netgroup
    • Look at porting updatepkgsvolumes to afs command (from perl-afs)
  • Think about PD - Interested in ZeroMQ
  • RT 68269
  • Deploy northern as staff.nx (first open up holes and test from home)
  • Think about disk partition policy
  • Review last reviewed date for documentation

-- AlastairScobie - 06 Nov 2014