This Week

• Alastair
  • Inventory project
    • continue working through InvProjectWorkFlow
    • consider what next can be integrated into existing system, if anything
    • Check for systemic errors from clientreport
      • Look now that servers don't check monitors
    • Document clientreport
    • Document order sync code
    • Continue work on hpreport processing script
    • Consider milestones for inventory project
  • Remove default pool if ops meeting agrees
  • Think of a use for 'atom'
  • Deploy encrypted /tmp and swap conversion script
    • Deploy on office desktops now
    • Leave labs until end of teaching.
    • Need to warn users that Gnome3 may pop up a window about /tmp being full (when script is run)
  • SL7 base server
    • Rename the AMD macro that people use to enable/disable automounter on machines with localhome
    • check metropolitan USB and CD
    • Continue work with FC and LVM
      • await matthew apply patch to lcfg-lvm and deploy
      • finish draft blog article
      • check nagios notices if FC cable removed
    • network and bonding
      • Update https://wiki.lcfg.org/bin/view/LCFG/NetworkComponent
  • Schedule MPU meeting to discuss systemd ordering
  • Continue building computing.help honeypot
  • package up ILW stuff and document process
  • Read through SL7.2 release notes
  • Dig out SL7.2 live CD (for Stephen)
  • Install 'opennx' client on SL7 (currently manually added to gala)
  • Apply firmware patches to metropolitan
  • submit polkit bug to redhat - with Stephen
  • computing.help - email on feedback page -> new RT ticket email address
  • Check device naming for virtualbox and kvm guests under consistent naming schemekvm = eth0, virtualbox=en0ps3 (but that depends on exact virtualbox config which is under control of user, so can't generalise

• Chris
  • Inventory project
    • continue working through InvProjectWorkFlow
    • Look at clientreport modules for replacing firmwarereport
  • pkgsearch for SL7
    • reimplement as a yum web front end (yum search for keyword produce an html file of links to cgi to do yum info)
    • Need support multiple platforms
  • Liaise with George over iDRAC documentation (look through ops reports to remind)
  • SL7 base servers
    • test out rsync / rmirror (both client and server ends) - liaise with Neil
  • Continue investigating SL6 sleep problem
  • Schedule MPU stargazing meeting
  • Try looking at ipmi-sensors on "theia" (suspected fan issue)
  • Download R710 firmware patches

• Stephen
  • LCFG client refactor stage 1
    • schedule debrief meeting
  • LCFG client refactor stage 2
    • document API
    • blog article (once documentation complete)
  • apacheconf
    • produce some recipes
    • talk at devel meeting
  • Think about PD - Interested in ZeroMQ
  • Investigate kernel component pipe moan by using shell commands instead of RPM module => waiting on 7.2 => activities list
  • LCFG server symlink to exam branches - produce reporting script and discuss with Graham
  • Circulate dmesg proposal
  • Apply firmware patches - circle
  • submit polkit bug to redhat - with Alastair

-- AlastairScobie - 01 Mar 2016