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--- drop_setup [2011/03/28 12:29] – leeuwen
+++ drop_setup [2013/10/22 13:49] – leeuwen
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 CMDS
   * [root] export USER=<username>; useradd ${USER} ; passwd ${USER} ; /usr/sbin/setquota -u ${USER} 20000000 30000000 0 0 /export ; # usermod -G vault ${USER}
+  * force update using "411" line below / or "rock sync users", but that messes up home dirs
 TROUBLESHOOTING
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       * Remove 'old' boot image on master, for this node: **/tftpboot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/C0A800F?** where ? = EDCBA9 for nodes 012345
       * Manually reboot node (force PXE boot with F12 if needed)
+      * Prompts for "language"? Change master root dir permissions: ''chmod a+rx ~root''
   * If network is slow (dmesg | grep eth says "Link is up at 10 Mbps, half duplex") force with ethtool:
-      * ''ethtool -s eth1 speed 1000''
+      * ''/sbin/ethtool -s eth1 speed 1000'' (if fails, set ''/sbin/ethtool -s eth1 autoneg'' off then on)
       * for eth0 ''ifdown eth0; ifup eth0''
+  * Keys: [ctrl-ctrl] = bring up display server screen ; [ctrl-alt-f2/f3/f4] = emergy sh, dmesg, etc.
 DONE
   * ROCKS user guide: http://www.rocksclusters.org/roll-documentation/base/5.1/
+  * BACKUP
+    * Run ''~leeuwen/bin/backup-vault-to-sara'' (tar + sftp to /archive/joerivl/drop/)
   * Changed aliases c0 .. c5 ; drop ; f for frontend
      * ''[root@drop ~]# for i in `seq 0 5`; do rocks add host alias compute-0-$i c$i; done''
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      * per http://www.mulder.franken.de/workstuff/ (changed to incorporate "Bay Numbers" vs HW drives)
      * ''/etc/cron.hourly/raidcheck'' + ''/root/bin/check-hp-raid-status.pl''
-     * [TODO] add /root/bin/backup-vault-to-sara to cron.weekly (after initial tunneled scp to archive.sara.nl)
-       * cd /export/; scp -pr home vault joerivl@archive:/archive/joerivl/drop/
      * front-end
        * e2label /dev/sda5 /scratch  ..etc
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        * turned off automount ; /etc/auto.master now empty ; /etc/exports now /data/ and /exports/
        * using fdisk "type fd" and mdadm --create etc, added 2x750 software RAID0
+         * /sbin/mdadm -Ac partitions -m 0 /dev/md0 (to bring up after reboot)
+         * /sbin/fsck.ext4 /dev/md0
+         *  mount -t ext4 /dev/md0 /scratch2
    * RAID INITIAL BUILD with '' /usr/sbin/hpacucli'' ([[http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00709035.pdf|Guide, p44+]])
      * ''ctrl slot=1 pd all show''
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        * ''mkpartfs primary ext3 0 -0''
    * RAID0 REBUILD
-     * Blink LED, Replace disk, re-enable logical drive ([[http://www.datadisk.co.uk/html_docs/redhat/hpacucli.htm|Cheat sheet]]
+     * Kill processes (''/sbin/fuser -m /dev/cciss/c0d1p1'', then kill with ''-k''), then unmount
+     * Blink LED (''ctrl slot=1 pd  1E:1:10 modify led=on''), Replace disk,
+     * Re-enable logical drive (''ctrl slot=1 ld 2 modify reenable forced'') (from [[http://www.datadisk.co.uk/html_docs/redhat/hpacucli.htm|Cheat sheet]])
+     * Make new file system, ''/sbin/mkfs.ext3 -L /data /dev/cciss/c0d1p1''
    * RAID PHYS CONFIG
      * Drive 1 = left, top; Count seems to be 1-3 = left column, top to bottom. RAID0=two lowest in second-to-right colum + entire right column
    * CROSSMOUNTS
-     * removed automounter. changed ''/etc/exports'' and node script to hard mount. Homedirs are /export/home/
+     * removed automounter. changed ''/etc/exports'' and node script to hard mount. Homedirs are /export/home/ (make sure this is correct in /etc/passwd)
      * ''make -C /var/411 clean; make -C /var/411; make -C /var/411 force; cluster-fork 411get -''''-all''
      * ''/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart; /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart; make -C /var/411;  service autofs reload;  exportfs -a''
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      * Read speeds: RAID0 160MB/s, RAID5/local 140MB/s
      * Increased number of NFS threads from 8 to 32 (link [[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/performance.html|1]][[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/2007-September/002213.html|2]])
+   * VNC/ETC
+     * RealVNC server
+     * FreeNX (yum install nx freenx ; http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX)
    * GRID ENGINE
      * Some HOWTO links: [[http://biowiki.org/HowToUseSunGridEngine|1]], [[http://gridengine.sunsource.net/howto/howto.htm|2]], [[http://gridengine.info/2008/01/20/understanding-queue-error-state-e| removing state 'E']]
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        * ppgplot: ''ppgplot_libraries = ["cpgplot", "pgplot", "X11", "png", "m", "g2c"]'' +  ''ppgplot_library_dirs = ["/usr/X11R6/lib"]''
      * Set UseDNS to NO in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for master+nodes, after very slow logins after IP changes to front node
-       * Which turned out to be caused by outdated DNS server in named.conf and resolve.conf: ''rocks set var Kickstart PublicDNSServers 195.169.63.49''
+       * Which turned out to be caused by outdated DNS server in named.conf and resolve.conf: ''rocks set var Kickstart PublicDNSServers 195.169.63.49'' in python/setup.py
- in python/setup.py
    * NODE PACKAGES
      * cd /export/rocks/install/contrib/5.1/x86_64/RPMS
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    * LIGHTPATH
      * installed eth2 on c4. edited ''/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2'' to static ''IPADDR=192.87.39.129'', ''NETMASK=255.255.255.248'', ''MTU=9000''
-     * On command line, added ''route add 145.100.26.152 gw 192.87.39.130'' for Huygens
+     * On command line, added ''/sbin/route add 145.100.26.152 gw 192.87.39.130'' for Huygens
+BOOT
+ Kernel 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 got beyond RAID wait after 5 minutes.
+.18.    Bad IRQ, kernel panic (as was original problem)
+                  .16.    Wait=6min, Bad IRQ
+                  .12.    Wait=6min, Bad IRQ
+                  .6.     Wait=6min, Bad IRQ
+(e)dit, remove quiet
 TODO
   * Read OAK topics and redo