perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Andrew Lake <>]

Hi Andrew,

CCing the list. One of our other developers will try to assist you shortly.

Thanks,
Andy


On Oct 7, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Andrew Brennan 
<>
 wrote:

> So I'm not sure if I've done something wrong or what, but I tried to do a 
> FullInstall to a USB disk, then move it to my system and boot.  System is 
> coming up and sitting at a GRUB prompt.  Reformatted my USB, gave it just a 
> partition (instead of the full disk) and didn't move it this time - and I'm 
> still booting to the GRUB prompt.
> 
> I used to work with the LiveCD version, USB data for configs, etc. and as 
> that's EOL now I figured I'd start over.
> 
> andrew.
> 
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2014, Andrew Lake wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> The final version of perfSONAR 3.4 is now available for all users. Version 
>> 3.4 includes a number or changes from the 3.3.X versions of the toolkit 
>> including:
>> 
>> - A new measurement archive that stores all types of active measurement 
>> data. It boasts a new REST interface and significant performance 
>> improvements over the previous archive
>> - A new "full install" distribution similar to the NetInstall but all 
>> installed packages are included on the downloaded ISO
>> - New graphs that can display results from throughput (bwctl+iperf3/iperf) 
>> and latency (owamp and ping) tools on the same graph
>> - First steps toward unifying the projects formerly known as perfSONAR-MDM 
>> and perfSONAR-PS into one development effort with the inclusion of the 
>> OPPD Measurement Point
>> - A number of security enhancements including the enabling of automatic 
>> updates by default for all new and existing installations
>> - New documentation at http://docs.perfsonar.net
>> - ?and much more detailed on our release notes page: 
>> http://www.perfsonar.net/release-notes/version-3-4/
>> 
>> A brief summary of how to install perfSONAR 3.4 can be found below:
>> 
>> - Brand new installations may visit 
>> http://software.internet2.edu/pS-Performance_Toolkit/ to get the latest 
>> ISO images. Please see http://docs.perfsonar.net/install_getting.html for 
>> more information on choosing the right distribution and pointers to 
>> detailed installation instructions
>> 
>> - For NetInstall users updating from version 3.3.X of the Toolkit you 
>> should run "yum update" and then "reboot". Note that all your data will 
>> automatically be migrated to the new measurement archive in a background 
>> process. See 
>> http://docs.perfsonar.net/manage_update.html#special-upgrade-notes for 
>> more details
>> 
>> - For NetInstall users updating from version 3.4rc2 or 3.4rc3, run the 
>> following:
>> yum update
>> yum clean all
>> yum update
>> reboot
>> 
>> - For 3.3.X LiveCD/LiveUSB users, note that we are not providing a 3.4 
>> LiveCD/LiveUSB. It is recommended all users transition to one of our other 
>> installation types prior to the previously shared EOL date of April 10, 
>> 2015. For instructions on how to do so see 
>> http://docs.perfsonar.net/manage_update.html#migrating-from-a-3-3-2-livecd-liveusb
>> 
>> - Note that upgrading from versions of perfSONAR older than 3.3 is NOT 
>> supported
>> 
>> 
>> IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT AUTOMATIC UPDATES FOR ALL USERS: When you install a 
>> brand new toolkit or update from a previous version of the Toolkit, 
>> automatic updates will be enabled by default. This means all the packages 
>> on your system will be updated on a nightly-basis. Automatic updates will 
>> assist in getting the latest packages on your box in a timely fashion. 
>> This does not mean you are off the hook for patching your box. Not only 
>> will there be a time window of up to 24 hours where you do not receive a 
>> patch, but depending on the nature of the vulnerability there may be 
>> additional service restarts, system reboots or other tasks required to 
>> completely apply a patch. Pay close attention to the the 
>> perfsonar-announce mailing list for more details. Also be aware that 
>> automatic updates have the potential to grab packages that may break 
>> services on your box. The perfSONAR team does not get early access to 
>> third-party packages prior to their release (nor are we perfect when it 
>> comes 
> to our own packages) so this is a very real risk. If a temporary outage 
> caused by an automatic update is a concern for you, then you may consider 
> disabling them. Please see 
> http://docs.perfsonar.net/manage_update.html#automatic-updates for more 
> details on making this decision and how to enable/disable automatic updates.
>> 
>> Hopefully above provides you with all the information you need to get 
>> started. Thanks again to all the great user feedback that led to this 
>> release and the numerous people that helped test via our release 
>> candidates or otherwise. For questions please consult 
>> http://docs.perfsonar.net or email 
>> .
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> The perfSONAR Development Team