perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Aaron Brown <>]

Hi Andrew,

How’d you write the image to the USB disk? I just happened to be reinstalling 
one of my local boxes, and was able to do it from the Full Install ISO.

Cheers,
Aaron

On Oct 8, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Andrew Lake 
<>
 wrote:

> 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
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