Advanced Resource Connector (ARC)
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Release Announcement for NorduGrid ARC 11.05 update 2             October 4 2011
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NorduGrid ARC 11.05 has received an update to most components from version 1.0.1
to 1.1.0 and documents from 1.0.2 to 1.1.0  

ARC components in 11.05 update 2:

  * ARC Core (includes documents)
  * ARC Clients
  * ARC CE
  * ARC Infosys
  * ARC gridftp server
  * arcjobtool GUI (not updated)

ARC Core
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ARC Core component contains: HED, HED LIDI, HED security, HED language bindings,
DMCs and ARC documentation. 

= Package list

Binaries:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-ca-utils-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-debuginfo-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-devel-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-doxygen-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-hed-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-java-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-python-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-python26-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-plugins-needed-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-plugins-globus-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-0.9-1

Binary tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-bin.tar.gz
  * nordugrid-arc-doc-bin.tar.gz
  * nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-bin.tar.gz

Source package:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.el5.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0-1.el5.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-0.9-1.el5_old_3-10-2011_19-19-43-0.src.rpm

Source tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
  * nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0.tar.gz

= Documentation

  * ARC HED description
  * WS configuration manual 

= Release notes

What's new:

Feature requests implemented:

  * 2477 Distribute ARC nagios plugins together with the next ARC release 

High priority bugs fixed:

  * 2534 Absent clients metapackage in 1.0.1rc1
  * 2479 MinGW packages fails nightly build
  * 2015 merged standalone to contain both new and old client tools
  * 2592 cache lockfile leak
  * 2609 download fails if one of the srm replicas cannot be fetched
  * 2509 Information system manual/guide is needed

Medium priority bugs fixed:

  * 1832 placeholders remain in the profiles and the inis on debian


= Deployment notes:

This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC documentation

= Known Issues

None


ARC Clients
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ARC Clients component contains pre-WS compute CLI, pre-WS data CLI, WS compute
CLI and WS data CLI 

= Package list

Binaries:

  * nordugrid-arc-client-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0
  * nordugrid-arc-compat-debuginfo-1.0.0

Binary tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-bin.tar.gz
  * nordugrid-arc-compat-bin.tar.gz

Source package:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-meta-1.0.1-1.<os>.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0-1.<os>.src.rpm

Source tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
  * nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0.tar.gz

Meta package:

  * nordugrid-arc-client-tools-1.0.1

= Documentation

  * Functional description of WS clients
  * WS Client user guide
  * Pre-WS Client user guide
  * WS client installation instructions
  * Pre-WS client installation instructions
  * Troubleshooting
  * XRSL manual
  * Transition from Pre-WS to WS client - a guide

= Release notes

What's new:

Feature requests implemented:

  * 1347 improving ngclean and arcclean error messages 

High priority bugs fixed:

  * 2599 arctest does not set a queue in job description
  * 2485 arc1 client rejects submission of jobs with RTEs of same name but
different versions
  * 2473 Segmentation fault when looping a mapped std::list public member from
Python
  * 2468 File transfers fail from Windows Client(s)
  * 1765 arcinfo is too redundant with its error messages

Medium priority bugs fixed:

  * 1760 arcrm does not return correct value

Less urgent bugs fixed:

  * 2625 Job submission slows down a lot as the local job store size increases

= Deployment notes

This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC Clients documentation. 

= Known issues

None


ARC CE
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ARC CE component includes A-REX, CE-Cache, CE-staging, LRMS modules, JURA,
nordugridmap, information providers and Janitor 

= Package list

Binaries:

  * nordugrid-arc-arex-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-janitor-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-gridmap-utils-1.1.0

Binary tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-bin.tar.gz

Source package:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-meta-1.0.2-1.<os>.src.rpm

Source tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz

Meta package:

  * nordugrid-arc-compute-element-1.0.1

= Documentation

  * Design and functional description of A-REX
  * ARC CE installation instructions
  * Configuration template
  * Data Staging Wiki
  * Batch back-ends guide
  * Janitor handbook
  * JURA documentation

= Release notes

What's new:

Feature requests implemented:

  * 2591 publish version information for ARC CE

High priority bugs fixed:

  * 2280 SRM transfer protocols are hard-coded
  * 2442 ARC incompatible with CERN voms server
  * 2520 GGUS-Ticket-ID: #72340   EMI1 ARC CE 1.0.0 wrong user mapping
  * 2565 downloader fails if all the inputs are remote
  * 2579 Transfer shares not using enough slot
  * 2236 Uploaders hangs


= Deployment notes

This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC CE documentation. 

= Known issues

None


ARC Infosys
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ARC Infosys component contains ARIS, EGIIS and ARC Grid Monitor

= Package list

Binaries:

  * nordugrid-arc-aris-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-egiis-1.1.0
  * nordugrid-arc-ldap-monitor-1.1.0

Binary tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-bin.tar.gz

Source package:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
  * nordugrid-arc-meta-1.0.2-1.<os>.src.rpm

Source tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz

Meta package:

  * nordugrid-arc-information-index-1.0.1

= Documentation

  * ARC Information system guide and technical description
  * LDAP Grid monitor description

= Release notes

What's new:

High priority bugs fixed:

  * 2595 totalcpus in [queue/*] section is ignored
  * 2443 The client doesn't see the status of the job if hostname contains
uppercase letters

Medium priority bugs fixed:

  * 802 review the content of the nordugrid-arc-doc package for 0.8
  * 2037 infosys non-responsive on high-load

Less urgent bugs fixed:

  * 2642    Banning DNs, and the infosystem

= Deployment notes

This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC Infosys documentation. 

= Known issues

Documentation improvements are still needed.


ARC gridftp server
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ARC gridftp server component contains ARC gridftp server and ARC gridftp jobplugin.

= Package list

Binaries:

  * nordugrid-arc-gridftpd-1.1.0

Binary tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-bin.tar.gz

Source package:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm

Source tarballs:

  * nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz

= Documentation

  * ARC gridtpd description

= Release notes

What's new:

Feature requests implemented:

  * 1312 Downloaders take too long when files are not available

High priority bugs fixed:

  * 2524 provide out-of-box configuration examples for server-side ARC (CE,
EGIIS and SE)

Medium priority bugs fixed:

  * 1883 error messages when uploading a file to existing file on arc: or
gsiftp: should be the same 

= Deployment notes

This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC gridftp documentation. 

= Known issues

Documentation improvements are still needed.
