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  • v4.3-2
    - cta-admin: All short options with more than one character now require two dashes
    - cta/CTA#1013 reportType uninitialized
    - cta/CTA#1044 Fix segmentation fault due to uninitialized optional value and remove diskSpaceReservations from `cta-admin dr ls`
  • v4.2-3
    c9384d7a · Preparing 4.2-3 release ·
    Release: v4.2-3
    - cta/CTA#983
      - Add cta-versionlock helper script to cta-release package
      - Update cta repo file to use the new public repo
    - cta/CTA#1036 Better error reporting in cta-admin tools
    - cta/CTA#1039 Improve logging of cta admin commands in cta frontend
    - cta/CTA#1041 Fix host values in cta-admin commands
    - cta/CTA#1026 `cta-admin sq` now shows the mount policies of potential mounts
    - cta/CTA#1029 Fix segmentatin fault in frontend when list repacks of a tape that has been deleted in the catalogue
    - cta/CTA#1032 cta-admin dr ls crashes the frontend if executed during an archive/retrieve
    - cta/CTA#996  Removes PARALLEL from migration scripts
    - cta/CTA#1035 log configuration options on frontend startup
    - cta/CTA#1042 Do not iterate over retrieve queues when holding global scheduler lock
      - Repacks on a disabled tape must now use a mount policy whose name starts with repack
      - There is no longer an empty mount when a disabled/broken tape queue is full of deleted requests
    - cta/CTA#1027 Mitigate popNextBatch bad behaviour in archive queues
    - Migration tools: fixes filemode of files imported from CASTOR to EOS
  • v4.2-4
    8059e4fc · Update ReleaseNotes.md ·
    ## Summary
    
    ### Features
    - cta/CTA#501 cta-taped should set the state to DOWN when machine rebooting
    - cta/CTA#976 Add logical part of Drive Status using Catalogue
    - cta/CTA#983
      - Add cta-versionlock helper script to cta-release package
      - Update cta repo file to use the new public repo
    - cta/CTA#988 Instrument backpressure for retrieve in dr ls
    - cta/CTA#1036 Better error reporting in cta-admin tools
    - cta/CTA#1039 Improve logging of cta admin commands in cta frontend
    - cta/CTA#1041 Fix host values in cta-admin commands
    
    ### Bug fixes
    - cta/CTA#1031 Fix Warning in updateDriveStatus
    - cta/CTA#1032 cta-admin dr ls crashes the frontend if executed during an archive/retrieve
    - cta/CTA#996  Removes PARALLEL from migration scripts
    - cta/CTA#991  Drive is not put down if the device file is removed while cta-taped is running and before a data transfer
  • v4.3-1
    527e08e8 · Update ReleaseNotes.md ·
    ## Summary
    
    ### Features
    - cta/CTA#983
      - Add cta-versionlock helper script to cta-release package
      - Update cta repo file to use the new public repo
    - cta/CTA#1036 Better error reporting in cta-admin tools
    - cta/CTA#1039 Improve logging of cta admin commands in cta frontend
    - cta/CTA#1041 Fix host values in cta-admin commands
    
    ### Bug fixes
    - cta/CTA#1029 Fix segmentatin fault in frontend when list repacks of a tape that has been deleted in the catalogue
    - cta/CTA#1031 Fix Warning in updateDriveStatus
    - cta/CTA#1032 cta-admin dr ls crashes the frontend if executed during an archive/retrieve
    - cta/CTA#996  Removes PARALLEL from migration scripts
    - cta/CTA#991  Drive is not put down if the device file is removed while cta-taped is running and before a data transfer
  • v4.2-2 Release: v4.2-2
  • v4.2-1 Release: v4.2-1
  • v4.1-1
    3f087109 · Update ReleaseNotes.md ·
    Release: v4.1-1
  • v4.0-5 Release: v4.0-5
    - [frontend] Add options to "tapepool ls" to filter tapepools on their name, vo and encryption
    - cta/CTA#898 cta-send-event now gets the requester id and eos instance as command line arguments
    - cta/CTA#1005 "tape ls" now can filter tapes on wether they were imported from CASTOR
    - cta/CTA#1006 "repack ls" now shows the tapepool of the tape being repacked
    - [frontend] Adds missing break after "schedulinginfo ls" command
    - cta/CTA#999 Adds a default mount rule
    - cta/CTA#1003 The expansion of a repack request now fails if the archive route for archiving the repacked files is missing
  • v4.0-4 Release: v4.0-4
    Bug fix for infinite error reporting retry
  • v4.0-3 Release: v4.0-3
    - Upgraded ceph to version 14.2.20
    - Adds cta-verify-file to cta-cli RPM
  • v4.0-2 Release: v4.0-2
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.45
    - Upgraded eos-xrootd to 4.12.8
    - cta/CTA#966 Unable to distinguish empty and wrong tape pool
    - cta/CTA#926 Improve MigrationReportPacker::ReportSkipped::execute() exception message
    - cta/CTA#584 Validate checksum when recalling from tape
  • v4.0-1 Release: v4.0-1
    * Fri Feb 05 2021 julien.leduc (at) cern.ch - 4.0-1
    - cta/CTA#964 Adds failure log messages to processCLOSEW in CTA Frontend
    - When the operator submits a tape to repack, a check is done about the tape state before queueing the repack request to ensure it can be repacked
    - Oracle catalogue migration scripts 3.1to3.2.sql: replaced DELETE FROM table_name by TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
  • v3.2-1 Release: v3.2-1
    * Wed Feb 03 2021 julien.leduc (at) cern.ch - 3.2-1
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.37-1
    - cta/CTA#922 The superseded concept has been removed and replaced by a new recycle bin
    - cta/CTA#943 A new tape lifecycle logic has been implemented
    - cta/CTA#948 The max drives allowed for reading and writing are now set per virtual organization and not per mount policy anymore
    - cta/CTA#952 Reclaiming a tape resets the IS_FROM_CASTOR flag to 0
    - cta/CTA#951 The query used by RdbmsCatalogueTapeContentsItor has been put back to the state it was in v3.1-13
    - cta/CTA#883 Tape verification tool
  • v3.1-14 Release: v3.1-14
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.35-1
    - cta/CTA#954 The drive is put down if the CleanerSession fails to eject the tape from it after a shutdown
    - cta/CTA#945 The timeout for tape load action is now configurable
    - cta/CTA#957 The state of the successful Archive for repack jobs is now changed before being queued for reporting
    - cta/CTA#958 The RepackRequest garbage collection now changes the owner of the garbage collected RepackRequest.
  • v3.1-13 Release: v3.1-13
    * Thu Jan 07 2021 julien.leduc (at) cern.ch - 3.1-13
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.34-1
    - Upgraded xrootd to 4.12.6-1
    - cta/CTA#941 Slow `cta-admin sq` even when there is very little activity
    - cta/CTA#951 Improve the performance of RdbmsCatalogueTapeContentsItor
    - cta/CTA#939 cta-objectstore-dereference-removed-queue removes all kind of manually deleted queues from the RootEntry
  • v3.1-12 Release: v3.1-12
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.30-1
  • v3.1-11 Release: v3.1-11
    - cta/CTA#932 Add environment file for cta-frontend service: frontend configured to use 10 XRootD polling threads by default
    - cta/CTA#292 Allow non interactive usages of cta-admin with sss authentication
    - Upgraded EOS to 4.8.29-1
    - cta/operations#155 Fix for conversion issues
    - cta/operations#154 Improve sys.retrieve.req_id to allow to cancel retrieves on a running instance: adding epoch timestamp in ids
    - EOS-4505 Separate archive and retrieve ACLs in EOS: only needs p ACL for prepare
    - cta/operations#150 high priority Archive job not scheduled when Repack is running: fixed
  • v3.1-10 Release: v3.1-10
    * Thu Nov 12 2020 julien.leduc (at) cern.ch - 3.1-10
    - cta/CTA#837 Repack now fails if the repack buffer VID directory cannot be created during expansion
    - cta/CTA#920 Archive and Retrieve error report URL correction on the cta-send-event cmdline tool
    - cta/CTA#923 Corrected the cta-admin showqueues command to display all the retrieve queues of tapes that are on the same tapepool
    - Unuseful WARNING logs are now DEBUG logs
  • v3.1-9 Release: v3.1-9
    * Wed Nov 04 2020 julien.leduc (at) cern.ch - 3.1-9
    - Upstream EOS 4.8.26-1
    - cta/CTA#907 For backpressure, the EOS free space can be fetched by calling an external script
    - cta/CTA#917 Corrected the bug in the cta-admin showqueues command in the case ArchiveForUser and ArchiveForRepack exist for the same tapepool
    - cta/CTA#919 Archive queue oldestjobcreationtime is now updated at each pop from the ArchiveQueue
  • v3.1-8 Release: v3.1-8
    - CTA software Recommended Access Order (RAO) implemented for LTO drives
    - cta-admin repack ls tabular output improvements
    - Upstream EOS 4.8.24-1
    - Upstream xrootd to 4.12.5-1
    - Repack management execution can be disabled via the cta-taped configuration file
    - cta/CTA#907 Maintenance process can be disabled via the cta-taped configuration file
    - Catalogue refactoring
    - utils::trimString() now returns an empty string if the string passed in parameter contains only white-space characters
    - cta/CTA#895 [catalogue] RdbmsCatalogue::deleteLogicalLibrary does not delete empty logical library
    - Repack request and sub-requests are now unowned from their Agent when completed