Resolve LHCBPS-1784 "backport Git CondDB"

Marco Clemencicrequested to merge
LHCBPS-1784.backport-Git-CondDB.sim09 into sim09-patches

Backport of !557 (merged) and following changes.

Closes LHCBPS-1784

Edited by Marco Clemencic

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