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  • v4.6.1-1
    ## Summary
    
    ### Upgrade Instructions
    
    This CTA release requires a database schema upgrade to CTA catalogue schema v4.6.
    Please consult the [database upgrade documentation](https://tapeoperations.docs.cern.ch/ctaops/upgrade_production_database).
    
    ### Features
    - cta/CTA#1137 - Stop deletion of failed retrieve/archive requests
    - cta/CTA#1150 - Add option to pass desired catalogue version into cta-catalogue-schema-create
    - cta/CTA#1147 - Add Disk Instance Column to VO table
    - cta/CTA#1119 - Remove support of manual mode for loading tapes
    - cta/CTA#1123 - Add mount id to disk space reservations, prevent tape servers from releasing disk space from a previous mount
    
    ### Bug fixes
    - cta/CTA#1138 - sortAndGetTapesForMountInfo only queries tapes in the current logical library
    - cta/CTA#1117 - Update masterDataInBytes when writing files to tape
    - cta/CTA#1125 - cta-admin dr ls should show '-' instead of "NO_MOUNT" for Mount Type
    
    ### Continuous Integration
    - cta/CTA#1131 - Compile CTA using devtoolset-8 in CI
    - cta/CTA#1126 - Create tests for TapeDrivesCatalogueState
  • v4.6.0-1
  • v4.5.2-1
    - Workaround for negative reservation crashing the tapeserver and leaving the tape stuck
  • v4.5.1-1
    - cta/CTA#1101 - Fix disk space reservation logic adding all existing disk space reservations for all disk systems
    - cta/CTA#1023 - Retrieve puts the queue to sleep if the eos disk instance is not reachable
  • v4.5.0-1
    ## Features
    - cta/CTA#1091 - New Drive State table in CTA Catalogue
    - cta/CTA#1054 - Fix filing of disk buffer when recalling from tapeservers with RAO
    - cta/CTA#1076 - Retrieve fails if disk system configuration is removed
    - cta/CTA#1087 - Add new tapeserver config option UseEncryption
    - cta/CTA#1096 - Better handling of bad checksums in archive/retrieve sessions
    
    ## Bug fixes
    - cta/CTA#1092 - Fix overflow error with drive state latestBandwith causing cta frontend crash
    - cta/CTA#501 - Fix disappearing reason when TapeDrive is reading or writing
  • v4.4.1-1
    ## Bug fixes
    - cta/CTA#1092 Fix overflow with drive bandwith causing frontend to crash
  • v4.4.0-1
  • v4.3-3
    - cta/CTA#1053 Remove the objectstore presence in another classes
    - cta/CTA#501 cta-taped should set the state to DOWN when machine rebooting
    - cta/CTA#1056 Fix bugs in cta 4.3-2"
    - cta/CTA#1058 Remove helgrind_annotator from production
  • 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
    2e328b65 · Preparing 4.2-3 release ·
    - 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
    66ba0a5f · 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
    7611665b · 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
  • v4.2-1
  • v4.1-1
    e0c660e2 · Update ReleaseNotes.md ·
  • 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
    Bug fix for infinite error reporting retry
  • v4.0-3
    - Upgraded ceph to version 14.2.20
    - Adds cta-verify-file to cta-cli RPM
  • 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
    * 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