System Administration

System Testing

Submitted by chartrand
on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 21:07
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Hello,

My name is Doug Chartrand, and I just joined this group.

I work in the IBM Blue Gene system software test area (in Rochester, MN) - and I'm responsible for developing and running tests on our new drivers to help ensure that our systems function properly. I'm interested in if you have any ideas on what types of software we should be running during system development to ensure that we don't have any problems with the drivers that we develop.

Is there anything that you typically run into problems with, that you think that we could avoid during development by running a certain scenario or

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Blue Gene System Administrator's Workshop

Submitted by scoghlan
on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 21:38
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The ALCF is hosting a sysadmin workshop the last day (March 8, 2013) of our Mira Community Conference for sysadmins of blue gene systems. We thought it would be useful for admins from the various sites to have a chance to sit down and talk about best practices they've worked out for running these unique systems, as well as having a chance to rant about issues that are driving them nuts. To learn more about the conference and the workshop, go to http://www.alcf.anl.gov/workshops/mira-community-conference. If you plan on attending, feel free to offer up topics of interest here, or ideas about

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