The alias LXPLUS.CERN.CH will be switched to point to SLC6 based interactive login nodes on

the 6th of May 2013.

Please note that, since several months, an alias LXPLUS6.CERN.CH which already points to  SLC6 based interactive login nodes is available to CERN user community.

Already now, and well beyond the 6th of May 2013, an alias LXPLUS5.CERN.CH will be available for those users needing to login on SLC5 based interactive nodes.

The amount of SLC6 resources within the central batch service will be increased to be able to cope with this LXPLUS.CERN.CH alias switch.

UPDATE Tue MAY 7th: A number of small issues have been detected following the LXPLUS alias switch tat happened yesterday. These issues are been addressed as they are reported. No major issue, like impediment to login into LXPLUS, should be affecting end users at the moment. Users are encouraged to submit a SNOW ticket for any new problem they might encounter.

UPDATE Wed MAY 8th: Known problems on lxplus6.cern.ch.

1. Some nodes in lxplus.cern.ch are incorrectly installed on the LCG network rather than the GPN network. These machines will be retired and replaced.
2. The AFS cache configuration is sub optimal (massivley too small) all lxplus nodes6 will be replaced over the next few days.
3. Reports are that some users are unable to login with password still persist. This is not understood and affected users should continue to report their own situation.
     Update 16:00 - We believe this is now understood and fix can deployed tomorrow.
4. Minimum UID has been lowered from 160 to 101 to allow users in that UID range to login to lxplus.
5. Mounting fuse filesystems e,g eos or sshfs is currently not possible - this will be addressed.

UPDATE Fri MAY 9th: 

Resolved Problems:

1. Problems with logins for users with UID < 500 is now resolved both for kerberos and password login. Please report any instances where you are still unable to login.
2. Fuse can now be used for mounting e.g sshfs or EOS file systems.

Outstanding Problems:

1. The AFS cache configuration is sub optimal (massively too small) all lxplus nodes6 will be replaced over the next few days.

UPDATE Thu MAY 16th:

Resolved Problems:

1. AFS cache configuration is now fixed
2. CVMFS cache configuration is now fixed