ATLAS DAQ Release Testing ABC

How set set up the compile time and runtime environment for nightly

Example for the -dbg tag and for TDAQ_IPC_INIT_REF residing on the afs space.

source /afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/bin/cmtsetup.sh nightly i686-slc3-gcc323-dbg
export TDAQ_IPC_INIT_REF=file:/afs/cern.ch/user/h/haeberli/datacollection-work/ipc_root.ref

How to start a partition

setup_daq -p <partition> -d <data file>

How to run an application interactively

Example for the SFI

In the configuration database the ControlledByOnline flag in SFIApplication has to be set to false.

export TDAQ_DB_DATA=<full path to data file>
export TDAQ_DB_NAME=$TDAQ_DB_DATA
export TDAQ_DB_IMPLEMENTATION=OKS
export TDAQ_PARTITION=<partition>

SFI_main -i -n SFI-1

Where to retrieve core dumps

The following line needs to be set in .bashrc:

ulimit -c unlimited

The core goes to the directory, which is specified by the attribute WorkingDirectory in the Partition object.

Generic trap

If you face any strange behavior of the DAQ software the first thing to do is:

Check is if the /tmp directory on the machine, where the OnlineSW infrastructure is running, has any space left. If not clean it out or let it clean out by the system administrators.

How to submit a tag

/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/bin/tagpkg
Usage: tagpkg <package> <release> [tag]
Commits a [tag] for a <package> to the <release> tag collector.
If tag not specified, the latest tag is taken.