[Labs-l] Labs migration starts on Tuesday

[Petr Bena]

I am confused about /data mounpoint

You say:

The contents of your shared /data/project or /home directories will
not be immediately available in eqiad.

Does it mean that if I decide to move the content by hand, using SCP,
it will be overwritten anyway sooner or later? How do I decide if I
want to have this content moved by ops or by myself? What if I want to
move just some items from /data/project and remaining data can be
safely nuked?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Andrew Bogott <abogott at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Starting on Tuesday, March 4th, the new Labs install in the eqiad data
> center will be open for business.  Two dramatic things will happen on that
> day:  Wikitech will gain the ability to create instances in eqiad, and
> wikitech will lose the ability to create new instances in pmtpa.
>
> About a month from Tuesday, the pmtpa labs install will be shut down. If you
> want your project to still be up and running in April, you must take action!
>
> We are committed to not destroying any instances or data during the
> shutdown, but projects that remain untouched by human hands during the next
> few weeks will be mothballed by staff: the data will be preserved but most
> likely compressed and archived, and instances will be left in a shutdown
> state.
>
> (Note:  Toollabs users can sit tight for a bit; Coren will provide specific
> migration instructions for you shortly.)
>
> I've written a migration guide, here:
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Labs_Eqiad_Migration_Howto It's a work
> in progress, so check back frequently.  Please don't hesitate to ask
> questions on IRC, make suggestions as to guide improvements, or otherwise
> question this process.  Quite a few of the suggested steps in that guide
> require action on the part of a Labs op -- for that purpose we've created a
> bugzilla tracking bug, 62042.  To add a migration bug that links to the
> tracker, use this link:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wikimedia%20Labs&component=Infrastructure&blocked=62042
>
>
> At the very least, please visit this page and edit it with your project
> migration plans:
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Labs_Eqiad_Migration_Progress Projects
> that have no activity on that page will be early candidates for mothballing.
> If you want me to delete your project, please note that as well -- that will
> allow us to free up resources for future projects.
>
> I am cautiously optimistic about this migration.  Most of our testing has
> gone fairly well, so a lot of you should find the process smooth and easy.
> That said, we're all going to be early adopters of this tech, so I
> appreciate your patience and understanding when inevitable bugs shake out.
> I look forward to hearing about them on IRC!
>
> -Andrew
>
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