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<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green"> CAWCR-BoM ACCESS NWP Ngamai Migration Working Group</h1>
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Updated before Meeting 10
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This table contains the main current items relevant to the working group.
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Previous versions of this table are also available in notes for Meetings 1-4, and links on the main page.
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Issues no longer active can be seen in earlier table versions.
No. | ITEM | STATUS/COMMENTS | Contact Person |
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| 3 | Setup and rebuild of /apps | Complete, except for some Verify and Mars aspects. ACTION: Monitor Status. | /apps, rab| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6 | Intel compiler 11.0.83 | No longer required. ACTION: None. | /apps, rab | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 | Source Code for UM | UM source repository already in access-svn. ACTION: None. |azs| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8/9/10 | Source Code for VAR,OPS,SURF | Migrate all SVN repositories from solar to ngamai early October. Migrate to accessdev & access-svn later. ACTION: Prepare for migration. Monitor reliability of access-svn server. |azs| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | ~access directory | Goal of having interoperability with raijin is not straightforward, particularly with executable and libraries. Need to handle case by case. $HOST or $MACH subdirectory required in some instances. Also see Scott's tildeAccess notes. ACTION: Address case by case as ~access is being setup. |access.admin | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12 | GCOM Libraries | Updated path/name: example: ~access/apps/gcom/GCOM3.5/ngamai/bld_12.1.8.273_1.6.5_new_optns-03. ACTION: Information on building gcom to be documented on the wiki. |azs,martin,ScottWales,ilia| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13 | Migrate Trac databases | Preparing for cutover from solar to ngamai 1st weekend of Oct. ACTION: Prepare for migration. |azs| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14 | UM Small execs | Do for vn7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 8.2 and 8.4. May be able to use copy from raijin. ACTION: No report. | martin | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15 | Migrate UMUI, VARUI, OPSUI and SCSUI | * Preparing for cutover from solar to ngamai 1st weekend of Oct.
- Prototypes working on ngamai, accessing databases on ngamai, solar, cherax, submitting jobs to ngamai, solar, raijin.
- Databases to be moved at cutover point. ACTION: Prepare for migration. | azs, zhihong, ilia, xiao, say | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16 | CAP program on ngamai | * vn8.1 now available and set up on Raijin.
- Sufficient for time being; not urgent to port to ngamai, as we can create ancils on raijin and copy to ngamai.
- Need to install also on ngamai. ACTION: ??? | martin | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 | Re-compile/build UM 7.5/7.6 Executables for APS1 - Global, Regional, Access-C ...| * Executable builds basically all done.
- Work in progress on documented of builds. NMOC to re-build all operational execs. ACTION: Detailed documentation for each build to be available on wiki. | ilia,xiao,azs,wenming,martin | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17i | Martin's Worms | Plots of growth of differences between UM runs have been produced for validation. ACTION: Done. | martin | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18 | MARS scripts and exes | Solar MARS ported to ngamai. MARS7 version in progress, as per Robin's report. ACTION: None for this WG. | ttl | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19 | Porting/Migration website | * NCI access_wiki in use. ACTION: None. | azs,rab,mjn | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20 | Web serving and documentation from ngamai | httpd from ngamai is active. nothing setup yet. ACTION: Monitor status. | rab, Porting Group | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 21 | fcm utility |fcm 1.5 used succssfully, but not fcm 2.3. fcm2.3 will need perl with appropriate libraries from /apps. See 3. ACTION: Monitor status. | martin, /apps | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 24 | UM Ancillaries input data. | Since UM ancillaries, in particular for N512 can be quite large, propose that it go into /access/ancils instead of into UMDIR (or into /access/data/ancils). ACTION: No update. | access.admin,azs| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 26 | APS1 suites | AG1, AR1, AC1 all working and tested in research trials; operational trial versions in progress; see meeting notes for further details. ACTION: Continuing work. | xiao,joan | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 27 | APS2 suite | APS2 porting needed before solar switch-off. ACTION: ??? | ciwt,xiao,sergei,joan | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 34 | Higher management's Porting plan. | Information from this WG feeding into porting project reporting. ACTION: Continue to provide info as required. | rab,mjn | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 35 | SMS | Installed and running on ngamai; being used in APS1 suites. Discussion of NMOC vs CAWCR include files aspects still to occur. ACTION: Conider future directions when operational porting has finished. | /apps,joan,wenming| | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 36 | Verify | * NWP verification software to be ported to ngamai and raijin.
- Chris Bridge to handle this, NMOC to manage.
- ngamai version will be included in /apps; raijin version to follow. ACTION: NMOC to report progress on this item. | ChrisBridge | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 37 | Python-matplotlib plotting systems | Ported to ngamai, raijin. ACTION: None. | wenming, /apps | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 38 | Configuration Management of systems/suites that go into operation | * Suites covered in item 26 work.
- Executables covered in item 17. ACTION: Work continuing. | Porting Group | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 39 | Turboboost | * Turboboost is set on raijin.
- Not critical to operational porting activity.
- Will be investigated on ngamai after porting has been completed. ACTION: ??? | ilia,rab | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 40 | Hyperthreading| * Not critical to operational porting activity.
- Will be investigated on ngamai after porting has been completed. ACTION: ??? | ilia,rab | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 41 | Level of thread support for OpenMPI library | * Not critical to operational porting activity.
- Will be investigated on ngamai after porting has been completed. ACTION: ??? | ilia,rab | | --- | --- | --- | --- |