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From 04/01/2014 to 04/30/2014

04/30/2014

02:33 PM Task #908 (New): generate the source-general derived columns directly on the denormalized staging table
* avoids needing to run the full Python import, which is the part that is currently buggy
* see [[New-style_import#s...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/29/2014

05:46 PM Task #907 (Resolved): troubleshoot rsync verification errors
* normally only happens when a file is concurrently modified, but this file was not in use
* this may indicate disk ...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/25/2014

05:58 AM Task #905 (Resolved): narrow down the cause of the import bug (incorrect join columns and disk space leak)
_see #887, #902_
h3. -alternate OS approach-
p(. _tried, and problem also occurs on Mac, so using other approac...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/23/2014

07:22 PM Task #887: fix disk space leak that fills the disk and crashes the import
VM upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 and using the official Ubuntu version of Postgres, but problem still occurs Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
06:06 PM Task #903 (Resolved): fix Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade bug that prevents Apache from displaying vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu properly
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
06:00 PM Task #903: fix Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade bug that prevents Apache from displaying vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu properly
added workaround for broken MultiViews Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
04:14 PM Task #903 (Resolved): fix Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade bug that prevents Apache from displaying vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu properly
this consists of 2 problems:
# -http://vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu/index.php now includes the VegCore wiki page inst...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
04:42 PM Task #904 (Resolved): add MySQL public user to allow accessing the normalized VegCore data dictionary
__* see "normalized VegCore data dictionary":http://vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu/vegbiendev/db/my/VegCore Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
04:00 PM Task #884 (Rejected): fix Postgres bug that causes query planner to use seq scans and slow sorts instead of index scans in the import
duplicate of #902: slow sorts are caused by joining on the wrong columns, not query planner settings Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
03:52 PM Task #902 (Resolved): fix bug that causes joining on the wrong columns in the import
_bug fixed in r14074_
h3. issue
* in some queries, the columns being joined on are completely the wrong set (co...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
03:16 PM Task #901: schedule regular pg_dump backups of the DB
see @backups/pg_snapshot@, @backups/mysql_snapshot@ Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/17/2014

08:14 PM Task #887: fix disk space leak that fills the disk and crashes the import
main DB backed up, (close to?) ready to roll back and/or upgrade the VM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
10:31 AM Task #887: fix disk space leak that fills the disk and crashes the import
submitted support request to restore vegbiendev to last working configuration and install a past revision of Postgres... Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
08:12 PM Task #901: schedule regular pg_dump backups of the DB
seem to have settled on shutting down VM before tape backup as the approach for this Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
01:23 PM Task #901 (New): schedule regular pg_dump backups of the DB
* this is not backed up with the rest of the VM due to bandwidth limitations and available tape drive space
* use @-...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/16/2014

10:14 PM Task #899 (New): remove dependencies on Mac
* avoids needing to support Mac as well as Linux in all our scripts
** note that Mac software must be installed manu...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
10:10 PM Task #898 (New): remove dependencies on the development machine
* the development process should not require both a VM and a specially-configured local machine to make changes to th... Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/11/2014

04:02 PM Task #887 (Rejected): fix disk space leak that fills the disk and crashes the import
_the bug that triggers this Postgres bug (#902) has now been fixed, so no need to fix this_
h3. issue
* in the ...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/10/2014

03:24 AM Task #345 (Resolved): integrate GNRS into VegBIEN
see "biengeo":http://vegbiendev.nceas.ucsb.edu/fs/derived/biengeo/ Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
03:21 AM Task #326 (Rejected): generic MOU template to request data
making the database public instead Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
03:19 AM Task #485: track data provider's citation requirements in VegBIEN
the [[Datasource conditions of use|conditions of use]] have been gathered Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/07/2014

12:13 PM Task #886 (New): move test DB to vegbiendev VM
* avoids needing to maintain a separate testing machine for the purposes of using the test DB
* helps remove depende...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/02/2014

03:32 PM Task #884 (Rejected): fix Postgres bug that causes query planner to use seq scans and slow sorts instead of index scans in the import
h3. issue
* see the following @pg_stat_activity@ snapshots (note the @EXPLAIN@ output below each query):...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
10:10 AM Task #882 (Rejected): add limit on the # of parallel import processes
it turns out this would not fix the problem, because it occurs even when only a few datasources are running Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
10:07 AM Task #883: have import scripts regularly check disk space and pause processes if getting close to limit
merging info in #882, so that this info is not maintained in two places Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

04/01/2014

05:02 PM Task #883 (Rejected): have import scripts regularly check disk space and pause processes if getting close to limit
h3. issue
* there is no soft limit on disk space inside Postgres, so the hard limit gets reached instead, causing ...
Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
04:11 PM Task #882 (Rejected): add limit on the # of parallel import processes
see description of problem in #883 Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza
 

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