Report for February 2020

Report Date
February 2020

Achievements in Last Period

  • GPFS Upgrade Successfully Completed 
  • GPFS Training Completed
  • OpenStack Training - struggling to find dates - possible solution is to have a two  "At Risk" period on next upgrade
  • Prep work for Mini-Cluster Implementation
  • Prep work for Go-CAB Paperwork 

Issues and Risks

Open issues currently impacting on the project timeline, budget or scope:

  • N/A

Any current or imminent risks that need to be managed:

  • Project Delay - Due to Resource availability due to BAU and other Project work
  • Project Delay - Due to a New Infrastructure Cluster formation not being understood by Management
  • Project Delay - Due to Magt Go-CAB Approval 

Next Steps

  • Confirm Samba Clustering implementation
  • IS Alert and Go-Cab for Samba Clustering Implementation  
  • Arrange OpenStack Training
  • Conduct OpenStack Training

Future Milestones 

(Milestones still in to show progress to date as Planning only just completed)

                               Milestone

 Date of Milestone

  9. Implement the recommended Samba Clustering                                                                       

         Jun/Jul 19

         Jan 20

         Mar 20

  10. Transition Users to the new DataStore Infrastructure Configuration                                      

         Jun/Jul 19

          Jan 20

          Mar 20

  11. Upgrade the DataStore GPFS Software                                   

         28 Jun 19

         5/6 Dec 19  

      10/11 Feb 20  

  12. GPFS Training (basic, advanced and Remote)                      Basic and Advanced Complete 

       Feb/Jun/Dec

          12-14 Feb   

  19. Provide OpenStack Training for the RSS Systems Team

         May TBC?

  22. Delivery Complete

         28 Jun 19

         19 Jul 19

         31 Jan 20

         27 Mar 20

  23. Acceptance

         26 Jul 19

        20 Feb 20

        27 Mar 20

  24. Closure  

         20 Jul 19

         26 Jul 19

        21 Feb 20

        10 Apr 20

  25. Closure Project

        28 Feb 20

        10 Apr 20

 

GUIDE TO RAG STATUS : project_planning_-_guide_to_rag_status.docx

Project Sponsor Commentary / Approval

- Approved

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
GREEN
Change Status
Time
No Change
Cost
No Change
Scope
No Change
Overall
No Change
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Activity
Approved budget
178.0 days
Activity this month
1.5 days
Activity this year
23.8 days
Activity to date
65.1 days
Estimate to complete current year
112.9 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Improving Access Interfaces for Compute and Data
Code
RSS051
Programme
ITI - Research Services (RSS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Peter Sanderson
Project Sponsor
David Fergusson
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Grow
Start Date
24-Sep-2018
Planning Date
30-Apr-2019
Delivery Date
14-Aug-2020
Close Date
28-Aug-2020
Programme Priority
3
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Discretionary

Documentation