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Conditions Snapshots


[ BaBar-Conditions ]

  1. What is a snapshot
  2. Load a snapshot
  3. Available Snapshots
  4. Snapshot Table in ORACLE

Available Snapshots

Below is a list of "offical available snapshots:

Name From Content Where Updated
analysis MASTER only CDB dbs /nfs/objyserv03/objy/databases/snapshot2/master/analysis/current daily
full MASTER all dbs /nfs/objyserv03/objy/databases/snapshots/master/full/current every Monday
betaMini MASTER only const for Mini analysis    

Snapshot for Analysis Conditions FDBs

Every day a snapshot from the MASTER is taken containing only the CDB databases and is imported into the current analysis conditions federation (as of this writing: cond18boot). This snapshot can be used to update an existing conditions federation. If a new federation is created this snapshot is not sufficinet as the legacy databases are also needed. The legacy databases are part of a full snapshot described below.

Full MASTER Snapshot

A full MASTER snapshot is taken once a week, every Monday. It contains all the CDB databases and the legacy databases. This snapshot is needed if a new conditions feederation is created.

BetaMini Snapshot

The beta mini snapshot is a consistent snapshot that contains only those conditions needed for a BetaMini analysis job. The snapshot is significantly smaller then a full snapshot. It is in the order of 1.5-2 GB.


Automatic Snapshots

MASTER CDB snapshot

A full CDB snapshot is taken from the MASTER daily (during production). The snapshot contains all CDB databases but not the legacy databases.

MASTER Full snapshot

A full conditions snapshot is taken once a month. It contains all CDB and legacy databases. This snapshot can be used to establish a new federation.

IR2 to AMBIENTBOOT

Once a data a snapshot from IR2 is taken. This snapshot contains the IR2 origins from the the Conditions, Configurations and Ambient domains. The Ambient snapshot is an incremental one. The snapshot is loaded to AMBIENTBOOT.

snapshot script = BdbIR2ToAMBIENTSnapshot.tcsh snapshot dir = /nfs/objyserv10/objy/databases/snapshots/ir2/forAmbientlog file = /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/babar/Bdb/log2/cronlogs/IR2ToAmbientSnapshot_<abbr. weekday name>.log

IR2 to PC1

Every hour a snapshot is taken from IR2 containing the ir2 conditions and configuration. It runs always 15 minutes past the hour not to interfer with loading of constants to IR2. The snapshot is transfered to PC1 but not loaded automaically. Loading the snapshot to PC1 is controlled by the OPR-controll system. Only if a snapshot is needed it is loaded.

snapshot script = BdbIR2ToAMBIENTSnapshot.tcsh snapshot dir = /nfs/objyserv03/objy/databases/snapshot2/ir2/concfg/currentlog file = /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/babar/Bdb/log2/cronlogs/IR2ToAmbientSnapshot_<abbr. weekday name>.log

PC1 (PCn) to MASTER

The new rolling calibration produced in PC1,PC2 and PC3 are loaded to the MASTER. The following table shows which origins are extract from a PC federation and loaded to the MASTER:
PC FDB Origins in snapshot
PC1 pc1, ir2, cfg
PC2 pc2
PC3 pc3
PC1 is used to propagate the ir2 and configuration conditions to the MASTER.


Last modified: Tue Jul 11 17:29:13 PDT 2006