Using the Data Carousel

Use the data carousel to retrieve raw data (daq) files from HPSS. This can only be done on an rcas machine.
Login via the RCF-gateway server with ssh rssh.rhic.bnl.gov Once you are in the RCF-system, login to one of
the CAS nodes (rcas6001 ... rcas6188) with ssh or better yet use rterm which will automatically log you onto
the least busy machine.

For complete information on using the data carousel look here.
Use Jerome's interface which is documented on the sofi page to produce the arguments for the hpss_user.pl command.

The HPSS-files are stored in      /star/data03/daq/yyyy/DDD/      Check this directory before requesting your file from HPSS; maybe this is
your lucky day and someone else has already loaded it to this disk. (For more information on the contents of the rcas disks see the   STAR disk organisation site (currently not available) )

Request your data to be copied from HPSS to the /star/data03 disk with the hpss_user.pl perl-script.

WARNING!!!!     Be sure your command ends with a "/" otherwise the script will not work.

You should get the following message when the script is executed:
hpss_user >> opening database
hpss_user >> adding record(s)
hpss_user >> closing database
1 records entered in DataBase

Your request is stored in a database and will be processed automatically .

To check the status of your request click  here
 
 
  Last update April 22, 2010 by Janet Seyboth

Original July 29th, 2001 by Joern Putschke (putschke@mppmu.mpg.de).