Below is a checklist for adding a new xrootd server to the Fermi xrootd cluster.
- add cronjob to update auth-file
- Start the test xrootd
- run the test installation script
- activate the release for test
- start the test xrootd
- start the production server
- check that the log/core dirs exist
- check that the utility scripts (e.g.: for checksum) exists and are executable
- activate production version
- start xrootd
- add machine name to host list (/afs/slac/g/glast/applications/xrootd/config/glast)
- add cronjobs for obtaining server stats (disk space,...)
- add to Ganglia
- add Nagios monitoring