ARCHIVING MC data ON WESTGRID
Mina Nozar 
April 1 2006

The MC data files are copied to a disk at SFU. The copying process can start 
before all submitted runs are finished.  The main reason behind this feature 
is in case of a local node disk failure or connection problems, the MC data 
residing on the local node may get lost or unreachable at a later time.
 
- Get a valid "e614" proxy  
- Have two active windows:
  One window as user "e614" on any of the nunataks, another window as user "e614" on blackhole.westgrid.ca

  - In the nunatak window, run the copy script:

    - cpMC2sfu.nocheck.pl  genxxx (Use this if there are NO files already copied to SFU)
    - cpMC2sfu.check.pl  genxxx   (Use this to add files to SFU)


 - In the blackhole window, check how many files are at SFU:

   - cd /data/e614/mc
   - ls -1 genxxx/data | grep -c run


- Repeat the cpMC2sfu.check.pl genxxx untill all the files are at SFU.

- Do a final check by inspecting the file sizes. Due to network problems, a data file
  might have a size of 0.  In this case, delete the file and rerun cpMC2sfu.check.pl genxxx