Globus v4 to v5

Main Message

“GCS Version 4 will be discontinued on December 18, 2023. If you have not yet migrated your Globus Connect Server v4 deployment or updated your applications to support Globus Connect Server v5, we urge you to do so now.”

Original announcement

https://www.globus.org/blog/globus-connect-server-v4-will-be-deprecated-july-31-2023

Timeline

Deadline for GCSv4 operation - December 18, 2023 Deadline for migration - December 8, 2023 (Site-specific)

Affected systems

• CEDAR: Endpoint computecanada#cedar-dtn (version 4) will be decommissioned and endpoint computecanada#cedar-globus (version 5) will be used instead
• BELUGA: Endpoint computecanada#beluga-dtn will be migrated from version 4 to version 5

Details

Digital Research Alliance of Canada will be decommissioning several Globus end-points of version 4, due to Globus version 4 end of life on December 18, 2023. Majority of the work required will be non-disruptive, however, during a final stage of migration, all transfers to the server being migrated will be canceled. It is expected that most of the shared endpoints of Globus version 4 will be migrated automatically, however it is strongly recommended for users to verify their shared endpoints after migration. NO DATA WILL BE MOVED, MIGRATED OR DELETED during migration from version 4 to version 5 or while decommissioning version 4 endpoints.”

CEDAR

Globus version 4 endpoint computecanada#cedar-dtn will NOT be migrated. The plan is to remove it and use existing Globus version 5 endpoint computecanada#cedar-globus instead. All users need to re-create their shared endpoints from computecanada#cedar-dtn as guest collections on computecanada#cedar-globus BEFORE December 15, 2023 because on December 18, 2023 computecanada#cedar-dtn will not be available. Globus instructions for sharing data in version 5 is available here https://docs.globus.org/how-to/share-files/

BELUGA

Migration will be conducted during November 28-29 maintenance window.

Globus is a file transfer service