PROCESSING WEEKLY REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 28 APRIL 1981

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00933R000400190046-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: April 28, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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29 April 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION:
STAT FROM:
Deputy Director for Processing
Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Processing Weekly Report for Week
Ending 28 April 1981
1. Systems Availability: Attached is the Systems
Availability Report.
2. The Ruffing Center had a moderate week. On Wednesday
a faulty Telex disk controller caused a loss of all systems except
VM for at least an hour, and OCR for 82 minutes. Thursday was an
excellent day. Friday JES and Batch lost an hour due to a bad
cable, which was replaced. Saturday JES and Batch lost 112 minutes
due to a bad card in a channel. The PDP Graphics Interface Controller
failed on Monday, causing almost all TADS users a 6.5 hour loss of
service; OLTA also lost 3.3 hours due to a software problem in OLTA.
STAT
3. The Special Center had a fair week. The memory on an
IBM 370/158 failed many times, causing numerous outages of DDO
applications from Wednesday through Monday. The latest repairs
appear to have been successful. CAMS lost several hours this week,
due solely to CAMS software; the longest CAM outage was on Friday,
STAT with 104 minutes lost.
4. Test of the new backup generators was conducted by HEB
on 26 April. ODP computer centers were isolated from the test by
transferring Vepco power to a diesel generator and later back to
Vepco with no problems to the ODP centers.
5. Procurement action was initiated to procure 24 interim
3350 disk spindles. This action is being processed on a priority
basis by ODP and OL/ADP&EB due to the serious shortage in online
storage space brought on by the delay in the 3880 technology.
6. The IBM 4331 GIMINI Development System was relocated from
the Ruffing Center GC03 Point area to 1D16 on 28 April. Reinstall-
ation by IBM was scheduled to be completed on 1 May. Purpose of
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for installing the second Xerox 9700 scheduled for 11 May.
this action was to provide space in the Ruffing Center Point area
Comten 3690 remaining to be installed.
7. Comten 2 3690 is now in production. There is only one
for the Comten channel interface.
8. A software fix has been installed for the Comten channel
problem which has been causing VM hung users. Comten has supplied
the software fix while they are working on an engineering change
STAT
STAT
9. A new sysgen has been installed on Comten 3; this recon-
figuration was required to change addresses for the GIM master console.
10. Two Hetra 3780 printers were installed in the OER Registry
for use with the Message Routing System. Due to insufficient power,
one of the printers is inoperable. As the system is in a parallel mode
with the CDS hardcopy system, OER does not appear concerned over the
large backlog of print at the end of the day. STAT
into the problem, but so far it looks like just bad tapes.
11. The nightly SANCA jobs have been plagued with tape errors STAT
during the last week. Almost every night one of the jobs in the
stream abends with an I/O error on a scratch tape. ED/MMB is looking
12. The Rosslyn Data Conversion Section was visited, on Thursday,
by the DDCI, Admiral Inman. He was given a tour of the area and
showed an interest by asking a lot of questions. STAT
13. The Insurance Monthly Alpha report, currently printed on
the 360/20, will now be printed on the Xerox 9700 in GC03. This
change will also eliminate the need to decollate the 3 copy report.
STAT
STAT
14. SPD and ED are planning to proceed to Phase III testing
of VM/SP on the 3033 MP.
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15. On Monday, 27 April, approximately 30 individuals attending
the Introduction to Information Systems toured the Ruffing Center.
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16. The 4C data base will be installed on GIMPRODUCTION during
the weekend of 2-3 Ma . This is in support of Phase I of this
STAT application.
STAT
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DDA/ODP
SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY SUMMARY
MONDAY 20 APR 1981 THRU SUNDAY 26 APR 1981
SYSTEM
CURRENT WEEK
20 APR - 26 APR
PREVIOUS 90 DAYS
19 JAN - 19 APR
DIFFERENCE
BATCH
96.98
96.23
+ .75
INTERACTIVE
99.85
95.17
+ 4.68
GIMS
98.44
94.89
+ 3.55
CAMS
98.54
98.06
+ .48
OCR-COLTS
97.27
93.74
+ 3.53
OCR-RECON
96.30
90.89
+ 5.41
DDO-STAR
98.31
95.58
+ 2.73
OSWR-TADS
98.94
97.43
+ 1.51
All systems reported above the goal of 96 percent for the
week.
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