In response to a ticket about the pnfs directory not responding, the service desk says
The situation usually happens when you or other people open a file under /pnfs and try to write into it. /pnfs is a not full POSIX filesystem. Once a file is in /pnfs, it shouldn't be modified. You can delete a file and re-copy/upload it, but not modify it directly.
So, we should have the nanny script write to the local directory and move the file to the given location.
In response to a ticket about the pnfs directory not responding, the service desk says
So, we should have the nanny script write to the local directory and move the file to the given location.