*no unused check in elasticBand.py
*protect NotifyNewRun and NotifyShutdown within try/except block
*silence tryBulkIndex connection error (it is a known problem and spams
f3mon log page)
silence spurious esCopy error (normal since other process races to take
the file which is copied)
silence exception in moveFile silent mode
5 second timeout in checkinf completition of runs in local ES