JRA1 All Hands Meeting

Name: JRA1 All Hands Meeting
Start: 2004-11-15T13:30:00+01:00
End: 2004-11-17T13:00:00+01:00
Location: PADOVA

15 Nov 2004, 13:30 → 17 Nov 2004, 13:00 Europe/Zurich

PADOVA

Frederic Hemmer

Description

More details on the logistics can be found at
http://www.pd.infn.it/grid/jra1meeting/

Potential topics:

Policy frameworks
Advance reservation - JRA4 interaction
Configuration
Integration issues (collaboration, priorities)
Security in DM
WMS and DM interaction
Information system and DM - schema issues
Error management
Is the SA1 requirement for binary tarballs and fully relocatable RPMs realistic?
What information do people want to see?

Monday 15 November
- Opening
  - 1
    
    Opening
    
    Speaker: Frederic Hemmer
    
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  - 2
    
    Welcome and Logistics
    
    Speaker: local organizers
    
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  - 3
    
    Action review from last all-hands meeting
    
    Speaker: Erwin Laure
    
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- Integration session
  - 4
    
    The Build System and the Release Process
    
    Update on the build infrastructure status and an open discussion about the software release process, missing tools and functionality, packaging requirements (SA1 requiements?) and other open issues
    
    Speaker: Marian Zurek (CERN)
    
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  - 5
    
    gLite Configuration Overview
    
    A general introduction to the proposed gLite configuration guidelines
    
    Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
    
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  - 6
    Configuration Schemas and Service Configurators
    
    A presentation of the details of the proposed configuration schemas and the service configurator design for services and clients.
    
    Speaker: Robert Harakaly (CERN)
    
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  - 16:00
    
    coffee
  - 7
    
    The Data Management Service Configurator
    
    A demo of an implementation of the service configurator pattern for Linux daemons applied to the gLite I/O Server and Client
    
    Speaker: Paolo Badino (CERN)
    
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  - 8
    Java Web Services Configuration with JMX
    
    A presentation of a model for Java Web Services configuration and management using JMX. It consists of a presentation of the technology, the possible implementation models and the available tools (SUN, IBM, HP), followed by a demo of dynamic configuration
    
    Speaker: Joachim Flammer (CERN)
    
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  - 9
    
    Discussion
    
    Open discussion and questions to the ITeam, requirments and AOB
    
    Speaker: Everybody
Tuesday 16 November
- Information System
  - 10
    
    Services, Services Discovery and Service Status
    
    This will explain the thinking behind the Site, Service and ServiceStatus tables and show to use them. It will also address the issue of a specific API. This will include a brief hands on session
    
    Speaker: Craig, M and Wilson, A J (RAL)
    
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  - 11
    
    Multiple VO Support
    
    Support of multiple VOs will be available soon. This session will explore the consequences of this.
    
    Speaker: Byrom, R (RAL)
    
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  - 12
    GLUE
    
    a) GLUE Version 1.2
    
    Speaker: Andreozzi, S (INFN-CNAF)
    
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    b) Comments on GLUE Schema
    
    Speaker: Kunszt, P (CERN)
    
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    c) More comments on GLUE
    
    Speaker: Fisher, SM (RAL)
    
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    d) Discussion
  - 10:30
    
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- Integration of Package Manager
  
  How will the PM interact with the WMS and DM tools and vice versa.
  - 13
    
    gLite Package Manager
    
    Speaker: Buncic, Predrag (CERN)
    
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- Advance reservation - interaction with JRA4
  1. Architecture overview
  2. Use cases: network and storage reservation and allocation
  3. Information services: schema extensions?
  4. Deliverable DJRA4.1 ("Specification of interfaces for bandwidth reservation service"): overview and issues
  5. Data management: what support for storage advance reservation?
  6. Code development roadmap
  - 14
    
    Overview on Advance Reservation framework.
    
    Speaker: Tiziana Ferrari (INFN CNAF)
    
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  - 12:30
    
    Lunch
- Security session
  
  Minutes
  - 15
    VOMS
    
    Speaker: Joni Hakala, Valerio Venturi
    
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  - 16
    
    Discussion
  - 17
    
    Site access control issues (a sneak preview of DJRA3.2)
    
    Speaker: Martijn Steenbakkers
    
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  - 18
    
    The software formerly known as the Site Proxy
    
    Speaker: Oscar Koeroo
    
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  - 16:00
    
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  - 19
    
    Security in DM
    
    Speaker: Akos Frohner
    
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  - 20
    
    Discussion
  - 21
    
    List of issues
    
    So far the list looks like this: - grid usernames, EGEE short term approach (Joni) - security for streaming (Steve Hicks,non-blocking java, RMGA requirement?) - c/c++ communication security not solved by Grid site. (Daniel Kouril, goal to understand their solution, what other solutions there are and to minimize the number of different solutions). - GPBOX - more?
    
    Speaker: All
    
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  - 22
    
    Discussion
Wednesday 17 November
- DM & WMS interaction
  - 23
    
    Current JDL parameters for Data Management
    
    Speaker: Fabrizio Pacini (Datamat)
    
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  - 24
    
    StorageIndex
    
    The StorageIndex interface is being used by the WMS to locate the files given in the JDL.
    
    Speaker: Krzysztof Nienartowicz (CERN)
    
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  - 25
    
    Information System: Relationships of WM and DM services
    
    In this talk all the information system parameters that are necessary to actually perform the interaction between the DM and WM systems are revisited and exposed - to be eyed very cautiously by the audience.
    
    Speaker: Ricardo Brito da Rocha (CERN)
    
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  - 26
    
    BrokerInfo usage in gLite and evolution
    
    Here we will discuss how the functionality currently filled by the brokerinfo is being taken over by other services in gLite. (or not.)
    
    Speaker: discussion
- Testing Session
  - 10:30
    
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  - 27
    
    Overview of testing and the testbed infrastructure
    
    The current state of the distributed testbed will be presented for all testing sites. The procedure to install and update glite components on the tested wil be described
    
    Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
    
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  - 28
    
    Testing framework
    
    A demonstration of the QMTest framework in use on the testbed with existing test suites
    
    Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
    
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  - 29
    
    Workload management system testing
    
    A presentation of what exists and further testing planned.
    
    Speaker: Mario Reale (CERN)
    
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  - 30
    
    Data management testing
    
    A presentation of what exists already and what further testing is planned
    
    Speaker: David Collados (CERN)
    
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  - 31
    
    Security testing
    
    Presentation of plans for security testing.
    
    Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
    
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  - 32
    
    R-GMA testing
    
    Current plans for R-GMA testing
    
    Speaker: Leanne Guy (CERN)
    
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- Wrap-up
  
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