UKI Monthly Operations Meeting (TB-SUPPORT)

Thursday 25 Aug 2005, 10:30 → 11:30 Europe/Zurich

VRVS

Jeremy Coles

The meeting will be held in the SKY virtual room on VRVS (www.vrvs.org). We will try to make the meeting work over VRVS. *ONLY IF* there are significant problems will the meeting move over to the usual phone teleconference, the details for which are: (Inside the U.K.) 0871 271 2900 (Outside the U.K.) +44 (0)870 050 6800. Enter the meeting code 339923 when prompted. U.K. users are charged at 8.51p per minute (plus VAT) per minute.

minutes minutes

10:30 → 10:40 Opportunity for VRVS "tuning"

- While most sites will have tested okay individually, trying to combine a large number of users creates problems. This is an opportunity for each site in turn to confirm they are happy with their settings (and for everyone else to comment if they notice any problems). - Please note that standard VRVS etiquette is for everyone but the person speaking to MUTE their microphone. This can be enabled automatically using the RAT audio settings preferences. Set "Silence suppression" to "Automatic".

Speaker: All

10:40 → 10:55 Summary of issues from site discussions

- A list of the issues that were mentioned in the individual site discussions - An opportunity for others who might know answers or workarounds to respond

Speaker: Jeremy

10:55 → 11:10 GridPP SRM deployment work

- A summary of current activities within the storage group - What has been learnt so far? (Information to help sites decide on an SRM route is being collated. The group aims to support dCache and DPM.) - Any site considering the deployment of an SRM should referenece the support material on the GridPP site (http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/deployment/admin/dcache/index.html - pages moving to a new Wiki area) and join the support mail list (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/gridpp-storage.html)

Speaker: Storage group/Jeremy

11:10 → 11:15 Upcoming meetings and workshops

- GridPP14 in Birmingham 6th-7th September (http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/gridpp14/). Your opportunity to improve the support you get from GridPP and contribute to the direction of our UK efforts. - EGEE/LCG Operations Workshop at Culham (near RAL UK) 27th-29th September (http://egee.in2p3.fr/events/UKI/). This is your chance to contribute feedback directly to the central deployment teams and policy makers! We NEED site input particularly around issues like requirements for a solid release schedule, security concerns etc.. - System Administrators course (a follow on from the course held last July) with emphasis on preparing for Service Challenge 4 (all UK sites!). Are there specific areas that you want covered? Who would participate?

Speaker: Jeremy

11:15 → 11:25 User perceptions - use of scheduling

- What feedback have sites received from users? - Use of fair share policies at sites (are they known?) and their implementation with Maui. Useful links: TBC.

Speaker: All

11:25 → 11:30 AOB

- Are there additional questions that you want answered!? Any 2.6.0 problems to share and resolve!? - Is everyone happy with the helpdesk workflow? - Is this meeting time convenient?

Speaker: All