Deployment team - workshop

Friday 13 Jan 2006, 09:00 → 16:10 Europe/Zurich

RAL - Conference room 10

Jeremy

Topics not covered this time: - Pre-production service (status and plans) - Actions to take on security (on basis of SSC) - Databases at Tier-2s - Increased affilitation of some sites with NGS Any others?

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09:00 → 09:30 COFFEE

09:30 → 10:00 Review of open actions and actions process

- Some actions will be revisited during other items - How well is the process working & how can it be improved?

Speaker: Jeremy

10:00 → 10:15 Status of SRM deployments

- Has the deployment worked - Is it sustainable - What are the major problems that have been encountered - Which sites are proving "difficult" - Are we happy with progress - What difficulties do we expect over the next 6 months?

Speaker: Greig, Jens, Graeme

10:15 → 11:00 SC4 milestones and transfer tests

- Are any milestones looking unachievable - What are we learning from the transfer tests - Have sites started to engage enough - Is this scheduling process sufficient - Is the site support sufficient - Are the coordinators happy with their level of engagement in this area - What additional tests are required over those being done

Speaker: Jeremy, Graeme and ALL!

11:00 → 11:10 (email) BREAK

11:10 → 12:00 Experiment disk allocations at Tier-2s

- What is the request & future role of UB - What was suggested at the PMB/DB meetings - What are our concerns - What additional requirements information is needed - How do we implement the requests - How do we start/improve the experiment interaction to change perceptions about Tier-2 disk reliability - Can we write a summary of our understanding (of terms) - What else can WE do to get better experiment collaboration

Speaker: Discussion

12:00 → 12:30 TPM - the UKI contribution

- What does it mean to be a Ticket Process Manager - How will the deployment team contribute - When do we need to support - What training is going to be provided

Speaker: David Spence

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12:30 → 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 → 14:15 Building an effective testzone (and the 2.7.0 release)

- First, how are we going to work next week for 2.7.0 testing!? - What are the testzone objectives - How many machines were purchased & delivered (& still available!) - How are they allocated locally (what is each machine going to do) - What do we need in place to make the testzone work?

Speaker: Jeremy/All

14:15 → 14:45 Areas the Tier-1 can help Tier-2s

- What expertise is available - What has been done that might be useful outside of the Tier-1 (e.g. efficiency & benchmark tools) - What processes are being followed for channels and transfers - Are there any concerns about current requests - What is the VOMS support model - Any other grid services?

Speaker: Steve/Matt/Andrew

14:45 → 15:00 The latest on VO-Boxes

- Where does the Tier-1 stand in respect of each LHC experiment - What are we currently expecting of Tier-2 sites - Nature of the LCG "working group"

Speaker: Catalin/Steve

15:00 → 15:05 BREAK

15:05 → 15:30 Documentation

- What help is needed from the deployment team - What is the best way to use the wiki and how do we manage it! - Keeping web-pages up to date - Feedback on material so far - Ideas for "care & maintenance guide"

Speaker: Stephen

15:30 → 16:00 ROC processes

- Actions required for VO summary information - How do we deploy and support VOs generally -- GridPP VO. AUP and joining mechanism - Getting better input from sites for reports - Actions in the area of security - What else!?

Speaker: Jeremy

16:00 → 16:10 Meeting schedule and external meetings

- Dteam meetings - UKI ROC meetings - Perhaps plan a PPS meeting - Who is going to CHEP - June workshop on Tier-2 SC work

Speaker: Jeremy