WLCG-OSG-EGEE joint operations workshop

19 Jun 2006, 09:00 → 20 Jun 2006, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

IT Auditorium (CERN)

Ian Bird, Ruth Pordes

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VRVS: in Mountain room for the sessions in the IT Auditorium

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Monday 19 June

09:00 → 09:40 Welcome, status update and goals of the workshop

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09:40 → 10:10 WLCG roadmap for the rest of the year

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10:10 → 10:40 Data challenges for non-LHC VOs

10:10 Non-LHC VOs using OSG resources

Speaker: Conrad Steenberg (Caltech)

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10:40 → 11:10 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 → 11:40 VOBoxes

11:10 Conclusions from VO Box Working Group

Speaker: Templon, J. (NIKHEF)

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11:40 → 12:10 OSG middleware roadmap

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12:10 → 13:00 Introduction to 4 working groups

For each session 2 chairpersons will be nominated: one from EGEE and one from OSG. They will be requested to present 1 slide to introduce the WGs: scope, issues and goals

1. Release and deployment process
2. User support
3. Operations: experience till now and what is needed to change
4. Site/service validation

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14:00 → 18:00 Operations process WG

Intra-VO scheduling and accounting; VO data management at sites; Fabric Monitoring scripts sharing; Middleware fixes priorities; Ops VO and SFTs; Communication: OSG<->EGEE, deployment<->ROCs<->sites

14:00 Job Priorities

Speaker: Dietrich Liko (CERN)

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14:15 glexec deployment models and pilot jobs

Speaker: David Groep (NIKHEF)

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16:00 Fabric Monitoring with LEMON

A description of reusable components of the LEMON fabric monitoring framework

Speaker: Tomlin, W (CERN)

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16:30 top 5 issues (uk poll)

Speaker: van der Aa, O (Imperial College)

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14:00 → 18:00 Release and deployment process WG

Discussion items include:
* How to get to timely and non-perturbative incremental upgrades of the Middleware and Services.
* How Users and VOs have easy and complete knowledge of the Software Versions and Services that are available at Sites.
* Inclusion of Interoperability tests as part of the standard Integration and Provisioning process.

Release process issues across Grids:
* Release processes in detail
* Analysis of cross-grid dependencies
* Development of response model for software and service change
* Publication/notification for cross-grid communication

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14:00 Cross Grid Release Issues

Speaker: R. Gardner

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14:10 Release Processes in OSG

Speaker: R. Gardner

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14:20 Release process in EGEE

Speaker: Lukasz Skital

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14:00 → 18:00 Site/service validation WG

EGEE and OSG each have an infrastructure and suite of tests and "robots" measuring the state and capabilities of the common and VO based services they provide.
We will discuss how to get to consistency of the information and how to best transmit the information for a seamless view for the WLCG experiments, while maintaining the independence and integrity of each infrastructure.

14:00 Current WLCG/EGEE site/service validation tools

- SAM introduction (Service Availability Monitoring, SFT successor) and first results (short live presentation) - Top-level LCG/EGEE monitoring and validation tools (CIC-on-duty/SFT/SAM) in context of ROC/site monitoring tools: * site certification process in ROCs * which tools are there * feedback from ROCs/sites

Speaker: Piotr Nyczyk, others

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14:45 Current OSG site/service validation tools

- Overview of http://vors.grid.iu.edu discuss future plans - Overview of the Grid Exersisor (GridEx) which is used as an application validator - How OSG uses the gathered site validation information - Deployment of a distributed site validation tool for use by VO's

Speaker: Leigh Grundhoefer

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15:30 WLCG service validation on the OSG sites

- LCG client software installation and validation - relation between EGEE/LCG PPS and OSG ITB - discussion

Speaker: all

16:15 Coffee break

16:45 WLCG/EGEE related discussion

- Feedback from ROCs/sites on sporadic test failures * discussion on alarm masking/reduction (central services causing failures of sites) - VO specific tests in SFT/SAM - DB monitoring on Tier1 sites (presentation from Dirk Duellmann) - Plans for future (long term strategy)

Speaker: all

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14:00 → 18:00 User support WG

The main goal of the user support working group is to discuss on the following topics:
- Interoperability between peer grids ticketing systems
- VO feedback
- User-friendliness
- Responsiveness

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14:00 A brief overview of the OSG model

OSG has a distributed support model that includes a central Operations Organization and VO, Facility and Service based Support Centers. The agreement between a Support Center and the OSG is in development.

Speaker: Doug Olson

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14:10 A brief overview of the EGEE model

Speaker: Torsten Antoni

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14:20 Interoperability of ticketing systems between peer grids (discussion)

- the life of an OSG ticket for an EGEE site - the life of an EGEE ticket for an OSG site - how we plan to integrate other peer grids: Nordugrid, Balticgrid...

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15:10 User-friendliness (discussion)

- do users find the user support supportive? - do supporters find the processes of user support supportive?

15:50 coffee break

16:10 Feedback from the VOs users (discussion)

17:00 Supporters responsiveness (discussion)

- are people happy with the current response time? - how can we improve it?

Tuesday 20 June

09:00 → 09:50 Report from Release and deployment process WG

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09:50 → 10:40 Report from User support WG

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10:40 → 11:10 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 → 12:10 Report from Operations process WG

11:10 WorkGroup - Operations Process

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Speaker: Alessandra Forti and Rob Quick (UKI and IU)

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12:00 → 12:50 Report from Site/service validation WG

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14:00 → 15:00 Vulnerability Group

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15:00 → 15:30 OSG Risk Assessment

15:00 OSG Risk Assessment

The Open Science Grid is undertaking a risk assessment of its assets and responsibilities, guided by NIST processes leading to a better understanding of the needed security management, operational and technical controls.

Speaker: Don Petravick (Fermilab, USA)

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15:30 → 16:30 Conclusions and closure

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