Grid Resource Management Tutorial

15 sept. 2008, 08:00 → 19 sept. 2008, 18:00 Europe/Paris

LAL

Loomis, C., Michel Jouvin (LAL / CNRS)

Introduction to setting up and managing a grid resource. Cooperation with South-Africa.

lundi 15 septembre

09:30 → 17:00 Management Infrastructure

09:30 Welcome

Welcome + oganizational details

Slides Welcome.ppt

10:00 Grid Management Challenge

Orateur: Michel Jouvin

Slides GRID_Challenge.ppt

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Introduction to Quattor

Quattor is a management tool particularly well suited for managing grid resources (https://trac.lal.in2p3.fr/LCGQWG)

Slides Quattor.ppt

12:30 Lunch

13:45 GRIF Presentation

Slides GRIF.ppt

14:00 Quattor Server setup

mardi 16 septembre

09:30 → 17:00 Setup of a Grid Site

slides Grid_Site_Setup.ppt

09:30 Configuration of CE and WNs

Description of main configuration choices, main configuration parameters and management operations.

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Configuration of a Storage Element

Introduction to grid storage configuration and management. Presentation of DPM solution (disk only).

mercredi 17 septembre

09:30 → 12:30 Batch System for Grid Resources

Presentation of default batch system (Torque/MAUI).
Discussion on specific issue to use Sun SGE.

14:30 → 17:30 GRIF Visit

Participation to GRIF Technical Committee meeting.

20:00 → 20:05 Social Dinner

Dinner in Paris

jeudi 18 septembre

09:30 → 12:30 Grid Operation Procedures and Tools

Site registration (GOCDB)
Site monitoring (SAM and CIC Portal)
Grid Support : GGUS
Site downtimes
Accounting

slides EGEE_Operations.ppt

14:00 → 17:00 GRIF Visit (LAL)

Concrete work at LAL to manage GRIF.
Review of what was did in previous days.
Discussion on grid projects in South African sites (how to integrate existing resources?).

vendredi 19 septembre

09:30 → 12:30 Introduction to Grid Usage

Presentation on Security, Job Submission and Data Management, including some demos.

09:30 Information System

Slides Information_System.ppt

09:45 Grid Security

Slides Grid_Security.ppt

10:05 Job Managment

Slides Job_Submission.ppt

10:35 Coffee Break

11:05 Data Management

Slides Data_Management_004en.ppt

14:00 → 15:00 French coordination of T2/T3

Participation to monthly meeting of coordination of french T2/T3

15:00 → 16:00 Tutorial Wrap-Up and future meetings