1. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 1 Some notes on WP6 INFN Testbed

2. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 2 Integration Team is late in releasing the officiale software for Testbed 1 Integration Team is late in releasing the officiale software for Testbed 1 INFN WP6, for the deployment of INFN testbed sites, activated a little working group to: INFN WP6, for the deployment of INFN testbed sites, activated a little working group to: –integrate all software needed (Globus, WPs middleware, Applications) –prepare an LCFG toolkit for automatic installation and configuration of testbed machines (CE and SE) –setup general services (VO LDAP server, Replica Catalog, Resource Broker, ecc.) at CNAF –provide documentation and help to site admins INFN WP4 people (Andrea, Enrico, Marco, Massimo) involved in the setup of WP4 tools (LCFG) INFN WP4 people (Andrea, Enrico, Marco, Massimo) involved in the setup of WP4 tools (LCFG)

3. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 3 Problems with WP4 tools WP4 tools deployed in 7 INFN sites WP4 tools deployed in 7 INFN sites Main WP4-installations problems found: Main WP4-installations problems found: –kernel SCSI support (solved by Enrico and Andrea) –LCFG Server Installation Guide (problem found also ny Nikhef) –Lack of sync between WP4 CVS and web site (now should be solved) –Problem with large SCSI disks (solved by Andrea) –updaterpms doesnt install some packages that rpm –i does –other bug reported with Bugzilla

4. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 4 Integration Team ? One of the main problems: RPM lists One of the main problems: RPM lists –Integration Team didnt provide the lists of RPM needed to setup a CE/SE –many incompatibilities and inconsistencies trying to install all software (we often resorted to option –force) Lack of documentation on the details to configure Globus services in order to correctly setup a CE/SE Lack of documentation on the details to configure Globus services in order to correctly setup a CE/SE

5. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 5 Work in progress LCFG toolkit (set of configuration files) for automatic installation and configuration of testbed machines LCFG toolkit (set of configuration files) for automatic installation and configuration of testbed machines LCFG Globus object for configuration of Globus components LCFG Globus object for configuration of Globus components Help to INFN site admins (LCFG hot-line: +390498068325, Enricos number) Help to INFN site admins (LCFG hot-line: +390498068325, Enricos number) Web page with some results, SCSI kernel and obj-globus rpms: Web page with some results, SCSI kernel and obj-globus rpms: –www.lnl.infn.it/datagrid/wp4-install

6. LNL M.Biasotto, Roma, 22 novembre 2001 6 Conclusions Lack of Integration Team Lack of Integration Team User-friendly tools fro managing configuration files and RPM lists User-friendly tools fro managing configuration files and RPM lists Improve software-quality: ready to use tool Improve software-quality: ready to use tool Network boot Network boot