Operating the Open Science Grid: Insights from Doug Olson at the 2005 Consortium Meeting
This presentation by Doug Olson at the LBNL OSG Consortium Meeting in Milwaukee on July 20, 2005, covers essential aspects of operating the Open Science Grid (OSG). It highlights the roles of various players, infrastructure services, and the engineering functions critical to its operation. Key scenes are illustrated, showcasing community support and the dynamic nature of OSG operations, including ticketing systems and provisioning activities. The session aims to guide users and support centers in navigating and utilizing OSG effectively.
Operating the Open Science Grid: Insights from Doug Olson at the 2005 Consortium Meeting
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Operating the Open Science Grid Doug Olson, LBNLOSG Consortium Meeting Milwaukee, WI 20 July 2005
Contents • The roles • The players • The script • Infrastructure services • Service desk functions • Engineering functions • Examples of some key scenes • Acknowledgements • How to get your tickets Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Logical View The Roles e.g. VDT (Globus, Condor, …) Catalog, discovery, identity, brokering, … Users (scientists, students, engineers, …) and Applications Compute, storage, (network in future) OSG Doc 47 (see later slides) Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Physical View Roles (II) Real support organizations often play multiple roles Lines represent communication paths and, in our model, agreements. We have not progressed very far with agreements yet. Gray shading indicates that OSG Operations composed of effort from all the support centers. Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Physical View Roles (III) Community Support Have recognized need for general open support, but no one is contracted to provide it, so a “best effort” community support activity has started and is still taking shape.See Fred Luehring & Burt Holzman. Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
The Players (I)(partial list of support centers, span labs and universities,formed or forming as of 7/19/05) Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
The Players (II)(list of registered VOs as of 7/19/05) Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Guidance Tables in preceeding slides provide guidance to people looking for assistance on the support web pages. Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Infrastructure Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Service Desk Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Engineering Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Trouble Ticket System People from most support centers do/will have accounts and can assign tickets directly to appropriate SC. All support centers will be known to the system. • Used by IU Global NOC & Grid3, now in production for OSG Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Provisioning Activity • Leigh Grundhoefer, Dane Skow, co-chairs • Guided (pushed, trimmed, hammered, …) initial OSG software release • A major piece of work! • Future releases will be provisioned ( hopefully with less effort.) Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Problem tracking Problems, issues, open trouble tickets are discussed in a regular teleconference. The associated email list is osg-operations@opensciencegrid.org. Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
Acknowledgements Operations Activity Support Centers TG chairs Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
1. Register your resource, service, VO, and/or support center. 2. Sign up on the appropriate email lists. To get Your tickets: 0. (You already read How to Participate with OSG.) 3. See Rob Quick’s talk tomorrow. Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee
But the end of my talk The Beginning! Operating OSG, Olson, Milwaukee