WIL Conf call 21 September 2007

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Contents 1 Meeting details 2 Actions 3 Last Meeting Actions 4 Minutes 5 Agenda

Meeting details

Date and Time: Tuesday, the 21st of September 2007, 14:00 - 15:30 CET, 13:00-14:30 BST.

Skype

Actions

1. NS to try the BWCTL plug-in.
2. WIL to evaluate EB's proposal for packaging software.
3. ST to get confirmation that the reutilisation of ps base is clear to everybody. Can be done through pS3.0 specs.
4. NS to check with Baiba about who in Latnet is involved
5. NS to ask JM and LHC to specify who are the users of those data so that we can tailor the visualisation.
6. NS to coordinate the development side for ps3.0
7. LK to provide a plan for release and testing.
8. NS to schedule a conf call with the developers for release 3.0 (1st of October)
9. ST to add in the document the details as which ps-base to go for or which schema version.
10. LK to check that pSbase has all the feature required.
11. WILs to identify topics for the Sevilla meeting.
12. NS to as a general question about the topic to the ML.
13. AH (feature for visualisation and users), LK (service desk features) to attend cNIS meeting (10th of October, Cambridge)
14. NS to attend cNIS meeting via VC.
15. AH, LK and NS to organise themselves for the cNIS meeting
16. LK to coordinate the deployment of the GEANT RRD MA (restricted to MDM participants)

Last Meeting Actions

1. NS to investigate the ACAD-BREN question raised by Andreas.
   • Check with ACAD their travel budget.
2. NS to ensure that both MP are using at least a common schema.
   • Yes, based on Berkeley work.
3. SK to ensure that there is a BWCTL plug in available in perfsonarUI-mdm for mid-August.
   • NS hasn't managed to make it working.
4. NS to set-up a easy change management mechanism to ensure that the proper changes are put in place.
   • LK working on one. AH mentioned about a change tool used by JRA4. Actually, is is an excell file.
5. LK to provide the list of features and services for pS3.0 (early 2008).
   • SK mentioned that in Berkeley, it was decided to create user specific packages. AH raise his concern about easiness to find out about inter-operability. LK mentioned that EB needs to come with a proposal first. WIL to evaluate EB's proposal.
6. ST to raise awareness about the cross service re-utilisation - DONE while asking about new SVN structure and base
   • Get confirmation that it is clear to everybody. Can be done through pS3.0 specs.
7. LK to contact Karlis to have him started.

Minutes

Attendance: Loukik Kudarimoti, Nicolas Simar, Stephan Kraft, Szymon Trocha, Andreas Hanemann

1. Berlkeley feedback by NS
   • Good progress on BWCTL and Hades schema
   • Better preparation: groups split per topic and we identified beforehand the developers questions.
   • NML beta v4 used for topology service. MS mentioned it is handy for corelating L2 and L3 data.
   • Protocol document template and example started by JZ an dMS.
   • LK mentioned that we should share the effort for validating the schema (SOAPUI)
   • Not much progress in the investigation of the LHC visualisation.
2. New developers involvement
   • skipped
3. perfsonar 3.0 release coordination
   • the lack of coordination was highlighted. To be worked on.
   • Installation work done in two weeks, the Loukik can work on a plan for release.
   • List of functionalities to be ready by end of Next week
   • Suggestion to have details as which ps-base to go for or which schema version.
4. MDM Update
   • 20 web-services deployed. Two months delay. Valuable feedback from the deployers to bring the products forward.
   • Third party contract for software support will be available before the end of the month.
5. Next JRA1 meeting - Sevilla
   • Decision: keep the same format than in Utrecth.
   • Topics to be covered: ask the participants. Amongst them: LHC, MDM, AA service, visualisation, install ps3.0 (rpms), SOAPUI, change management
6. Cross activity issues
   • cNIS: meetiung in October. AH to attend, NS to attend remotely.
7. Review
   • Demo on using a scenario from the Berlin meeting and showing in parallel a map with the web-services used.
   • Required to have a RRD MA on GEANT avalaible.

Agenda

1. Last Meetings actions review
2. feedback from Berkeley - NS
3. New developers involvement
4. perfsonar 3.0 release coordination
5. * Review the services and functionalities, highlight risks, mitigate risk.
6. MDM - NS
   • Update
   • Third party contracts
7. Next Meetings - NS
   • JRA1 Meeting - Sevilla
     • Meeting format
     • Agenda points
8. Cross work-item issues. (cNIS, LS registration API, GN2 monitoring service)
9. Other