EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 – Frederic Schaer, CEA

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

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VO Management

EGEE08 Conference

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 – Frederic Schaer, CEA

Session goals

• Briefly present the EGEE3 VO (management) Support Group

• Remind VO Managers of security procedures (Daniel Kouril, David Kelsey)

• Present results from recent VO surveys• Discussions

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 – Frederic Schaer, CEA

VO Support Group

• Creation in EGEE3, continuation of VO Management Group

• Main goal : simplify VO management– Interact with other EGEE bodies in that sense– Gather VO needs from VO Managers– Provide VO Managers with

Support Documentation Management tools

– Make sure VO Managers get the information– Ease communication between VOs and the project

• Side goal : simplification may ease EGI transition…

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 – Frederic Schaer, CEA

A few missing docs…

• 1st and most important : VO documentation repository• FAQ concerning VO Management• Procedures and policies VO managers must be aware

of• Procedures and policies users must be aware of (and

that manager must then enforce)• Summary of procedures (documents usually point to

other docs in EDMS)• How to setup a VO• How to dismantle a VO• …

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 – Frederic Schaer, CEA

A few management tools…

• CIC portal key and missing features– VO Software area size– core services selection– VOMS groups and role ordered and restricted definition

• Generic SAM/Nagios tests for VOs• Enabling VOs to use VOMS enabled collaborative tools

(VO mailing lists, VO wikis, chat rooms…)