I agree that the problem is with LCG but LHCC has asked that they
receive accounting for all LHC experiments so we need to work round the
problems. APEL is a UK product so we also want to show it in the best
light. Having all UK sites publishing is one thing we can do. We have
all been told about it on this list. Pragmatically is it not better to
make your site work that sit back and say 'I fail but it is not my
fault'?
I will get someone to raise the issue of patches at the Operations
Workshop starting soon.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon George
> Sent: 24 May 2005 11:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Sites not publishing accounting data
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> at the last tb-support meeting, as far as I recall, it was confirmed
> that the accounting package in LCG 2.4.0 does not work, which was
> thought likely to be the reason why some sites (e.g. RHUL)
> had followed
> the installation instructions but not got accounting working.
>
> I asked why fixes considered necessary (like this) are not
> put in to the
> apt/yum rpm respository for LCG software, so they can be upgraded
> automatically or by site admins just running the standard update
> command. We are already doing this to get o/s updates and CA
> updates. It
> has to be by far the easiest and most standard way to distribute both
> important bug fixes and security fixes. I don't see why this
> needs to be
> any more complicated. Has there been any progress on this?
>
> I still maintain that I should not have to go beyond the 2.4.0
> installation instructions (and maintenance instructions when they are
> available) to get my site functioning as fully as LCG needs.
> If that is
> not true, the the problem is with LCG 2.4.0, not my site!
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
> Coles, J (Jeremy) wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > At the last TB-SUPPORT meeting we reviewed sites not
> publishing accounting data but reiterated the need for this
> to be collected so that we understand usage of the resources.
> >
> > The following sites are still not producing any data.
> Please could the relevant Tier-2 coordinator follow up with
> their sites to understand any problems:
> >
> > hp-bristol
> > csTCDie
> > Cavendish-LCG2
> > LivHEP-LCG2
> > QMUL-eScience
> > RHUL-LCG2
> > UCL-HEP
> >
> > I understand that there are some special cases here. If
> there are problems with the site (publishing) we need to
> understand how to improve the situation. Where everything is
> set up correctly but jobs are just not arriving we need to
> follow up with the VOs.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Jeremy
>
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