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Isn't UK-T1-RAL the WLCG name, as opposed to the EGI name? The Tier 1 does not intend to rename itself - UK-T1-RAL only makes sense in a WLCG context - for instance Mice consider us their Tier 0. Derek On 14 Sep 2010, at 14:42, J Coles wrote: > Hi Richard > > We should adopt the official name which is given in the GOCDB and that is RAL-LCG2. Unless of course the Tier-1 intends to rename itself. Perhaps those using UK-T1-RAL (which is a more logical name) could explain where it came from initially? > > Thanks, > Jeremy > > > > On 14 Sep 2010, at 14:24, Hellier, Richard (STFC,RAL,ESC) wrote: > >> Sam, >> >> As to origin, your guess is as good as mine! What I wanted to do was >> stimulate some discussion and agree on one label every T2 can use. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Richard. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sam Skipsey >> Sent: 14 September 2010 14:06 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Getting Tier2 BDII configs consistent >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> Did you consider that this may be an artifact of other things (YAIM >> configuration settings, for example) changing? It's possible that the >> mapping is correlated with the last time the BDIIs were each >> reconfigured. (RAL-LCG2 is certainly a valid, old, default.) >> >> Sam >> >> On 14 September 2010 13:53, Hellier, Richard (STFC,RAL,ESC) >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> >>> >>> While upgrading the RAL top-level BDIIs last week, I spotted a few >>> inconsistencies (including the "Latitude Change" >>> >> http://www.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/blog/2010/09/14/ral-tier1-takes-unexpected-excurs >> ion-to-suffolk/). >>> >>> >>> >>> The main thing I noticed was that "opinion is divided" between the UK >> Tier2s >>> on how to refer to the Tier1. According to: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gocwiki/How_to_publish_my_site_information >>> >>> >>> >>> (link given to me in a GGUS ticket when I queried this), the parameter >>> WLCG_PARENT should be set to UK-T1-RAL whereas some sites are using >>> RAL-LCG2. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here's the state of play: >>> >>> >>> >>> EFDA-JET, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-LT2-Brunel, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-LT2-IC-HEP, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> UKI-LT2-QMUL, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> UKI-LT2-RHUL, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> UKI-LT2-UCL-HEP, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> UKI-NORTHGRID-LANCS-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-NORTHGRID-LIV-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-NORTHGRID-MAN-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-NORTHGRID-SHEF-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SCOTGRID-DURHAM, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SCOTGRID-ECDF, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SCOTGRID-GLASGOW, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> UKI-SOUTHGRID-BHAM-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SOUTHGRID-BRIS-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SOUTHGRID-CAM-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SOUTHGRID-OX-HEP, RAL-LCG2 >>> >>> UKI-SOUTHGRID-RALPP, UK-T1-RAL >>> >>> >>> >>> AFAIK, nothing is broken by the variation but might as well be tidied up >>> next time the BDII config is being updated. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard. >>> >>> >>> >>> PS: The same is true of how Tier1 sites refer to CERN but that's another >>> story ...