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Getting Access to the Grid
- Introduction
- Using the Grid/Needed tools
- How to get a Grid certificate
- Installing your certificate on the UI server
- How to import your Grid certificate in your browser
- Becoming a member of a Virtual Organization
- G-eclipse: Use the grid from within Eclipse
Job management
Job submission: Grid Session
- Obtaining a proxy certificate
- Storing certificates in the proxy server
- How to delegate credentials to the WMS
Job submission: The basics
- How to submit a job to the Grid
- How to get the status of a job
- How to get the output of a job
- How to cancel a job
- Summary of commands
Job submission: Next steps
- How to execute a script on the Grid
- How to execute a self compiled program on the Grid
- How to specify job environment requirements
- How to submit a long lived job
- Submitting a job with large input or output files
Job submission: Scaling up
- Job collections
- Parametric jobs
- Pilot Jobs and ToPoS
- Executing a MPI job on the Grid
- Matlab on the Life science Grid
Available Software
- Loading Modules (using VL-e PoC)
- Matlab (MCR) on the Grid
- Python 2.6.4 on the Grid
- Freesurfer on the Grid
- Using third party software
Data management
- Grid storage
- Setting access rights on files and directories
- Recursively copy files
- Replicating to all SE's
- Keeping the LFC up to date
- Using the VL-e Toolkit - Vbrowser quickstart
- Common errors
Information system
- Grid information
- Usage statistics portal for sites, regions, vo's (link leads to lsgrid vo)
System status
These links point to various status tools to monitor the grid systems status.
- SARA managed systems
- Statistics NIKHEF facility
- GSTAT overview of BiG Grid infrastructure
- links to an overview of status of all Northern Europe sites
- Colored map overview of compute elements Northern Europe
- worldwide grid stats portal
Changes, maintenance and downtimes
- Searchable downtimes database for grid sites (EGEE); for announced downtimes
- LSGRID vo downtimes rss feed Publishes downtimes of all services the LSGRID VO might be affected by. Subscribe to stay up to date.
- CIC operations portal Create your own custom downtime notifications and subscribe to them via email or rss.
- Overview of current and future downtimes for the Netherlands Unofficial but useful downtime overview page
Links
- Handout of the Grid tutorial Oktober 2008
- Presentations of the Grid Tutorial Oktober 2008
- Presentations Grid Tutorial 5th june 2009
Applications
Support & Contact
- If you need support and want to contact us: Grid support.