[gin-jobs] Job Endpoint Verification Tests

[Laurence Field]

Hi Steven,

We are currently trying to patch the glite WMS so that it can submit to 
ARC resources as well as the Pre-WS GRAM and also the GliteCE.  If this 
proves successful, we could probably extend this to cover other 
interfaces. If condor can submit to the interface then we can probably 
make the glite WMS submit to it. 

Hope this helps.

Laurence




Steven Newhouse wrote:
> All,
>
> Within the 'GIN management' we have spent some time discussing how we 
> can verify the integrity of the emerging infrastructure. At the moment 
> we have several pools of resources:
> * Pre-WS GRAM
> * WS GRAM
> * ARC
> * JSDL
>
> We need some definition of 'compliance' that can be used by the 
> infrastructure verification (testers!) and application community to 
> say that a particular resource is working.
>
> I am aware of some old work in the UK in the Grid Integration Test 
> Scripts (GITS - http://www.soton.ac.uk/~djb1/gits.html) which may be 
> OK for pre-WS GRAM. INCA has verification tests but are designed (I 
> believe) to run much more as a background monitoring task than a user 
> driven compliance check. Likewise there are monitoring infrastructures 
> developed within EGEE bu the GOCs.
>
> We need something lightweight (manual?) that can be triggered by a 
> user to see if job submission into these resources works for them from 
> their current location. Either a script or a series of documented tests.
>
> So...
> 1. Do you have a series of manual tests that could be contributed?
> 2. (Semi-) automated scripts that could be used to verify a resource's 
> operation?
>
> Or other approaches/solutions that could be used in this area... now 
> is the time to speak up!
>
> Steven