[ogsa-bes-wg] Management Functions in BES

[Steven Newhouse]

> Discussion: Sections 3.4, 3.5 & 3.6. Having 3 management operations in 
> the BES specification until generic OGSA management structure defined?

The operations in 3.4 & 3.5 (Start & Stop AcceptingNewActivities) I see 
as being a service specific management function (i.e. they effectively 
alter the behavior of one specific operation within the service).

The 'ShutdownContainer' operation is a concern. Firstly from a naming 
perspective as it applies to the BES not to the web service hosting 
environment. And even if the name was changed to imply that the service 
itself was to be shutdown...
1. This would be a 'generic' management action which should fall under 
the general OGSA management remit.
2. Also, this seems to be an operation on the hosting environment not 
the service.

1 & 2 are I suppose effectively the same but I suppose I'm not sure this 
operation fits here.

Steven
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