[AG-TECH] EPCC Access Grid node

[michael j daw]

Information about the virtual venues run by the AGSC can be found at:
http://www.agsc.ja.net/services/virtualvenue.php

Note that the server name has changed since Chris last used it...

And, others might find this page helpful...
http://www.agsc.ja.net/venues.php

It's a list of virtual venues with addresses and ports.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Christoph Willing
> Sent: 31 May 2005 23:37
> To: Marcus Christie
> Cc: AG-TECH mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] EPCC Access Grid node
> 
> 
> On 01/06/2005, at 5:37 AM, Marcus Christie wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm afraid this is probably a very stupid question, but I can't find
> > the EPCC (University of Edinburgh) AG venue.  I was told I 
> could find
> > it under "Institutional Venues", which I think used to be 
> available in
> > the ANL Venue Server, but now I can't find any such thing.  
> I've tried
> > https://ivs.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default and looked 
> everywhere, and
> > tried https://vv2.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default but couldn't
> > connect.  Many thanks in advanced from someone who _still_ 
> feels like
> > an AG newbie.
> >
> 
> This is an almost exact same use case given in a talk at the San
> Francisco retreat (searching for U East Anglia). The talk was about
> making maps of venue servers and using the map information for
> VenueClient navigation directly into rooms rather than having 
> to wonder
> how to navigate through a server to some arbitrary room. Slides are
> available at:
> 	http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr05/talks/
> agr05_willing_T_mapping.ppt
> 
> Slides aren't very informative after the event, so briefly: a small
> modification to the VenueClient enables a new menu similar to the "My
> Venues" menu. A user then runs a "ServerInfo" shared app to 
> download up
> to date room layout information about various venue servers. This
> layout information is available via the new menu for room navigation.
> 
> In this case, I can go to my new menu - a list of venue servers - and
> find AGSC (Access Grid Support Centre, which seems to be the main
> server in UK), which cascades out to a list of all rooms on that
> server. From this list, select "University of Edinburgh 
> (EPCC)" and the
> VenueClient goes directly to that room.
> 
> The short answer (from using the method above):
> 	https://george.ag.mcc.ac.uk:8000/Venues/
> 000000fe537e9bf200c0009600b8004606a
> 
> 
> chris
> 
> 
> Christoph Willing                        Ph: +61 7 3365 8350
> QPSF Access Grid Manager
> University of Queensland
> 
> 
>