[AG-TECH] EPCC Access Grid node

[Michael Miller]

AGSchedule now allows VenueServer administrators to add their venues.  
This allows for scheduling of venues to avoid conflicts and direct 
access to venues via the "Launch Now!" feature available via a link on 
each meeting details page.  Check the AGSchedule tour for more information.

If you have questions, please contact the AGSchedule Administrator - 
agschedule at ncsa.uiuc.edu

Michael Miller
NCSA

michael j daw wrote:

>Information about the virtual venues run by the AGSC can be found at:
>http://www.agsc.ja.net/services/virtualvenue.php
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>Note that the server name has changed since Chris last used it...
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>And, others might find this page helpful...
>http://www.agsc.ja.net/venues.php
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>It's a list of virtual venues with addresses and ports.
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>Mike
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>>-----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
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>>On 01/06/2005, at 5:37 AM, Marcus Christie wrote:
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>>>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 
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>>could find
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>>>it under "Institutional Venues", which I think used to be 
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>>available in
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>>>the ANL Venue Server, but now I can't find any such thing.  
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>>I've tried
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>>>https://ivs.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default and looked 
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>>everywhere, and
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>>>tried https://vv2.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default but couldn't
>>>connect.  Many thanks in advanced from someone who _still_ 
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>>feels like
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>>>an AG newbie.
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>The short answer (from using the method above):
>>	https://george.ag.mcc.ac.uk:8000/Venues/
>>000000fe537e9bf200c0009600b8004606a
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>>chris
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>>Christoph Willing                        Ph: +61 7 3365 8350
>>QPSF Access Grid Manager
>>University of Queensland
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Thanx,

Michael Miller
System Engineer
Video Technology Services
Persistent Infrastructure Directorate
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois - UC
217-649-0747

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