Virtualization users workshop

Draft Agenda

1) Current Usage Scenarios

This section will run from 9 am to 12 noon, and cover current usage of virtualisation.

1.A) Virtualization in testing.

1.A.1) Examples and presentations on use of Virtualization

1.A.2) SA3/Openlab test activities at CERN

1.A.3) Desy Dcache use of Virtualization

1.A.4) Creating Xen testbeds to replicate an entire Grid infrastructure

1.B) Virtualization of services.

1.B.1) Vitalized services example usage in IE

1.B.1.1) Deploying an entire national Grid infrastructure using Xen (active since ~ Jan 2005)

1.B.2) Vitalized services example usage in DE

1.B.2.1) Dynamic partitioning a computing cluster using Xen

1.B.3) Consolidation of Grid services.

1.B.4) PBS and Xen

 

2) Tools

2.A) Image installing Tools

Some links

http://workspace.globus.org/

http://gpe4gtk.sourceforge.net/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartdomains

GridBuilder tool for automatically creating VMs (with Grid integration)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridbuilder

Quattor components for managing Xen

 

2.B) Image update and labeling tools.

Are cluster management tools enough.

3) Performance

Benchmarks etc

Alternatives etc

4) Future Uses

4.A) Models for running Jobs in Virtual environments,

Globus and Xen

 

4.B) Matching VM images with Job requirements

4.C) VM images and Authorization.

4.D) TPM (Trusted Platform Module) under the xen

by Michal Prochazka