This page documents some SLAC specific examples of using the GRID for dataset production and retrieval.
GRID Certificates
The centrally maintained ATLAS page for starting on the GRID is the place to start
DQ2 Setup at SLAC
DQ2 is the ATLAS data management system. There is significant documentation on it's general prinicples, usage, and troubleshooting here
In order to being using the DQ2 tools at SLAC one simply needs to source the following script
source /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/atlas/etc/hepix/GridSetup.sh
This script should be automatically run if you are using the ATLAS HEPiX preferred login, as described here
PATHENA Setup at SLAC
A commonly used set of tools for distributed analysis is PANDA
- The PanDA Production and Distributed Analysis System
- Performing distributed analsysis with PANDA: PATHENA
- Client tools for Panda analysis jobs
In order to being using these tools at SLAC, one simply needs to source 1 script and set 1 environment variable
source /afs/slac/g/atlas/packages/panda-client/setup.sh export PATHENA_GRID_SETUP_SH="/afs/slac/package/vdt/wlcg-client/setup.sh"