Registration Information and
Conference Program
AFS Users Group
Pittsburgh, PA
September 30-October 1, 1993
Overview
An exceptional program has been planned for the Fall 1993 AFS Users
Group. The meeting will offer a mixture of sessions for both new users
and more experienced sites. There will also be special sessions
featuring speakers with broad-based knowledge of distributed computing,
giving you an idea of what might be in store for the future.
Site Information
The meeting will be held at:
Sheraton Station Square
7 Station Square Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Special hotel rates of $105 per night have been arranged. (For those
staying the weekend, the rate is $90 per night.) For reservations, call
the Sheraton at (800) 255--7488 or (412) 261--2000. Be sure to mention
Transarc's AFS Users Group when making your reservation. Room
reservation deadline is September 7. The Sheraton will not guarantee the
special room rate for reservations made after this time.
Station Square is a fun complex of stores and restaurants located on
Pittsburgh's riverfront. It is a short walk or subway ride across the
river to the downtown area.
Transportation
The Sheraton Station Square and Pittsburgh's downtown area are located
approximately 20 miles from The Greater Pittsburgh International
Airport.
Shuttle service from the airport to the Sheraton is offered by Airlines
Transportation. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes, Monday through
Friday. Saturday and Sunday service is limited to every hour, and runs
to the downtown area (not directly to the Sheraton). Call (412)
471--8900 for more information.
Cab fare from the airport to the Sheraton averages around $30.
For those driving to Pittsburgh or renting a car at the airport, the
Sheraton offers free guest parking.
Reception
This meeting's reception will be a riverboat cruise along Pittsburgh's
three rivers. The Liberty Belle will depart from Station Square at
7:00pm Thursday evening, returning at 10pm. In addition to great
sightseeing, there will be food, drink, music and a roving magician.
Don't miss out on the fun!
AFS Administrator Training
Transarc is offering an AFS Systems Administrators training class the
three days prior to the user meeting, September 27--29. The class will
be held in the downtown area, with the discounted Sheraton room rate
available for class attendees.
DFS Tutorial
This is the first AFS Users Group meeting to be expanded to include a
tutorial session on the day prior to the meeting, September 29. The
one-day tutorial will be `Distributed File System Administration with
DCE/DFS'. The tutorial will be delivered by Transarc's Training
Department.
Birds-Of-A-Feather Sessions
Time has been scheduled for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. The BOF
Coordinator is Pat Wilson from Dartmouth. BOFs may be scheduled in
advance by contacting Pat, [EMAIL PROTECTED] There will also be
on-site scheduling.
Baseball Outing
Transarc has arranged an optional baseball outing for those people
arriving Wednesday evening. We have reserved a block of box seats at
Three Rivers Stadium for the Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
game. Game time is at 7:35pm.
Registration
Registration materials, including abstracts for all of the talks, was
mailed to AFS site contacts on July 29. Copies are available through
e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternatively, a copy of the program
may be printed from /afs/transarc.com/public/afsug/sept93-program.ps,
and a copy of the registration form from
/afs/transarc.com/public/afsug/sept93-regform.ps
To register for the meeting and any of the optional activities, complete
the registration form and return it to the address listed.
Space for all of the events is limited so register early.
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Program Summary
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
8:00am - 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am
Opening Remarks
9:15am - 10:00am
Keynote Address: From Andrew to Objects
Alfred Z. Spector, President and CEO, Transarc Corporation
10:00am - 10:45am
The Installation, Administration and Evaluation of Wide-Area File
Systems
Mirjana Spasojevic, Transarc Corporation
10:45am - 11:00am BREAK
11:00am - 12:15pm SITE PROFILES
AFS For Wide-Area File Sharing
Barry C. Howard, National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC)
A Unified Computing Environment With AFS
Judy Warren, Cornell University Theory Center
12:15pm - 1:30pm LUNCH
##TRACK 1##
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Volume Management and Backups in 22 Characters or Less
David Grey Stahl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Using Host Addresses in AFS Access Control Lists
Dimitris Varotsis, Transarc Corporation
2:30pm - 3:00pm
AFS Performance Analysis Using xstat and AFSmonitor
Bapi Buddhavarapu, Transarc Corporation
3:00pm - 3:15pm BREAK
3:15pm - 4:30pm
Panel Discussion on the AFS Package Utility
Rick Welch, Naval Research Laboratories; Pat Wilson, Dartmouth;
Lindsay Todd, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Keith Gorlen, National
Institutes of Health
##TRACK 2##
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Disconnected Operation with AFS
Peter Honeyman & Larry Huston, University of Michigan
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Local Disk Depot - Customizing the Software Environent
Walter Wong, Carnegie Mellon University
2:30pm - 3:00pm
IFS and Netatalk
Marcus Watts, University of Michigan
3:00pm - 3:15pm BREAK
3:15pm - 4:30pm
Open Discussion With AFS Developers
AFS Development Staff, Transarc Corporation
5:00pm - 6:00pm
BOF Sessions
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
7:45am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 9:00am
BOF Sessions
9:00am - 9:45am
Thoughts on the Future of Distributed File Systems
Paul G. Crumley, Transarc Corporation
9:45am - 10:30am
Schedule for New AFS Releases and Ports
Philip Lehman, Transarc Corporation
10:30am - 10:45am BREAK
10:45am - 11:30am
Update on the DCE and Transarc's Migration Strategy
Elaine Wolfe, Transarc Corporation
11:30am - 12:00pm
AFS Customer Support and Training Services
Dan McVeagh & Linda Walmer, Transarc Corporation
12:00pm - 1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm - 2:15pm SITE PROFILES
AFS For High Availability Distributed Computing
Jon Stumpf, Merrill Lynch
The SAS Software Development Environment
Mike Shaddock, SAS Institute
2:15pm 2:30pm BREAK
##TRACK 1##
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Using the MIT Kerberos Server with AFS
Joe Jackson, Transarc Corporation
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Systems Management With DECathena and AFS
John O'Hara, Digital Equipment Corporation; Axel Clauberg, University
of Cologne
##TRACK 2##
2:30pm - 3:15pm SITE PROFILE
IBM Rochester's Distributed Computing Environment
Bob Oesterlin, IBM Rochester
3:15pm - 3:45pm
AFS Availability Measurements
Ken Paquette, IBM Burlington
3:45pm - 4:30pm
A Distributed File System Within an Electrical Design Environment
Denis McFadden, IBM Raleigh; Bill Amaro, IBM Fishkill
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Closing Remarks
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Distributed File System Administration with DCE/DFS
Date: September 29.
Target Audience: UNIX professionals who are interested in the management
and administrative aspects of the DCE Distributed File Service.
Prerequisites: Prior exposure to distributed computing concepts would be
helpful but is not strictly necessary. Familiarity with at least the
basics of UNIX system administration is assumed.
Abstract:
DCE DFS is the Distributed File Service component of the OSF's
Distributed Computing Environment. It provides a uniform global
namespace for the files which it holds, allows files and system
databases to be replicated for load balancing and high availability, and
includes a fast-restarting log-based physical file system for use on
server machines. Because of the uniform namespace, replication
techniques, aggressive caching on DFS client machines, and the
capabilities of the DCE Security Service, DFS provides a scalable,
secure distributed file system that presents users with the familiar
semantics of a UNIX filesystem.
This tutorial will examine DFS from a system administrator's perspective
and, to a lesser extent, from a user's perspective. Since DFS is a
`top-level' component of the DCE, it relies on several other DCE
components to provide lower-level services. Relevant interactions
between DFS and these other DCE modules will be discussed throughout the
tutorial. The tutorial begins with a general discussion of distributed
computing, and an overview of the DCE. Next, the DCE architecture is
discussed. The remainder of the tutorial is devoted to descriptions of
the administrative features of DFS, including privileged users and
groups, administrative domains, access control lists, configuration and
operation of DFS machines, fileset manipulation and replication, and the
backup system.
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AFS System Administrator Training
Date: September 27--29.
Target Audience: UNIX professionals involved in configuring or
administering an AFS-based distributed computing environment.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of administering a UNIX environment,
along with user-level knowledge of AFS.
Abstract:
The AFS System Administrator Training course will cover those topics key
to administering an AFS environment. The course starts by detailing some
of the factors that determine how an initial AFS site should be
configured, along with machine requirements for AFS servers and clients.
Following this is an overview of basic AFS commands. The course then
progresses to detailed instructions on performing the primary
administrative tasks in an AFS environment: managing client machines,
managing file servers, starting and controlling file server processes,
performing volume operations, performing system administration tasks
(including the AFS Backup System, the Scout server monitoring tool, the
uss utility for creating user accounts and the Package utility for
updating client machines).
The course also provides information on referencing information in the
AFS set of manuals, mechanisms for working with AFS customer support and
installation procedures for AFS.
