Re: [geclipse-dev] Problems Job Submission

[Ariel Garcia <garcia@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Machiel,

> I have a problem submitting my first job.

thanks for giving gEclipse a try and also for asking in this 
mailinglist! :-)

> When I try to submit my 
> HelloWorld.jsdl I get a window asking me whether I want WMS or CREAM.
> Both options have a textfield and both of them are empty. My VO lists
> the RB service, and I see no way to make progress.

Which VO are you in?
Perhaps Pawel (our Jobsubmission expert) has also some comment on this but 
my guess would be that in your VO only an LCG-ResourceBroker is available, 
whereas g-Eclipse relies on the newer one, the so called GLITE-WMS.

[ This is so because the LCG one doesn't provide any non-legacy interfaces
  or a Java-API for jobsubmission...  so supporting the newer one only was
  the only manpower-efficient choice. Actually the gLite 3.0 WMS has a
  buggy logging&bookkeeping component so there you will be able to submit
  but not check the job status... so currently you need a glite 3.1 WMS for
  full functionality! this might change soon... ]

This is explained in the "Known issues - gLite" in the integrated help 
system in (g-)Eclipse, as well as some other issues you might hit, please 
take a look at it!

The fact that an LCG-RB appears listed as a service in the VO doesn't mean 
that it can be used (although it would be nice to have some integrated 
indication of that! -> added to our wishlist)  The services view currently 
shows all entries found in the information system with a "GlueService" 
tag, including for instance FTS services which currently gEclipse cannot 
cope with.

Cheers, Ariel