GridSubmission withCrab

CRAB submission to the GRID

This page describes details about the usage of CRAB at the IIHE. This page does not aim to explain CRAB.
For general information on how to use Crab, we strongly advise you to go to the following link and also this one
In case of troubles with CRAB, before sending a mail to the T2 admins or to the "Crab Feedback" Hypernews mailing list, please read this
More information on running with crab on the grid can be found in the CMS workbook
A list with Frequently Asked Questions can be found here
Please subscribe to hn-cms-crabFeedback@cern.ch and to hn-cms-crabDevelopment@cern.ch for staying up to date on problems and developments

CMSSW enviroment is under variable VO_CMS_SW_DIR is the correct release. (This also means that this variable will not have to be set manually anymore)

source $VO_CMS_SW_DIR/cmsset_default.sh

source $VO_CMS_SW_DIR/cmsset_default.csh

CRAB is available under cvmfs

source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/crab3/crab.sh
or
source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/crab3/crab.csh

source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/crab/crab.sh
or
source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/crab/crab.csh

According to the Crab software guide it is recommended to use the crab server.
In most crab tutorials you will see that you are given the choice between using the glite with our without the server. Although there is a 3rd possibility. If you read the crab FAQ you will see a short comparison on using the glite-server or the glidein-server.

autocompletion with csh doesn't seem to work
- actually, is seems to work as intended
- TAB only completes unambigous prefixes
- use CTRL-D to list all possible matches
as the old /user is not mounted, you will need to recreate the $HOME/.globus directory and copy your usercert.pem and userkey.pem files.
- don't forget to check the permissions of the files.