= INSTOOLS Evaluation = The INSTOOLS V3.3 software evaluated has been downloaded from hhttp://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_3.tgz, this link was obtained from the [ http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/Instrumentize Instrumentize ] wiki page The version of INSTOOLS evaluated required Fedora Core x Time Frame: This evaluation took place starting September 14th = INSTOOLS Findings = = INSTOOLS How-to = The INSTOOLS v3.3 package software was found by reviewing the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/InstrumentationTools-August2011-status August2011 status report] . From the status page, users are redirected to the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/INSTOOLSSummary INSTOOLS summary] page, where the user can find that the package and documentation are found at [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/Instrumentize Instrumentize] page. Downloaded the [http://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_3.tgz INSTOOLS V3.3] package, which contains both the INSTOOLS python scripts and it supporting documentation. After downloading and unpacking the package, reviewed the docs/README and the docs/INSTOOLSf-SETUP files for additional instructions. Set up the prerequisites which require: * placing the file SSL Certificate ''encrypted.pem'' and the ''password'' files in ''~/.ssl/'' directory. * creating a file ''.protogeni-config.py'' defining the ''XMLRPC_SERVER'' value. Create an experiment. Note: this step creates a slice and assigns resources to the slice: {{{ $ ./createExp.py -n neverslice2 -m https://www.uky.emulab.net/protogeni/xmlrpc/cm uky.rspec CMURI = https://www.uky.emulab.net/protogeni/xmlrpc Got my SA credential No such slice registered here:Creating new slice called neverslice2 New slice created Traceback (most recent call last): File "./createExp.py", line 149, in current_slice_expiration = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(instools_util.findSliceExpiry(slicecred, debug,LOGFILE),"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6]) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 454, in _strptime_time return _strptime(data_string, format)[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 328, in _strptime data_string[found.end():]) ValueError: unconverted data remains: Z }}} Waiting on answer for above