Omega 2017.

1 Windows Desktop User Guide

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 Table of Contents
1 Welcome to the Omega Windows Desktop.........................................................................................................1

2 Overview of the Omega Windows Desktop System...........................................................................................2

3 Getting Started......................................................................................................................................................3

4 Provide Linux user credentials to access network drives..................................................................................4

5 Launching Omega Windows Desktop.................................................................................................................6

6 Job Execution........................................................................................................................................................7
6.1 Batch Submission....................................................................................................................................7
6.2 Immediate Submit...................................................................................................................................7
Interactive Runs............................................................................................................................................7

7 Accessing Linux Drives from Windows..............................................................................................................8

7.1 Accessing data typically..........................................................................................................................8
7.2 Access network drives using the file system..........................................................................................8

8 Open a Linux command line..............................................................................................................................11

9 FAQs.....................................................................................................................................................................13
What if I need to use a Linux-based application that is not part of the Omega desktop software?............13
I am asked for a password when starting an xterm or legacy application from the Omega Desktop.........13
I am asked to accept a new Server Key when starting an xterm or legacy application from the Omega
Desktop.......................................................................................................................................................13

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1 Welcome to the Omega Windows Desktop
The Omega Desktop is operating system-independent. This feature allows the behavior of the Omega Desktop to
be the same for the analyst, whichever supported operating system it is running on. The Desktop is available on
Windows to enable the integration of Omega*, Petrel* software, and Windows office applications.

It is not a complete processing system. You must have the Omega Linux system available to perform full
processing workflows. The system includes automation that maintains Omega configuration and access to data
disks available on site.

This document provides the key information to allow a user to efficiently use the system.

The PDF of this document is included on the DVD when the DVD is created. However, updates are continuously
made to the documentation as issues are discovered, so the PDF on the DVD is not necessarily the most recent
version available. Please check the www.software.slb.com Web site for the most recent version of this document.
Click Support, log in if necessary, click Omega, and then click Documentation to find the latest documentation.

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2 Overview of the Omega Windows Desktop System
When executing Omega Interactive jobs, these actually run on an Interactive Linux Node from a pool. The
Omega Site will need to be provisioned with adequate nodes to meet the needs of users on any given site. A few
SFMs for very specific workflows run on Windows as part of the SeisView toolkit.

Figure: Interaction between Windows workstation and Linux infrastructure

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3 Getting Started
After the Omega Windows Desktop software has been installed and configured, one action might be required
depending on the network environment the Omega Windows Desktop system is run on.

The Omega Windows Desktop will be using data that is likely to be stored on NFS network drives. Exceed NFS
Maestro is software installed on the system that allows access to NFS drives.

• If your password on the Unix systems is the same as the one set for Windows, then you can access the
data without any further configuration. If so, then you can go directly to the section Accessing Network
Data Drives and ignore the section Provide Linux user credentials to access network drives.
• If your password on the Unix systems is not the same as on Windows, then you will need to provide your
Unix credentials to the Exceed NFS Maestro software to be able to access data. If so, please follow the
procedure in Provide Linux user credentials to access network drives.

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4 Provide Linux user credentials to access network
drives
Omega sites are set up to provide access to data and user directories using NFS. If your Unix password is not the
same as your Windows password, you need to provide your Unix credentials (Unix Userid and Password) to the
Exceed NFS Maestro software, which should already be installed on your system. This procedure will need to be
done every time you change your Linux credentials.

• From the Start menu, select All Programs, and then select Open Text Exceed 14 x64.
• To start the Exceed Connection Manager, expand the Open Text Exceed 14 x64 group and select Exceed
Connection Manager.

Figure: Exceed Connection Manager

• Select Tools and then Xstart Global Options. The following dialog box will display:

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4 Provide Linux user credentials to access network drives

Figure: Xstart Global Options dialog box

• Enter your Linux username and password and click OK.

Omega configuration is complete.

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5 Launching Omega Windows Desktop
Launch the Omega Windows Desktop software from the standard Window Start menu by selecting:

• All Programs
• Schlumberger
• Omega 2017.1
• Omega Desktop 2017.1p

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6 Job Execution
The Omega Windows Desktop delegates the execution of Omega jobs to the Linux interactive nodes configured
on site. This is transparent to the user; this section describes the intended experience when submitting jobs for
execution.

6.1 Batch Submission

When batch submitting a job, the submission request is sent to the JSS server. The mechanisms and behavior of
the Omega system are identical to batch submitting jobs from a Linux-based Omega Desktop.

6.2 Immediate Submit

By default, the parameter Target Machine available in the Immediate Submission window is set to
COMPUTED. When set with COMPUTED, the submission will be automatically directed to one of the
interactive nodes set during the Omega Linux system configuration at the site level. This means that several job
executions are not guaranteed to run on the same node. If the parameter Target Machine is set to an existing
Omega Linux node, the jobs will run on this specified node. This is similar to submitting from a Linux-based
Omega Desktop. Jobs will not run directly on the Omega Windows Desktop machine so setting the Target
Machine parameter to be the name of a Windows machine will fail.

Interactive Runs
Overall, running jobs using Interactive Run will behave similarly to the Immediate Submission with the addition
of the following behavior:

• A Seisview display attached to an SFM output port will automatically open Seisview to display the data
produced by the job.
• The interactive restart option will make sure that a rerun will run on the same node as the previous run

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7 Accessing Linux Drives from Windows
The following sections describe how to access Linux Disks from Windows.

Note that there is no need to Map Network Drives via drive letters for the Omega project and data
directories.

7.1 Accessing data typically

The Omega system typically accesses project user directories (e.g. /project) and project data directories(e.g. /data)
remotely. There are two ways to access data drives: tagged and nontagged data. The access to tagged data from
Windows is the same as on Linux so no additional information is required for this case. For accessing nontagged
data on a file system, there is a slight difference that is explained in Access Network Drives Using the File System.

7.2 Access network drives using the file system

The Omega Windows Desktop system automatically creates and maintains shortcuts to the /ud and /wgdisk data
drives. These can be used from Windows Explorer, from Omega applications and from the command line if
required. The shortcuts are created in the C:\ Windows drive.

For example, ud is typically accessed on Linux as /ud is available as C:\ud on Windows. Another example would
be a hypothetical drive available as /wgdisk/mydatadrive on Linux that would be available as
C:\wgdisk\mydatadrive on Windows.

The Windows operating system is more windows- and mouse-oriented than the Linus OS is, so you will probably
access the network drives using Windows Explorer. To start Windows Explorer, click the Explorer icon in the
bottom bar.

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7.2 Access network drives using the file system

Figure: Windows Explorer dialog box

Double-click SYSTEM(C:) and the window will change to something like the following:

Figure: Directory C in Windows Explorer

The shortcut ud is available; double-clicking it will display the content of the directory the same way it would
from a Linux workstation listing. The directory wgdisk contains the shortcuts to all the network data drives on
site such as shown in the following figure.

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7.2 Access network drives using the file system

Figure: Network drives listed in wgdisk

This list of shortcuts to the network drives is automatically maintained by the system, so there is no need to
remember the file systems and file servers to access your data. If network disks are added or removed from the
Omega system, the list of shortcuts will be updated without user intervention.

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8 Open a Linux command line
Some operations such as using scripting languages, copying large files from Linux systems to other Linux
systems, or accessing software are not available in the Omega Desktop. In these cases, you will need to use a
Linux command line.

Note: If the process started is an X11 application, the display will appear on the Windows machine as you
would expect when doing the same on a Linux workstation.

To start a Linux command line window:

• Open the Omega Desktop.

• Open the menu Programs, select T-Z, and click xterm as shown in the following figure.

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8 Open a Linux command line

Figure: Start Linux command line

• If a security key confirmation dialog box appears, click OK. After a few seconds, the window similar to
the following will open.

Figure: Linux command line window

This xterm window will behave just as it would in a Linux environment.

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9 FAQs
What if I need to use a Linux-based application that is not
part of the Omega desktop software?
The Omega Desktop provides an item in the Programs menu call xterm which starts a Linux console. From this
Linux console, you can start any application you were used to and it will display on the Windows Desktop. Please
follow the procedure described the section of this document called Access to a Linux Command Line .

I am asked for a password when starting an xterm or legacy

application from the Omega Desktop
There might be missing or wrong Linux credentials in Open Text Exceed. If you expect the Linux password to be
the same as on Windows, please ensure that this is the case, otherwise please follow the Getting Started section
of this document to correct this.

I am asked to accept a new Server Key when starting an

xterm or legacy application from the Omega Desktop
The request is normal when the Windows system first uses a Linux node for starting xterm or legacy applications.
Please accept the new key by clicking OK.

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