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Data Management Plan✯

In some cases, you will be required to write a Data Management Plan (DMP) to validate your project.

This is now a requirement for ANR, ERC, and other funding agencies.

DMPs are evolving documents that must be updated. Typically, a first version is required at the beginning of the project and a final version at the end.

There are various online tools available for writing these DMPs. The recommended tool in France is Opidor, but you can also use the RDA tool.

Writing a DMP sometimes requires knowledge of specific infrastructure details used for the project.

With this in mind, we provide the following information to help you complete these DMPs in OPIDOR.

Getting Started with Opidor✯

Click on MY SPACE in the top right corner and request Institutional Access.

Select the institution "Université Clermont Auvergne" and enter your UCA credentials.

Once logged in, you will be taken to the dashboard (also accessible via the My Plans / Dashboard tab).

Click the Create a Plan button and select For a research project.

Select the language French/English.

Choose the template Science Europe: structured template.

Providing Information Under the General Information Tab✯

You will need to provide basic information (title, summary, dates, etc.) and clearly define the project coordinators and/or plan managers.

Write Tab✯

You will need to add research outputs which correspond to a type of data used or produced, or to software/code.

For each research output, provide as much information as possible, knowing that some sections may remain empty if they do not apply to your data or if you do not yet have the information.

Equipment, Technical Platforms...✯

If you have used resources from LIMOS, you can indicate:

  • If the data is used on the LIMOS HPC:

    • Title: HPC Limos
    • Technical resource identifier: https://hpc.isima.fr/
    • Identifier type: URL
    • Contact address for the service: helene.toussaint@uca.fr
    • Data policy of the service: Calculation, backup on personal space of faculty members

  • If the data is used on a VM created by the LIMOS IT team

    • Title: PVE-Turing Limos
    • Technical resource identifier: ID of the virtual machine on PVE-Turing
    • Identifier type: Local identifier
    • Contact address for the service: boris.lonjon@limos.fr
    • Data policy of the service: Presentation, archiving, backup

Backup Policy✯

  • If the data is used on the LIMOS HPC:
A network mount (NFS) corresponding to a user-specific space is set up on the HPC. Only this mount is backed up.
  • If the data is used on a VM created by the LIMOS IT team:
This VM is created from a Proxmox virtualization platform: PVE
By default, all VMs are backed up weekly using a Proxmox tool: PBS (Proxmox Backup Server).
Backups, like VMs, are stored in a CEPH environment (SSD disks)

Data Security✯

  • If the data is used on the LIMOS HPC:
The LIMOS HPC is only accessible from within the LIMOS internal network or via a sovereign VPN.
Only port 22 of the HPC machines is open.
Each member who requests access can have access without being able to view another member's space.
The HPC is behind a StormShield firewall.
  • If the data is used on a VM created by the LIMOS IT team:
The VMs (or containers) of the PVEs are in the same VLAN.
Members with access to a VM are its administrators; security is their responsibility.
They can potentially open ports to the outside to present a service, web pages, etc.
The PVE-Turing is behind a StormShield firewall.