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N1 Grid Engine 6 User's Guide

Preface

The N1 Grid Engine 6 User's Guide includes the following:

  • A description of the primary role of N1 Grid Engine 6 software in complex computing environments

  • A description of the major components of the product, along with definitions of the functions of each

  • A glossary of terms that are important to know in an N1 Grid Engine 6 software environment

This version of the User's Guide specifically supports Grid Engine 6 Update 4.

Who Should Use This Book

This manual is for engineers and technical professionals, who need to use the N1 Grid Engine 6 software. Also, you should understand the concepts in this book if you are responsible for administering the system of networked computer hosts that run the N1 Grid Engine 6 software.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Introduction to the N1 Grid Engine 6 Software describes the concepts and major components of the N1 Grid Engine 6 software. This chapter also includes a summary of user commands, and introduces the QMON graphical user interface.

Chapter 2, Navigating the Grid Engine System describes how to display information about components of the system of networked computer hosts that run the N1 Grid Engine 6 software such as users, queues, hosts, and job attributes.

Chapter 3, Submitting Jobs provides information about how to submit jobs for processing.

Chapter 4, Monitoring and Controlling Jobs and Queues provides information about how to monitor and control jobs and queues. The chapter also includes information about job checkpointing. .

Chapter 5, Accounting and Reporting describes how to use the accounting and reporting console.

Chapter 6, Error Messages, and Troubleshooting contains common problems and their solutions.

Appendix A, Database Schemas describes in detail the reporting database data model

Glossary is a list of product-specific words and phrases and their definitions.

Related Books

Other books in the N1 Grid Engine 6 softwaredocumentation collection include:

  • N1 Grid Engine 6 Installation Guide

  • N1 Grid Engine 6 Administration Guide

  • N1 Grid Engine 6 Release Notes

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms or terms to be emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

Do not save the file.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

C shell prompt

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt

#

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