N1 Grid Engine 6 Administration Guide
PrefaceThe N1 Grid Engine 6 Administration Guide provides background
information about how to set up and administer a system of networked computer hosts
that run N1 Grid Engine 6 software. This version of the manual
supports Grid Engine 6 Update 4
Who Should Use This Book
The background information and instructions in this guide are intended for experienced
system administrators.
How This Book Is Organized
The N1 Grid Engine 6 Administration Guide includes eight
chapters. Chapter 1, Configuring Hosts and Clusters provides general background about hosts and clusters, along with detailed instructions for how to configure them.
Chapter 2, Configuring Queues and Queue Calendars describes queues, which serve as containers
for different categories of jobs. The chapter includes complete instructions for how
to configure cluster queues and queue instances.
Chapter 3, Configuring Complex Resource Attributes explains how the grid engine system uses the complex to
define all the pertinent information concerning the resource attributes a user can
request for a job. The administrator configures complex resource attributes to match
the requirements of the environment. This chapter provides detailed instructions for
how to configure resource attributes.
Chapter 4, Managing User Access provides
background information about different types of users of the grid engine system. The chapter
provides instructions on how to set up and maintain user access and project access.
Chapter 5, Managing Policies and the Scheduler provides full background information about the types of user policies that are available. The chapter provides instructions on
how to match these policies to the computing environment. Chapter 5 also describes
how to configure and modify the scheduler.
Chapter 6, Managing Special Environments describes how the grid engine system fits in with parallel environments, and provides detailed instructions on how to configure them. The chapter
also describes how to set up and use checkpointing environments.
Chapter 7, Other Administrative Tasks describes how to gather reporting and accounting statistics, how to automatically
back up your grid engine system configuration files, and how to use files and scripts to add
or modify objects such as queues, hosts, and environments.
Chapter 8, Fine Tuning, Error Messages, and Troubleshooting describes some ways to fine-tune your grid engine system. It also
explains how the grid engine system retrieves error message and describes how to run the software
in debug mode.
Chapter 9, DBWriter describes how you can modify the DBWriter portion
of the ARCo feature.
Note - Some of the material in this guide appeared originally in the "How-To"
section of the Sun Grid Engine project web site. Updated frequently, this web site
is of special value to administrators of the grid engine system and is well worth consulting.
Related Books
Other books in the N1 Grid Engine 6 software documentation collection include: N1 Grid Engine 6 User's Guide
N1 Grid Engine 6 Installation Guide
N1 Grid Engine 6 Release Notes
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Ordering Sun Documentation
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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 on-screen 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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