Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) system and network administrators tasked with managing and optimizing utilization of computing resources in a networked Sun workstationand server environment.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to demonstrate theirexperience as Solaris OS system administrators, network administrators, orboth.:
Skills Gained
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- Describe the features and benefits of the N1 Grid Engine
- Install and configure the N1 Grid Engine
- Configure the N1 Grid Engine complexes and scheduler
- Submit, monitor, and control jobs
- Control queues
- Use troubleshooting techniques to diagnose problems
- Use the accounting and reporting tools associated with the N1 Grid Engine
Course Content
Module 1 - The Grid Engine, An Overview
- Introduction
- Workload management
- Understanding basics
- Getting started with the Grid Engine software
Module 2 - Installation and Basic Configuration
- Introduction
- Installation
- Configuration
Module 3 - Administration
- Complexes
- Load parameters
- Scheduling jobs
Module 4 - Job Submission
- Introduction
- Submitting batch jobs
- Submitting interactive jobs
- Transparent remote execution
- Submitting an array of jobs
Module 5 - Monitoring and Control
- Introduction
- Monitoring and controlling jobs
- Controlling queues
- Basic troubleshooting
Module 6 - High Performance Computing
- Introduction
- Parallel environments
- Checkpointing
Module 7 - Usage Accounting and Reporting
- Introduction
- Gathering accounting and reporting statistics
- Installing the accounting and reporting database
- Installing the accounting and reporting console