sge_types.5




NAME

       sge_types - Grid Engine type descriptions


DESCRIPTION

       The Grid Engine user interface consists of several programs and files.
       Some command-line switches and several file attributes are types. The
       syntax for these types is explained in this page.


OBJECT TYPES

       These types are used for defining Grid Engine configuration:

   object_name
       An object name is a sequence of up to 512 ASCII printing characters
       except SPACE, "/", ":", "'", "\", "[", "]", "{", "}", "|", "(", ")",
       "@", "%", "," or the '"' character itself.

   calendar_name
       A calendar name is the name of a Grid Engine calendar described in
       calendar_conf(5).
       calendar_name := object_name

   ckpt_name
       A "ckpt_name" is the name of a Grid Engine checkpointing interface
       described in checkpoint(5).
       ckpt_name := object_name

   complex_name
       A complex name is the name of a Grid Engine resource attribute
       described in complex(5).
       complex_name := object_name

   host_identifier
       A host identifier can be either a host name or a host group name.
       host_identifier := host_name | hostgroup_name

   hostgroup_name
       A host group name is the name of a Grid Engine host group described in
       hostgroup(5).  Note, to allow host group names to be distinguished
       easily from host names, a "@" prefix is used.
       hostgroup_name := @object_name

   host_name
       A host name is the official name of a host node. Host names with a
       domain specification such as "gridmaster.sun.com" are called fully-
       qualified host names, whereas host names like "gridmaster" are called
       short host names. Note that the install time parameters default_domain
       and ignore_fqdn (see bootstrap(5)) affect how Grid Engine deals with
       host names in general.

       The following host names are generally invalid or reserved:
       global, template, all, default, unknown, none.  However, it may
       sometimes be useful to define a dummy host name of global for
       convenient use of qhost(1).

   jsv_url
       The jsv_url has following format:

       jsv_url := jsv_client_url | jsv_server_url

       jsv_server_url := [ type ':' ] [ user '@' ] path

       jsv_client_url := [ type ':' ] path

       type := 'script'

       At the moment only the type script is allowed. This means that path is
       either the path to a script or to a binary application which will be
       used to instantiate a JSV process. The type is optional until other
       types are supported by Grid Engine.

       Specifying a user is only allowed for server JSVs. Client JSVs will
       automatically be started as the submit user, and server JSVs as the
       admin user if not otherwise specified.

       The path has always to be the absolute path to a binary or application.

   memory_specifier
       Memory specifiers are positive decimal, hexadecimal or octal integer
       constants which may be followed by a multiplier letter. Valid
       multiplier letters are k, K, m, M, g, G, t, and T, where k means
       multiply the value by 1000, K multiply by 1024, m multiply by
       1000x1000, M multiply by 1024x1024, g multiply by 1000x1000x1000, G
       multiply by 1024x1024x1024, t multiply by 1000x1000x1000x1000, and T
       multiply by 1024x1024x1024x1024.  If no multiplier is present, the
       value is just counted in bytes.  Whether memory values above the 32-bit
       limit are representable on 32-bit systems, even for disk space, is
       system-dependent.

   pe_name
       A PE name is the name of a Grid Engine parallel environment described
       in sge_pe(5).
       pe_name := object_name

   project_name
       A project name is the name of a Grid Engine project described in
       project(5).
       project_name := object_name

   queue_name
       A queue name is the name of a Grid Engine queue described in
       queue_conf(5).
       queue_name  := object_name

   time_specifier
       A time specifier either consists of a positive decimal, hexadecimal or
       octal integer constant, in which case the value is interpreted to be in
       seconds, or is built from 3 decimal integer numbers separated by colon
       signs, where the first number counts the hours, the second the minutes
       and the third the seconds. If a number would be zero it can be left out
       but the separating colon must remain (e.g. 1:0:1 = 1::1 means 1 hour
       and 1 second).

   user_name
       A user name can be the name of a login(1) user or of the Grid Engine
       user object described in user(5).
       user_name := object_name

   userset_name
       A user set name is the name of a Grid Engine access list or department
       described in access_list(5).
       userset_name := object_name

   date_time
       A date_time value must conform to [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS], where:

              CC        denotes the century in 2 digits.
              YY        denotes the year in 2 digits.
              MM        denotes the month in 2 digits.
              DD        denotes the day in 2 digits.
              hh        denotes the hour in 2 digits.
              mm        denotes the minute in 2 digits.
              ss        denotes the seconds in 2 digits (default 00).

              If any of the optional date fields are omitted, the
              corresponding value of the current date is assumed. If CC is not
              specified, a YY of <70 means 20YY.
              Use of this option may cause unexpected results if the clocks of
              the hosts in the Grid Engine pool are out of sync. Also, the
              proper behavior of this option very much depends on the correct
              setting of the appropriate timezone, e.g. in the TZ environment
              variable (see date(1) for details), when the Grid Engine daemons
              sge_qmaster(8) and sge_execd(8) are invoked.

   time
       A time value must conform to hh:mm:ss, or seconds where:

              hh        denotes the hour in 2 digits.
              mm        denotes the minute in 2 digits.
              ss        denotes the seconds in 2 digits (default 00).
              seconds   is a number of seconds (used for duration values)

   name
       A name is an arbitrary string of ASCII printing characters, but may not
       contain  "/", ":", "@", "\", "*",  or "?".

   account_name
       Identifies the account to which the resource consumption of a job
       should be charged.
       account_name := name

   job_name
       A job name is a name as above, with the restriction that it cannot
       start with a digit (to avoid ambiguity with a job number in some
       contexts).

   ar_name
       An advance reservation name is a name as above, with the restriction
       that it cannot start with a digit (to avoid ambiguity with an AR number
       in some contexts).


MATCHING TYPES

       These types are used for matching Grid Engine configuration:

   expression
       A wildcard expression is a regular boolean expression that consists of
       one or more patterns joined by boolean operators.  When a wildcard
       expression is used, the following definition applies:

       expression= ["!"] ["("] valExp [")"] [ AND_OR expression ]*
       valExp  = pattern | expression
       AND_OR  = "&" | "|"
       where:

       "!"       not operator: negate the following pattern or expression
       "&"       and operator: logically and with the following expression
       "|"       or operator: logically or with the following expression
       "("       open bracket: begin an inner expression.
       ")"       close bracket: end an inner expression.
       "pattern" see the pattern definition that follows

       If typed at a shell, the expression itself should be quoted to ensure
       that it is not expanded by the shell.

       e.g.
              "(lx*|sol*)&*64*" any string beginning with either "lx" or
                                "sol" and containing "64"
              "rh_3*&!rh_3.1"   any string beginning with "rh_3", except
                                "rh_3.1"

   pattern
       When patterns are used the following definitions apply:

       "*"     matches any character and any number of characters
               (between 0 and infinity).
       "?"     matches any single character.
       "."     is the character ".". It has no other meaning.
       "\"     escape character, making the following character match literally;
                "\\" matches "\", "\*" matches "*", "\?" matches "?".
       "[...]" specifies an array or a range of allowed
               characters for one character at a specific position.
               Character ranges may be specified using the a-z notation.
               The caret symbol (^) is not interpreted as a logical
               not; it is interpreted literally.

       For more details please see fnmatch(5), glob(7).

       A pattern on a shell command line should normally be quoted to avoid it
       being interpreted by the shell as a file match.

   range
       The task range specifier has the form

       n[-m[:s]][,n[-m[:s]],...]  or n[-m[:s]][ n[-m[:s]] ...]

       and thus consists of a comma- or blank-separated list of range
       specifiers n[-m[:s]].  The ranges are concatenated to the complete task
       id range. Each range may be a single number, a simple range of the form
       n-m, or a range with a step size.

   wc_ar
       The wildcard advance reservation (AR) specification is a placeholder
       for AR ids and AR names including AR name patterns. An AR id always
       references one AR, while the name and pattern might reference multiple
       ARs.

       wc_ar := ar_id | ar_name | pattern

   wc_ar_list
       The wildcard advance reservation (AR) list specification allows
       referencing multiple ARs with one command.

       wc_ar_list := wc_ar[, wc_ar , ...]

   wc_host
       A wildcard host specification (wc_host) is a wildcard expression which
       might match one or more hosts used in the cluster.  The first character
       of that string never begins with an at-character ('@'), even if the
       expression begins with a wildcard character.

       e.g.
              *            all hosts
              a*           all host beginning with an 'a'

   wc_hostgroup
       A wildcard hostgroup specification (wc_hostgroup) is a wildcard
       expression which might match one or more hostgroups.  The first
       character of that string is always an at-character ('@').

       More information concerning hostgroups can be found in hostgroup(5)

       e.g.
              @*           all hostgroups in the cluster
              @solaris     the @solaris hostgroup

   wc_job
       The wildcard job specification is a placeholder for job ids, and job
       names including job name patterns. A job id always references one job,
       while the name and pattern might reference multiple jobs.

       wc_job := job-id | job_name | pattern

   wc_job_range
       The wildcard job range specification allows referencing specific array
       tasks for one or multiple jobs. The job is referenced via wc_job and in
       addition gets a range specifier for the array tasks.

       wc_job_range := wc_job [-t range]

       If present, the task_range restricts the effect of the qalter etc.
       operation to the array job task range specified as a suffix to the job
       id.  (See the -t option to qsub(1) for further details on array jobs.)

   wc_job_list
       The wildcard job list specification allows referencing multiple jobs
       with one command.

       wc_job_list := wc_job[, wc_job, ...]

   wc_job_range_list
       The wildcard job range list (wc_job_range_list) allows referencing
       multiple job ranges with one command.  one of the following forms:

       wc_job_range_list := wc_job_range[,wc_job_range...]

   wc_qdomain
       wc_qdomain := wc_cqueue "@" wc_hostgroup

       A wildcard expression queue domain specification (wc_qdomain) starts
       with a wildcard expression cluster queue name (wc_cqueue) followed by
       an at-character '@' and a wildcard expression hostgroup specification
       (wc_hostgroup).

       A wc_qdomain is used to address a group of queue instances.  All queue
       instances residing on a host which is part of matching hostgroups will
       be addressed. Please note, that wc_hostgroup always begins with an at-
       character.

       e.g.
              *@@*         all queue instances whose underlying
                           host is part of at least one hostgroup
              a*@@e*       all queue instances beginning with a whose underlying
                           host is part of at least one hostgroup beginning with e
              *@@solaris   all queue instances on hosts in
                           the @solaris hostgroup

   wc_cqueue
       A wildcard expression cluster queue specification (wc_cqueue) is a
       wildcard expression which might match one or more cluster queues used
       in the cluster.  That string never contains an at-character ('@'), even
       if the expression begins with a wildcard character.

       e.g.
              *            all cluster queues
              a*           all cluster queues beginning with an 'a'
              a*&!adam     all cluster queues beginning with an 'a', but not adam

   wc_qinstance
       wc_qinstance := wc_cqueue "@" wc_host

       A wildcard expression queue instance specification (wc_qinstance)
       starts with a wildcard expression cluster queue name (wc_cqueue)
       followed by an at-character '@' and a wildcard expression hostname
       (wc_host).

       wc_qinstance expressions are used to address a group of queue instances
       whose underlying hostname matches the given expression.  Please note
       that the first character of wc_host never matches the at-character '@'.

       e.g.
              *@*          all queue instances in the cluster
              *@b*         all queue instances whose
                           hostname begins with a 'b'
              *@b*|c*      all queue instances whose
                           hostname begins with a 'b' or 'c'

   wc_queue
       wc_queue := wc_cqueue | wc_qdomain | wc_qinstance

       A wildcard queue expression (wc_queue) might either be a wildcard
       expression, cluster queue specification (wc_cqueue), a wildcard
       expression queue domain specification (wc_qdomain), or a wildcard
       expression queue instance specification (wc_qinstance).

       e.g.
              big_*1           cluster queues which begin with
                               "big_" and end with "1"
              big_*&!*1        cluster queues which begin with
                               "big_", but do not end with "1"
              *@fangorn        all qinstances residing on host
                               fangorn

   wc_queue_list
       wc_queue_list := wc_queue ["," wc_queue "," ...]

       Comma-separated list of wc_queue elements.

       e.g.
              big, medium_*@@sol*, *@fangorn.sun.com

   wc_user
       A wildcard user name pattern is either a wildcard user name
       specification or a full user name.

       wc_user := user_name | pattern

   wc_user_list
       A list of user names.

       wc_user_list := wc_user[,wc_user,...]

   wc_project
       A wildcard project name pattern is either a wildcard project name
       specification or a full project name.

       wc_project := project | pattern

   wc_pe_name
       A wildcard parallel environment name pattern is either a wildcard PE
       name specification or a full PE name.

       wc_pe_name := pe_name | pattern

   parallel_env
       The parallel_env specification has the format

       wc_pe_name n[-[m]]|[-]m,...

       specifying a parallel programming environment (PE) to select for a
       submitted job or an AR. The range descriptor following the wildcard PE
       name specifies the number of slots to allocate, which is usually
       equivalent to the total number of parallel processes to be run (for
       simple distributed memory jobs) or the number of threads (for shared
       memory or mixed distributed/threaded jobs), as implied by the PE
       definition. Grid Engine will allocate the appropriate resources, as
       available.  sge_pe(5) contains information about the definition of PEs.

       You can specify a PE name which uses wildcards.  Thus the request
       "mpi*" will match any parallel environment with a name starting with
       the string "mpi". In the case of multiple parallel environments whose
       names match a name string, when it is required to select one the one
       with the most available slots is chosen.

       The range specification is a list of range expressions of the form
       "n-m", where n and m are positive, non-zero integers.  The form "n" is
       equivalent to "n-n".  The form "-m" is equivalent to "1-m".  The form
       "n-" is equivalent to "n-infinity".  The range specification is
       processed as follows: The largest number of queues requested is checked
       first. If enough queues meeting the specified attribute list are
       available, all are reserved. If not, the next smaller number of queues
       is checked, and so forth.


SEE ALSO

       qacct(1), qconf(1), qquota(1), qsub(1), qrsub(1)


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SGE 8.1.3pre                      2011-06-22                      SGE_TYPES(5)

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