Administering Sun Grid Engine

Topic	Description
Interacting With Sun Grid Engine as an Administrator	Learn how you can use the command line interface, the graphical user interface (QMON), and the Distributed Resource Management Application API (DRMAA) to interact with the Sun Grid Engine system.
Understanding the Bootstrap File	The bootstrap file contains parameters that are needed for starting up the Grid Engine components. The bootstrap file is created during the `sge_qmaster` installation. You cannot modify the bootstrap file in a running system.
Using qconf	Learn how you can use `qconf` to manage most components of the Sun Grid Engine system. The qconf Cheatsheet lists the most commonly-used `qconf` commands.
Configuring Clusters	Learn how to display, add, modify and delete cluster configurations. (Note: Adapt the global configuration and local host configurations to your site's needs immediately after installation.)
Configuring Hosts	Learn how to configure the master host, the shadow master host, execution hosts, administration hosts, submit hosts, and host groups.
Configuring Queues	Learn how to configure queues.
Configuring Queue Calendars	Learn how to configure queue calendars.
Managing User Access	Learn how to configure user access, configure projects, configure default requests, and use path aliasing.
Using Job Submission Verifiers	Learn how to use Job Submission Verifiers to verify, modify or reject a job during the time of job submission.

Topic	Description
Configuring Resource Attributes	Learn how to configure complex resource attributes to match the requirements of your environment.
Configuring Load Parameters	Learn how to add site-specific load parameters and write your own load sensors.
Managing Policies	Learn about the types of user policies that are available and how to match these policies to your scheduling and resource allocation needs.
Managing the Scheduler	Learn how to modify the scheduler.
Managing Advance Reservations	Learn how to maximize your computing resources by using advance reservations.
Managing Resource Quotas	Learn how to use the resource quotas feature to limit resources by user, project, host, cluster queue, or parallel environment.

Topic	Description
Managing Parallel Environments	Learn how to set up concurrent computing on parallel platforms in networked environments using Sun Grid Engine.
Managing Checkpointing Environments	Learn how to use user-level checkpointing or kernel-level transparent checkpointing to manage your environment.

Topic	Description
Monitoring and Controlling SMF Services	Learn how to monitor and Control SMF Services.
Generating Accounting Statistics	Learn how to generate accounting information according to real time, user time, or system time.
Backing Up and Restoring System Configuration	Learn how to back up your Grid Engine system configuration files automatically.
Fine-Tuning Your Environment	Learn about how you can fine tune your environment.
Using DTrace for Performance Tuning	Learn how to use DTrace for performance tuning.

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Expert Advice – Video: Introduction to Grid Engine
Expert Advice – White Paper: Beginner's Guide to Sun Grid Engine
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Expert Advice – Podcast: Towards Cloud Computing with Sun Grid Engine 6.2

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