sge_submit_workers(1)

NAME

sge_submit_workers - submit work_queue_worker to a SUN Grid Engine (SGE).

SYNOPSIS

sge_submit_workers [options] <servername> <port> <num-workers>

DESCRIPTION

sge_submit_workers schedules the execution of work_queue_worker(1) on the SUN Grid Engine (SGE) through its job submission interface, qsub. The number of work_queue_worker scheduled and run is given by the num-workers argument. The servername and port arguments specify the hostname and port number of the master for the work_queue_worker to connect. These two arguments become optional when the auto mode option is specified for work_queue_worker.

OPTIONS

`-a`	Enable auto mode for work_queue_worker.
`-s`	Run as a shared worker.
`-N <name>`
	Preferred project name for work_queue_worker to connect.
`-C <catalog>`
	Set catalog server for work_queue_worker to . format: HOSTNAME:PORT.
`-t <seconds>`
	Abort work_queue_worker after this amount of idle time (default=900s).
`-j <>`
	Use job array to submit workers.
`-p <parameters>`
	SGE qsub parameters.
`-h`	Show help message.

EXIT STATUS

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

Submit 10 worker instances to run on SGE and connect to a specific master:

sge_submit_workers master.somewhere.edu 9123 10

Submit 10 work_queue_worker instances to run on SGE in auto mode with their preferred project name set to Project_A and abort timeout set to 3600 seconds:

sge_submit_workers -a -t 3600 -N Project_A 10

COPYRIGHT

The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Douglas Thain and Copyright (C) 2005-2011 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.