Preface
The N1 Grid Engine 6 Installation Guide describes the procedures for installing and upgrading the N1TM Grid Engine 6 software.
This version of the manual supports Grid Engine 6 Update 4.
Who Should Use This Book
This manual is for engineers and system administrators, who need to install the N1 Grid Engine 6 software. Installation of the N1 Grid Engine 6 software should be done by someone who is familiar with the administration of the platform on which the software is installed.
Before You Read This Book
While this book contains a complete glossary, if you are new to N1 Grid Engine 6 software, you should familiarize yourself with the concepts that are discussed in Chapter 1, Introduction to the N1 Grid Engine 6 Software, in N1 Grid Engine 6 User’s Guide.
How This Book Is Organized
Chapter 1, Before You Install the Software describes each of decisions you must make in the planning process, and how to extract the installation files from CD-ROM.
Chapter 2, Installing the Grid Engine Software Interactively describes the procedure for installing the software manually.
Chapter 3, Automating the Installation Process describes the files and commands necessary to automate your installations.
Chapter 4, Installing the Increased Security Features describes the procedure for installing CSP-based encryption.
Chapter 5, Upgrading from a Previous Release of Grid Engine Software describes the upgrade procedure.
Chapter 6, Verifying the Installation describes how you can ensure that the software is installed correctly.
Chapter 7, Removing the Grid Engine Software describes the procedure to remove the software from your systems.
Chapter 8, Installing the Accounting and Reporting Console describes the procedure for installing the optional accounting and reporting module.
Chapter 9, explains the functions of the DBWriter in detail.
Appendix A, explains how to prepare a Windows system for installation of N1GE6 by installing Microsoft's Services for UNIX.
Appendix B, describes some installation corner cases.
Glossary is a list of product-specific words and phrases and their definitions.
Related Books
Other books in the N1 Grid Engine 6 software documentation collection include:
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen 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 |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
|
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, or terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
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% |
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C shell superuser prompt |
machine_name# |
|
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt |
$ |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt |
# |
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