Preface

The Sun N1 System Manager for N1 Grid Engine Provisioning and Monitoring Guide helps system administrators to understand and administer Sun N1^TM Grid Engine (GE) using . This book provides detailed examples and procedures to explain how you can use the Sun N1 System Manager (N1SM) for Grid Engine module to manage provision and monitor grids built with N1 Grid Engine.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for managing servers running the Sun N1 System Manager software. These system administrators are expected to have the following background:

• Knowledge of the Solaris^TM, Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems as well as the network administration tools provided by each operating system.

• Knowledge of using the N1 System Manager product.

• Knowledge of using N1 Grid Engine.

Before You Read This Book

Familiarity with the following documents will help you use this manual.

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Introduction

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide

How This Book Is Organized

This book is divided into the following sections

Chapter Chapter 1, Getting Started With N1 Grid Engine Provisioning and Monitoring, tells you how to launch the N1SM for Grid Engine module and what to do if the module is not enabled.

Chapter Chapter 2, Provisioning N1 Grid Engine Onto Managed Servers, describes how to use the N1SM Command Line Interface (CLI) to create N1 Grid Engine versions and installation templates as well as how to provision the N1 Grid Engine versions onto managed servers.

Chapter Chapter 3, Setting Up a Grid Using a Proxy Host explains how to provision servers and monitor grids when using a system external to the grid network.

Chapter Chapter 4, Monitoring N1 Grid Engine, tells you how to use the N1SM GE Graphical User Interface (GUI) to monitor a grid with emphasis on getting a quick overview of grid performance.

Chapter Chapter 5, Working With N1 Grid Engine Jobs, shows you how to use the different GUI Job views to analyze Job status, resource usage, and scheduling.

Chapter Chapter 6, Working With N1 Grid Engine Queues, describes how to analyze N1 Grid Engine Queue status and details.

Chapter Chapter 7, Working With N1 Grid Engine Hosts, describes how to analyze N1 Grid Engine Host status and details.

Chapter Chapter 8, Troubleshooting N1 Grid Engine, tells you how to find grid problems using the N1 Grid engine daemon logs, as well as Job, Queue, and Host Alerts.

Related Books

The following books are useful for installing and using the N1SM GE module. All theses documents are available from Sun's documentation web site, docs.sun.com.

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Command Line Reference Manual

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Release Notes

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Troubleshooting Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Site Preparation Guide

• N1 Grid Engine 6 Installation Guide

• N1 Grid Engine 6 User's Guide

• N1 Grid Engine 6 Administration Guide

• N1 Grid Engine Management Module User's Guide

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
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	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#