Installing the Grid Engine Master Node With IPMP

There are two ways you can fix this problem: one way is to ignore the error messages during installation. This method is operating system independent (except for MS Windows) The other way is to temporarily disable IPMP on the interface associated with the machine's hostname. This method only works on systems with Solaris 8 or greater Operating Environments.

The ignoring the error messages procedure is as follows in these steps:

1. Run the inst_sge -m command while ignoring the error messages during the start up of the daemons.

2. Shutdown the daemons with the /etc/init.d/sgemaster stop and /etc/init.d/sgemaster stop commands. Due to the networking errors, some daemons fail to shutdown and must be killed with the kill -9 command. To see which daemons failed to shutdown use this command: ps -e | grep sge_.

3. Install the host_aliases file in the $SGE_ROOT/$SGE_CELL/common directory.

4. Restart the daemons with the /etc/init.d/sgemaster start and /etc/init.d/sgeexecd start commands.

The temporary disable method is as follows in these steps:

1. Identify the interface associated with the machine's hostname.

2. Verify that the interface has IPMP enabled with the ifconfig <<interface>> | grep groupname. command.

3. Take note of the group name.

4. Disable IPMP with this command: ifconfig <<interface>> group "" .

5. Install the Grid Engine master node.

6. Install the host_aliases file in the $SGE_ROOT/$SGE_CELL/common directory.

7. Restart the daemons with the with the /etc/init.d/sgemaster and /etc/init.d/sgeexecd commands.

8. Re-enable IPMP using the following command: ifconfig <<interface>> group <<IPMP group>>.