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Some Common qconf Commands

qconf is the Grid Engine command line tool used for most administrative tasks. The following list includes the most frequently used options for qconf:

Contents 1 To add and remove administrative privileges from a host 2 To add an execution host 3 To remove an execution host 4 To add and remove submit hosts 5 Display current administrative/submit/execution hosts 6 To administer queues

To add and remove administrative privileges from a host

 qconf -ah # gives host administrative privileges
 
 qconf -dh # removes administrative privileges from host

To add an execution host

1. Make the new host an administrative host:

 qconf -ah <hostname>

2. As root on this new host, run the following script from $SGE_ROOT:

 install_execd

To remove an execution host

1. Delete all queues associated with this host:

 qconf -dq <queuenames...>

2. Delete the host:

 qconf -de <hostname>

3. Delete the configuration for the host:

 qconf -dconf <hostname>

To add and remove submit hosts

 qconf -as <hostname> # host is now a submit host
 
 qconf -ds <hostname> # jobs may not be submitted from host

Display current administrative/submit/execution hosts

 qconf -sh # show current administrative hosts
 
 qconf -ss # show current submit hosts
 
 qconf -sel # show current execution host list

To administer queues

 qconf -aq <queuename> # adding a queue
 
 qconf -dq <queuename> # delete a queue
 
 qconf -mq <queuename> # modify a queue
 
 qconf -Aq <filename> # adding a queue from file
 
 qconf -mattr queue ... # change single attributes of more than one queue

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