> Am 18.01.2019 um 17:41 schrieb David Triimboli <trimb...@cshl.edu>: > > On 1/18/2019 11:22 AM, Reuti wrote: >> Hi, >> >>> Am 18.01.2019 um 17:09 schrieb David Triimboli <trimb...@cshl.edu>: >>> >>> Hi, all. I've got a twenty-four-node cluster running versions of CentOS 5 >>> and Sun Grid Engine. This cluster desperately needs its node OSes upgraded >>> to be able to install newer software packages, a job I've been tasked with. >>> The users want to put Ubuntu on the nodes. >>> >>> I've been working in virtual machines, trying to get some form of grid >>> engine to work. My understanding is that the old Sun Grid Engine simply >>> won't work in any modern Linux kernel. Ubuntu 18.04 has a bunch of Son of >>> Grid Engine packages available through apt-get, but I haven't been able to >>> get these to work — the services won't run. All instructions I have found >>> on the web seem to be old and just don't work. I'm even willing to consider >>> Univa Grid Engine — but they never responded to my request for trial >>> software. >>> >>> How should I proceed? What grid engine can I install that will work on a >>> modern Ubuntu distribution? What tricks do I need to know to get it to >>> work. Can someone point me to something to get me started? >> I would assume that most likely the `arch` script inside SGE isn't prepared >> for your actual kernel, i.e. a case for 4.* kernels is missing. What does: >> >> $ $SGE_ROOT/util/arch >> >> return? > > > If I install the packages available through apt-get, > /usr/share/gridengine/util/arch returns: lx-amd64.
This is fine. If the startup fails, there are usually some message in file in /tmp called qmasterd.$PID or beginning with execd.$PID alike. Can you spot anything there? -- Reuti _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
