NQE available on meeker

(http://www.scd.ucar.edu/docs/submittal/meeker-nqe.html)

NQE is available on meeker.ucar.edu (and for SCD folks, also on niwot.scd.ucar.edu). It is also available on tempest.

NQE allows you to submit jobs to any of SCD's SGI computers, to get job status, and to delete jobs.

Here is a brief description of the available commands, some examples, and the setup that you need to use NQE.

Commands

cqsub - submit a job
cqdel - cancel a job
cqstatl - status of jobs

Your target machine

You need to tell NQE which system will be your default computer. This is done with an environment variable as shown below in "Setup".

Examples

To use your default target machine (as indicated in "Setup" below)
- Submit a job:
```
  cqsub myjob.script 
```
  Output is returned to the directory from which you submitted (unless you use the -o option to redirect the file to a different directory).
- Status of all jobs:
```
  cqstatl -a 
```
- Delete a job:
```
  cqdel 1234    # Job ID number obtained from cqsub or cqstatl 
```

To use a different target machine

Submit a job:

  setenv NQS_SERVER tempest.ucar.edu    # The system you want to use
  cqsub myjob.script

Status of all jobs:
```
  cqstatl -a -h tempest.ucar.edu 
```
Delete a job:
```
  cqdel -h tempest.ucar.edu 1234 
```

Setup

On meeker and tempest, put this in your .cshrc:

  # Setup for NQE on meeker and tempest
  setenv NQS_SERVER tempest.ucar.edu    # Default computer

On niwot, put this in your .cshrc:

  # Setup for NQE on niwot
  setenv NQS_SERVER tempest.ucar.edu    # Default computer
  set path = (/opt/craysoft/nqe/3.2.0.2/bin $path)
  setenv MANPATH /opt/craysoft/nqe/3.2.0.2/man:$MANPATH

Required file: .rhosts

You need to create (or add to) a file called .rhosts on each computer that you want to submit to -- this is a standard Unix security measure. For example, if you want to submit from meeker to tempest, then you will need a .rhosts file on tempest with this line in it:
```
  meeker.ucar.edu
```
On meeker, you will need to modify your .rhosts file to add lines for each computer that you might want to use, for example to use tempest:
```
  tempest.ucar.edu
```
Note that all .rhosts files should have permissions of 600 (user readable), for example:
```
  chmod 600 .rhosts
```
Also, there must be no trailing blanks on any of the lines. (If you are a vi user, you can check for trailing blanks with ":set list").

Notes

The filename in cqsub must be less than 16 characters long.
To avoid possible confusion, please remove any .nqshosts file you may have on the SGIs.

More info

See man pages for cqsub, cqdel, cqstatl
"NQE User's Guide"
"Introducing NQE"
Email the SCD Consulting Office at consult1@ucar.edu or call them at 303-497-1278.

Last update: 09/19/2004