APACGrid Test Suite Two

This is a basic PBS job launch using Globus Toolkit (GT) 4.

What this tests:

• Execution on a designated queue
• Collection of stderr and stdout
• Streaming of stdout and stderr

Additional parameters you may like to add include queue, to select, for example between brecca, edda or wexstan at VPAC. But that's site specific and does not belong here, see below.

To submit jobs with GT4, XML-files are used. If you are not familiar with XML you may want to visit one of the following sites to get an overview: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/98/10/guide0.html, http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp or http://www.xmlfiles.com/xml/.

Request a Proxy

Log in to a Globus equipped machine, a "Submission Node", (at vpac we use edda) and create grid proxy credentials by typing:

grid-proxy-init

Submitting Test Two

<!-- Usage: globusrun-ws -submit -s -J -S -F ng2 -Ft PBS -f gt4-env.rsl -->
<job>
  <executable>/usr/bin/env</executable>
  <!-- Uncomment/edit as appropriate <queue>sque@edda-m</queue> -->
  <maxWallTime>1</maxWallTime>
  <jobType>single</jobType>
</job>

Run the job by typing the command shown in the Usage comment. If everything goes well, you should see something like:

Delegating user credentials...Done.
Submitting job...Done.
Job ID: uuid:4ab81d4e-ea25-11da-a528-aa0000405c38
Termination time: 05/24/2006 06:28 GMT
Current job state: Pending
Current job state: Active
Current job state: StageOut

Current job state: CleanUp
Current job state: Done
Destroying job...Done.
Cleaning up any delegated credentials...Done.

Some of the most important rsl-file tags are:

• executable The command to execute (including the path).
  
• directory Without a directory specified there is no guarantee that a job will run in a set location.
• argument An argument to the command above. It's possible to have no argument or many of them.
  
• queue The queue you want to add your job to.
  
• maxWallTime The walltime of your job. If you omit it, the default walltime of the queue you selected is used.
  

-- MarkusBinsteiner - 07 May 2006
-- TerryRankine - 23 May 2006
-- DavidBannon - 25 May 2006
-- GrahamJenkins - 30 Nov 2006