Re: Starcluster Ubuntu 14.04 AMI's

From: Arman Eshaghi <no email>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:53:32 +0330

Hi,

I'm using OGS with Ubuntu 14.04 with no problems, but unfortunately
have not been able to do it with Starcluster. I think someone needs to
work on a new AMI, as it has been an issue for a while here.

All the best,
Arman

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:45 PM, MacMullan, Hugh
<hughmac_at_wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Hi Jacob:
>
>
>
> This is StarCluster ... I didn't 'install' it, it gets installed by
> StarCluster when you start a cluster. Download the binary tar.gz from here:
> http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/
>
>
>
> The direct link to the download file is
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47200624/respin/ge2011.11.tar.gz
>
>
>
> That gets un-tar-gz'ed to /opt/sge6-fresh, and then StarCluster handles the
> rest. There are no issues with it that I see. No errors, I can do whatever
> with 'qmon'.
>
>
>
> I've e-mailed you the link to the .txt file anyway, even though it discusses
> upgrading a current StarCluster image, NOT installing OGS.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Hugh
>
>
>
> From: Jacob barhak [mailto:jacob.barhak_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 4:00 PM
> To: MacMullan, Hugh
> Cc: Lilley, John F.; starcluster_at_mit.edu
>
>
> Subject: Re: [StarCluster] Starcluster Ubuntu 14.04 AMI's
>
>
>
> Hi Hugh,
>
>
>
> Can you share the installation instructions of OGS so I can see if it fixes
> qmon In my system?
>
>
>
> I hope the font issues were resolved.
>
>
>
> Jacob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2014, at 2:14 PM, "MacMullan, Hugh" <hughmac_at_wharton.upenn.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi John:
>
>
>
> The 12.04 and 10.04 AMIs are still 'current'
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases), although 10.04 is EOL next Spring, in
> case you didn't know, and would probably be a faster 'time to production'
> than building out the 14.04.
>
>
>
> But if you actually need 14.04 for some reason, I've worked through the
> upgrade process with success. qmon works fine (StarCluster uses OGS, not
> SGE, which might help you), too, I just tested (I never use it though).
> Obviously, YMMV and all that. It's not been extensively tested, etc.
>
>
>
> Let me know if you would like a peek at my preliminary 12.04 > 14.04 upgrade
> .txt file.
>
>
>
> -Hugh
>
>
>
> From: starcluster-bounces_at_mit.edu [mailto:starcluster-bounces_at_mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Jacob Barhak
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 2:44 PM
> To: Lilley, John F.
> Cc: starcluster_at_mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [StarCluster] Starcluster Ubuntu 14.04 AMI's
>
>
>
> Hi John,
>
>
>
> SGE qmon does not work on Ubuntu 14.04 - at least it did not work a couple
> of months ago. Here is a link to the open issue:
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/505330/sun-grid-engine-qmon-not-working-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts
>
>
>
> Other SGE components install, yet I could not test them since I use the qmon
> graphic user interface to configure.
>
>
>
> If SGE is not stable, then I am unsure about starcluster that uses SGE. If
> anyone had success with this please do give tips to others.
>
>
>
> Jacob
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Lilley, John F. <johnbot_at_caltech.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I know this subject has been bounced around before and perhaps I missed
> something, but has anyone managed to build 14.04 AMI's for starcluster? I
> have tried the upgrade process within Ubuntu but didn't have much luck and
> we're in a bit of a corner since we can no longer upgrade the 13.04 ami's.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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