HP Scalable Visualization Array Version 1.1 Visualization System Software Reference Guide

sva_job_template.sh(1)
sva_job_template.sh
sva_job_template.sh -- Allocates, launches, runs, and terminates visualization jobs.
Synopsis
sva_job_template.sh { -d display-surface } [ -r render-count ] [ -c compute-count ] [ -p
partition-name ] [ -g ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -h ]
Parameters
-d display-surface or
--display-surface name
Select a Display Surface to use for the job.
A Display Surface is a named display that consists of one or more
display devices with a particular orientation. Initial configuration of
the SVA creates a named single-tile Display Surface for each display
node and its associated display device. A typical default Display
Surface is SVA_DS_1_1.
The site administrator can create additional Display Surfaces using
the Display Surface Configuration Tool. You can also use this tool to
list all the named Display Surfaces on your cluster. This tool is
documented in the SVA System Administration Guide .
Can be specified in the User Configuration File.
-r render-count or --render
render-count
Requests that a number of render hosts be allocated to this job as
specified by the render-count number.
-c compute-count or
--compute compute-count
Request that a number of compute hosts be allocated to this job as
specified by the compute-count number.
-p partition-name or
--partition partition-name
Requests resources from the SLURM partition partition-name. The
default partition is used if no partition is named.
-g or --tile_geometry Sets the tile geometry that each of the tiles uses. Valid values include
1280x1024, 1400x1050, and 1600x1200.
-v or --verbose Provides additional debugging feedback to the screen as the script
runs.
-V or --version Displays the version of this script.
-h or --help Displays Help for the script.
Returns
None.
Description
Important
This is a script template that requires site-specific customizing before you can use it to run applications on
your cluster.
This script launches a Bash shell job script to run a generic visualization application. This template is located
in the /opt/sva/samples directory. The main purpose of the script is to serve as a template for a customized
script that launches your own visualization application.
The script allocates cluster resources, launches necessary ancillary applications (for example, X Servers and
DMX), runs the application on the right nodes, and terminates the application at the end of the session.
The script launches an application by requesting and allocating render nodes to the job. The display takes
place on the Display Surface you specify as an option, and which is specific to your cluster. The launch
script runs the worker portions of the application on the render nodes and the master portion of the application
on a display node.
32 Configuration Data Access Functions, Scripts, and Commands