HP Scalable Visualization Array Version 1.1 Visualization System Software Reference Guide

sva_paraview.sh(1)
sva_paraview.sh
sva_paraview.sh -- Launches the ParaView application.
Synopsis
sva_paraview.sh [ -d display-surface ] [ -r render-count ] [ -p partition-name ] [ -I ] [ -g ]
[ -v ] [ -V ] [ -h ]
Parameters
-d display-surface or
--display-surface name
Selects 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.
-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.
-I or --interactive Runs ParaView in interactive mode. Interactive mode allocates nodes
and starts X Sservers. You are then placed in a Shell from which you
can run ParaView repeatedly by invoking sva_paraview.sh without
arguments.
-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 ParaView on your
cluster.
This template launches a Bash shell job script to run the distributed ParaView application. It is located in the
/opt/sva/samples directory.
The script allocates cluster resources, launches necessary ancillary applications (for example, the X Servers),
runs the application on the right nodes, and terminates the application at the end of the session.
This command launches ParaView by requesting and allocating visualization 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 master portion of the application on a display node. Where the master application runs is
based on the Execution Host value for the Display Surface as specified in the Configuration Data Files. You
can determine this value by examining the Site Configuration File /opt/sva/etc/sva.conf.
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