HP SVA V2.1 Visualization System Software Reference Guide

sva_startx.sh(1)
NAME
sva_startx.sh -- Allocates a set of nodes and launches X servers on the nodes.
Synopsis
sva_startx.sh { -w nodelist } [ -g ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -h ]
Parameters
-w nodelist
Selects the nodes to be included in the job. The nodelist is a list
of nodes separated by commas. You can use XC-style node
ranges, such as n[1-10] or n[1,2,5].
-g or --tile_geometry
Sets the tile geometry that each of the tiles uses. Valid values
include 1280x1024, 1400x1050, and 1600x1200.
This value overrides in order of precedence, tile_geometry
values set in the User Configuration File, for the Display Surface
itself in the Display Surface declaration section of the Site
Configuration File, or for the entire cluster by means of the
SVA_CLUSTER section of Site Configuration File.
-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
This script takes the list of nodes specified via the -w parameter and allocates the nodes as part
of an SVA job. Once the nodes have been allocated, an X server starts on each node using the
specified (or default) tile geometry. You are left with a shell prompt, from which you can start
other programs or job steps as needed. Exiting from the shell prompt ends the job.
Example
The following example starts an SVA job on node n2 with a single X server running.
% sva_startx.sh -w n2
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