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Running Interactive and Remote Tasks

This chapter provides instructions for running tasks interactively and remotely

with non-batch utilities such as

lsrun, lsgrun, and lslogin.

Contents

◆ Running Remote Tasks on page 603

◆ Interactive Tasks on page 606

◆ Load Sharing Interactive Sessions on page 608

◆ Load Sharing X Applications on page 608

Running Remote Tasks

lsrun is a non-batch utility to run tasks on a remote host. lsgrun is a non-batch

utility to run the same task on many hosts, in sequence one after the other, or in

parallel.

The default for

lsrun is to run the job on the host with the least CPU load

(represented by the lowest normalized CPU run queue length) and the most

available memory. Command-line arguments can be used to select other resource

requirements or to specify the execution host.

To avoid typing in the

lsrun command every time you want to execute a remote

job, you can also use a shell alias or script to run your job.

For a complete description of

lsrun and lsgrun options, see the lsrun(1) and

lsgrun(1) man pages.

In this section

◆ Run a task on the best available host on page 604

◆ Run a task on a host with specific resources on page 604

◆ Run a task on a specific host on page 605

◆ Run a task by using a pseudo-terminal on page 605

◆ Run the same task on many hosts in sequence on page 605

◆ Run parallel tasks on page 605