Using the grid

Policies and guidelines

• About resource allocation
• Golden rules for power users
• Using resources properly

Educational materials

• Run a simple "Hello World"-type job: See the Self-paced course
• Register for an upcoming grid school (see "How to Apply"]
• View end-user grid school materials (see "Syllabus")
• How do I run a grid job using OSG? (Text taken from grid school curriculum)

Run a job

• Find an available resource
• Configure your job to use the worker node client
• Using resources properly (Submitting jobs)
• Learn about your VO's user interface; visit the VO web or VORS (select "Virtual Organization Information").
• Does your VO run pilot jobs? Check if a site is running gLexec.
• Submitting MPI Jobs (What is MPI?)

Store or Retrieve data

• Using resources properly (Consuming storage)
• Copying data using dCache
• Copying data using Bestman -- see the manual
• Overview of GridFTP in OSG

Help

• Troubleshooting FAQ for OSG users
• Campaign to Help New Users Get Jobs Running
• Get Help
• Troubleshooting Condor errors

Manipulating jobs

• How to monitor a job
  • Use VORS
  • Your VO may have specialized monitoring tools
  • For globus-run jobs use ??
• How to cancel a job (need info)
  • For Condor-G jobs, go to the Condor manual; see "Removing Condor-G jobs".
• How to retrieve results from a job (need info)

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Child Topics

Immediate children of this topic include the following:

• AboutResourceAllocation
• FindAvailableResource
• JobHowToRun
• StorageDcacheCopying
• UseResourcesProperly

Major Updates

--> -- AnneHeavey - 10 Oct 2007
-- MarciaTeckenbrock - 05 Dec 2007: Fixed OSG.org link