In this course, System Administrators will learn the fundamentals of PBS Professional and how to optimize its features. 

Prerequisites:  

A basic knowledge of Linux/UNIX operation system is required.

Cost of the Course: 

€2500 per attendee

Topics Covered:

Overview Installation of PBS Professional 

• Pre-Installation planning - PBS Server, PBS MOM – MOM nodes, MAMU Nodes, Compute Nodes / Parallel Nodes
• Basic installation
• PBS licenses
• Post-Installation
• PBS directory structure

PBS Server Site Configurations

• Anatomy of PBS Professional
• Directory of PBS installation
• Directory of PBS Server configuration
• Working with PBS daemons
• Viewing PBS Server Configurations
• Working with PBS Server attributes
• Working with PBS Queue attributes
• Working with PBS Vnode attributes
• PBS Server logging information

PBS MOM Site Configurations

• Concept of PBS MOM
• Directory of PBS MOM configuration
• Configuring PBS MOM attributes
• PBS MOM logging information

Job Management

• Different types of job
• Submitting jobs 
• Querying jobs
• Assigning job attributes (quickly)
• Requesting job resources (quickly)
• Altering job requested resources
• Job Dependencies
• Reservations

Troubleshooting

• Why my job is not running ?
• Differentiating a PBS Pro issue with a System Issue
• What information needs to be collected for debugging ?
• What information needs to be collected when PBS daemon crash ?
• Iterating through the support document.