Understanding Configuration file ?

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:16 am

Hi,

Please help me in understanding a configuration file.
For example consider below one:
main_program: APT configuration file: /opt/IBM/IS801/InformationServer/Server/Configurations/twonodes.apt
{
node "node1"
{
fastname "nc006a11d"
pools ""
resource disk "/opt/IBM/IS801/InformationServer/Server/Datasets" {pools ""}
resource scratchdisk "/INFO_Serv/isapps/workarea_tmp" {pools ""}
}
}

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:10 am

Seems to be inappropriately named. Is that the complete file?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:59 pm

Yes it is. The second "}" character is the clue. So, yes, it is badly named - it defines only one node.

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:59 pm

I changed it to

{
node "node1"
{
fastname "nc006a11d"
pools ""
resource disk "/opt/IBM/IS801/InformationServer/Server/Datasets" {pools ""}
resource scratchdisk "/INFO_Serv/isapps/workarea_tmp" {pools ""}
}

node "node2"
{
fastname "nc006a11d"
pools ""
resource disk "/opt/IBM/IS801/InformationServer/Server/Datasets" {pools ""}
resource scratchdisk "/INFO_Serv/isapps/workarea_tmp" {pools ""}
}
}

Except node name everything is same in both node defintions.
Plese let me know will this do fine or Do I need to make any changes to that.

jaksani · Post by **jaksani** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:29 am

I have tested it by collecting records from different nodes to different files.
So, I think is working.

I would like to know the meaning & significance of below parameters mentioned in configuration file

fastname "nc006a11d" -> Server name
pools "" -> ?
resource disk "/opt/IBM/IS801/InformationServer/Server/Datasets" {pools ""} -> ?
resource scratchdisk "/INFO_Serv/isapps/workarea_tmp" {pools ""} ->?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:41 am

Full information about the parts of a Configuration file are to be had in the Parallel Job Developer's Guide