Sun Grid Engine Notes Revision as of Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 13:06 UTC
Nodes
All nodes (and info)
qhost
# Get a list of all compute nodes
qhost | grep compute | awk '{print $1}'
Queues
Viewing all Queues
qstat -f
Enabling, Disabling, Clearing
Single Queue
# Enabling a queue
qmod -e all.q@compute-1-3.local
# Disabling a queue
qmod -d all.q@compute-1-3.local
# Clearing error state
qmod -c all.q@compute-1-3.local
All Queues
# Enable all.q on all nodes
qmod -e '*'
# Disable all.q on all nodes
qmod -d '*'
# Clear all.q on all nodes
qmod -c '*'
You can also disable a single queue on all nodes by replacing '*' with the name of the queue.
Jobs
All jobs currently running or in queue
qstat -u "*"
Details on a particular job
# E.g. Job ID is 568798
qstat -explain c -j 568798
Miscellanea
SGE Variables
All GE vars are in /opt/gridengine/default/common
Backups
# Use this to backup (prefer tarball)
inst_sge -bup
# Use this restore
inst_sge -rst
Restarting the SGE Service
service sgemaster.$(hostname -s) stop