bionic (5) sge_host_aliases.5.gz

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NAME

       host_aliases - Grid Engine host aliases file format

DESCRIPTION

       All  Grid  Engine  components  use  a hostname resolving service provided by the communication library to
       identify hosts via a unique hostname. The communication library itself references standard UNIX directory
       services such as DNS, NIS and /etc/hosts to resolve hostnames (through the Name Service Switch on systems
       which support it).  In some cases, typically clusters with hosts on  multiple  networks,  these  standard
       services  cannot  be  setup  cleanly,  and  Grid  Engine daemons running on different hosts are unable to
       determine automatically a unique hostname for one or all hosts which can be used on all  hosts.  In  such
       situations  a  Grid  Engine  host  aliases  file  can  be  used to provide the daemons with a private and
       consistent hostname resolution database.

       The location for the host aliases file is <sge_root>/<cell>/common/host_aliases.

FORMAT

       For each host a single line must be provided with  a  blank-,  comma-,  or  semicolon-separated  list  of
       hostname  aliases.  The  first  alias is defined to be the unique hostname which will be used by all Grid
       Engine components using the hostname aliasing service of the communication library.

SEE ALSO

       sge_intro(1), nsswitch.conf(5).

       See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.