NAME

       host_aliases - Sun Grid Engine host aliases file format

DESCRIPTION

       All  Sun 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.  In rare  cases  these  standard  services
       cannot  be  setup cleanly and Sun Grid Engine communication daemons running on different hosts are unable
       to automatically determine a unique hostname for one or all hosts which can be used on all hosts. In such
       situations a Sun Grid Engine host aliases file can be used to provide the communication  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 Sun  Grid  Engine
       components using the hostname aliasing service of the communication library.

SEE ALSO

       sge_intro(1),

COPYRIGHT

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

SGE 6.2u5                                            $Date$                                      HOST_ALIASES(5)