Administering groups of nodes for the job manager (deprecated)

In a flexible management environment, you can create, modify, delete, and view groups of nodes. Groups of nodes make job submission simpler because you can submit a job for a group of nodes instead of a entering multiple node names for a job submission.

• Create a group of nodes.
  1. Click Jobs > Groups of nodes in the job manager administrative console navigation.
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter the name of the group of nodes.
  4. Optionally enter a description.
  5. Optionally add members to or remove members from the group of nodes.

     Members are nodes. You can add members to the group or delete members from the group now or later. You can use the Add option, the Find option, or both options to add the members. Follow the steps on adding to or removing members from a group of nodes.

  6. Click Apply to save the changes, and then click OK to return to the collection page.
• Optionally use the Find option to display groups of nodes.

  If no groups of nodes are displayed, you must use the Find option to display groups of nodes based on the parameter information that you enter.

  1. Click Jobs > Groups of nodes in the job manager administrative console navigation.
  2. Specify a valid operator and a text string.
  3. Click Find.
• Optionally add or remove the members in a group of node.

  You can add and remove members from the group of nodes. Members are nodes.

  1. Click Jobs > Groups of nodes in the job manager administrative console navigation.
  2. Click one of the names of a group of nodes.
  3. To add a node, use the Add option, the Find option, or both.
     1. To use the Add option, type the name of the node in the Member list box, and then click Add.
     2. Continue to type the name of a node, and then click Add until you have added all the members.
     3. To use the Find option, click Find.
        1. Enter criteria for the Find option by adding text for one or more options. For example, specify the node name as test* or test*a.
        2. After getting the list of nodes in the Chosen nodes list, click OK to return the list to the Groups of nodes panel.

        You can change the find criteria, and select the Find option multiple times to create the list you want.
  4. To remove a node, select the node, and click Remove.
  5. Click Apply, and then click OK.
• Optionally delete one or more groups of nodes.
  1. Click Jobs > Groups of nodes in the job manager administrative console navigation.
  2. Select one or more groups of nodes.
  3. Click Delete.