Frequently Asked Questions for SUG@R

27-Aug-2009

How to Use SUG@R

Introduction to SUG@R - An overview of sugar.rice.edu including a description of the system, its filesystems and quotas, example job submission scripts, instructions on how to customize your environment, and information on getting help.
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How do I get a research account on SUG@R? - Step-by-step instructions on how to get a research sponsor account for faculty, or a login account for Rice users and guests of Rice.
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How do I get a class account on SUG@R? - Step-by-step instructions for faculty and students on how to set up accounts for a class.
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How do I use Linux? - Basic description of Linux and links to Linux tutorials and resources.
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How do I get help? Instructions on how to request help.
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Policies

Queuing Policy
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Account Retention, Data Retention, and Data Backup, Recovery, and Archiving
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Software Installation Policy
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Access to SUG@R

How do I get a research account on SUG@R?
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How do I get a class account on SUG@R?
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What is the password for my new account?
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Why has the password for my new account expired?
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How do I change my password?
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How do I login to SUG@R using SSH from Unix/Linux?
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How do I login to SUG@R using SSH and X-Win32 from Windows?
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How do I login to SUG@R from off campus?
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How do I transfer files to SUG@R?
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How do I transfer large data sets from off campus?
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How do I access SUG@R from RiceNet2?
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How do I access SUG@R from the Residential Colleges?
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Submitting Jobs and Job Scheduling

How do I submit a job with PBS?
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How do I submit a job to a specific queue?
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How do I use the Interactive queue?
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How do I run graphical applications on a SUG@R compute node?
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How do I enable or disable email notifications for my jobs?
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How do I submit a parallel (MPI) job with PBS?
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How do I submit a job with mpiexec or mpirun?
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Why are my PBS jobs not running?
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How do I force jobs to run in sequence?
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How do I get exclusive access to a node?
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How do I set environment variables with module in PBS batch scripts?
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Software Development, Performance, and Debugging

How do I compile my program?
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Which filesystem should I use for job output?
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How do I use scratch storage?
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How do I perform I/O redirection when using mpiexec?
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Why is my program running slow?
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How do I improve job efficiency and performance?
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How do I ensure that my job has enough memory available to run?
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How do I determine how much memory my job needs?
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How do I change the stack size for my processes?
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How do I set environment variables with module in PBS batch scripts?
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How do I link to LAPACK or BLAS on SUG@R?
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Software Tools on SUG@R

How do I request installation of my software?
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How do I run graphical applications on SUG@R from Windows?
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How do I run graphical applications on a SUG@R compute node?
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Matlab 2007b

How do I run Matlab 2007b on SUG@R?
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How do I run a multithreaded Matlab 2007b job?
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How do I use Matlab (user's guide)?
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Matlab 2008b

How do I run Matlab 2008b on SUG@R?
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How do I run a multithreaded Matlab 2008b job?
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How do I use Matlab (user's guide)?
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How do I run a parallel Matlab job?
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Mathematica

How do I run Mathematica on SUG@R?
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NAMD

How do I run NAMD on SUG@R?
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How do I use NAMD (User's Guide)?
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Gaussian

How do I run Gaussian on SUG@R?
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Intel MKL

How do I link to LAPACK or BLAS on SUG@R?
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General HowTo Questions and Answers

How do I use Linux?
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How do I change my password?
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How do I determine my disk quota?
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How do I use /projects?
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How do I use passwordless SSH?
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How do I change my default shell?
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How do I change the stack size for my processes?
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