Department of Engineering

Submitting ABAQUS Jobs to Grid Engine

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For information on Running ABAQUS Co-simulation Jobs using Grid Engine

1. Prepare the ABAQUS input file using CAE. Write out the ABAQUS Input file but do NOT submit the job.
   If the ABAQUS input file is in a sub-directory (say)
   abaqus/4thyrproject and has the name (say) plate.inp
2. Prepare a script to submit the job to grid engine : Example :-

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   
   cd ~<USER-ID>/abaqus/4thyrproject
   abq671 j=plate scratch=/tmp
   

   Substitute your user-id for <USER-ID>. For example if your user-id is "abcd12" use :
   cd ~abcd12/abaqus/4thyrproject
   You can use a text editor (emacs for example) for typing this and save it as (say) runaba to your HOME directory and NOT to the sub-directory where the ABAQUS input file is, otherwise the job will not run under GridEngine.
3. Make that file into an executable.... in a X-term window on the command line type

                        chmod u+x runaba
   

4. You need to type the following on the command line in a X-term window in your HOME directory (if in doubt use the "pwd" command to check the present working directory) to set up the environment.

                     
   source /usr/local/apps/gridengine/blades/common/settings.sh
   

5. Type the following to submit the job :

       qsub runaba
   
       an alternate job submission option :
   
       qsub -m  be runaba
   

   The system response would be something like :

   Your job 926 ("runaba") has been submitted.
   

6. Monitor the progress of your submitted job, by typing : (Remember that the jobs don't start executing before 5 PM week days)

        qstat 
   

7. When the Job has completed look for files in your HOME directory with names starting with runaba.e* and runaba.o* (error and output files respectively). Here the job submission script name is the first name used. For this example the output and error files will be called runaba.o926 runaba.e926 (the extension consists of the Job ID) respectively.
8. In case of errors relating to the GridEngine check the following : (Any errors with the ABAQUS run due to problems in the input file is not dealt with here.)
   (a) ABAQUS input file directory name is correctly specified in the line "cd ...."
   (b) You have specified the "scratch" parameter to "/tmp" in the abaqus job line.

Summary of steps for submitting ABAQUS Jobs to Grid Engine