Start, Stop and Monitor Allocator

Pick a host as the main controller for the sites. It is recommended to select a host that runs an Accelerator queue.

% lamgr start

This starts the vovserver for Allocator and the auxiliary daemon which is called vovlad, which is mostly used to track changes in the config.tcl file.

Tip: Use the command lamgr -h for more information on the various options available with the lamgr command.

To manually start vovlad, follow this procedure:

% vovproject enable la
% cd     `vovserverdir -p vovlad`
% vi config.tcl
% vovlad -v

To start and stop vovlad in the background, use the following utility vovdaemonmgr:

% vovproject enable la
% vovdaemonmgr stop vovlad
% vovdaemonmgr start vovlad

Display the usage message for vovlad with the option -h:


vovlad: Usage Message

DESCRIPTION:
    The main Allocator daemon used as part of the Allocator product
    to allocate licenses across multiple Accelerator sites
    and multiple LSF clusters.

USAGE:
    % vovlad  [OPTIONS] &

OPTIONS:
    -config <file>      -- Specify a configuration file.
                           (default is config.tcl)
    -h                  -- Help usage message.
    -loopSleep <t>      -- Set sleep time for each loop.
                           (default 10s)
    -q                  -- Quiet mode: inverse of -v.
    -rank  <N>          -- Ignored: use SetRank instead.
    -v                  -- Verbose flag (may be repeated).

EXAMPLES:
    % vovlad >& vovlad.log &
    % vovlad -v
    % vovlad -v -v -v

To terminate the vovserver for Allocator, use

% lamgr stop

You can check the operation of Allocator through the web browser inteface Allocator page. You can also use the command line as shown below:

% vovshow -la
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