Gridengine: How to add globally consumable resource

To setup a globally consumable resource use the following commands:

qconf -mc and add a line like:

#name               shortcut   type        relop requestable consumable default  urgency
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
arch                a          RESTRING    ==    YES         NO         NONE     0

qconf -me global

Add your resource to the complex values:
hostname              global
load_scaling          NONE
complex_values        my_complex_value=18
user_lists            NONE
xuser_lists           NONE
projects              NONE
xprojects             NONE
usage_scaling         NONE
report_variables      NONE

Then you can request by adding:
qsub -l my_complex_value=1

How to adjust the number of slots per host in gridengine

qconf -mq all.q  (if you're using the default queue)
Then you should see a line similar to:

slots                 1,[host1.abc.com=8],[host2.abc.com=12], \

                      [host3.abc.com=12]

Change the =## on a per host basis and then exit and save your editor.

How to configure gridengine with a consumable resource to reserve memory for a submitted job

This is fairly simple to do:
1) Modify the resource mem_free to be a consumable resource for the cluster
2) Then from an admin host run:

qhost | awk 'NR>3 {
       print "qconf -mattr exechost complex_values mem_free=" $8,$1
}'  | sh

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