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Gensys.1908

Installation of virtual machine Mint191-gensys-1908
Do the following steps:

• 1) Install and configure program VirtualBox:
• If VirtualBox is already installed on your computer, it is not necessary to do these steps.
  1. Make sure your machine is equipped with a 64-bits processor.
     Primary memory > 1 GB
     Free hard disk space > 55 GB
     Restart your machine and check in your BIOS that Virtualization Technology is enabled.
     Information on how to adjust BIOS-settings can be found here: wikihow or lifewire
  2. Download and install VirtualBox
     Please don't install version 6.0 of VirtualBox. These versions of VirtualBox do not yet work very well.
  3. Start program VirtualBox
     
  4. In the PullDown-menu of program VirtualBox click "File -> Preferences"
     On the left side in the popup-window select "Input"
     On the right side select "Virtual Machine"
     As default in VirtualBox "Host Key Combination" is set equal to Right CTRL. If you wish to be able to use your "Right CTRL"-Key, please choose another key, or choose "none". (The "Host Key Combination" is mainly useful in case you don't have a mouse)
     Finish by clicking "OK"
• 3) Download and install the virtual machine:
• 1. Download the following self-extractors:

     Mint191-gensys-1908.exe        = The virtual machine
     Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.00[1-6] = Sub-files to Mint191-gensys-1908.exe
     The files can be downloaded with the following links:
     https://mega.nz/#!yQ9yyCBD!GKFp_RwEwcGQW5cT2HlTDDA865MzTzF_zrfvk_MThmI (Mint191-gensys-1908.exe)
     https://mega.nz/#!KQ1UnSyZ!Ir7yBw8N8bzbZvle-NsHVUNJGHlbkCTajee6U0J1MvU (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.001)
     https://mega.nz/#!2BkGXS7L!wSAulrn85vlM6NgJhMfkuG2obmMUOfQUMqvS-iJa_Qs (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.002)
     https://mega.nz/#!XA8E3ChI!a6QJaGs-LU3JmNAyD_0w5Q8AUkZ7OD3W656dbule3CA (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.003)
     https://mega.nz/#!GdtkUI4b!Jp9ndXd_7A9jo8R07kagyNPvAGLeLBE1d4P2t6YKX_k (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.004)
     https://mega.nz/#!XBkExAbR!zl4pAikjDpM5lc9tSzYt2SVC5KqP00B2vFHs7a9PZts (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.005)
     https://mega.nz/#!2c1CQAbR!n2sPNmCw0T1KSiSjWgmIpzypubiX3k0PLQVOtDVAKnM (Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.006)
     
     

     N.B webpage mega.nz requires a webbrowser that handles HTML5 and allows JavaScript to write files. Currently Chrome and Firefox works best. The MD5 message-digest algorithm should give you the following output if all files has been downloaded without errors:

     md5sum *
     53651d05236b795c67b6fdbc9856dd4f  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.001
     51c9e22ed87af8e7b0e98cd54241b6c8  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.002
     a6dd03fb488e0c2086a68193bd8a4e62  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.003
     c2e96b96ccdfac5ea4dbb026d02a65e2  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.004
     089e1eda9507f321eea37218ae678c77  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.005
     99309f0d761a1bfae64d7151245e24f5  Mint191-gensys-1908.7z.006
     c01b5bc40aa5bc2ea388b0e80227999b  Mint191-gensys-1908.exe
     

  2. Contact info@gensys.se to get a link to a valid license file for your installation.
  3. If this virtual machine is your very first virtual machine you have downloaded. Please create a directory for storing of virtual machines.
     E.g.: "C:\Users\Public\VirtualBox_VMs" on a Windows-host or "$HOME/VirtualBox_VMs" on a UNIX-host.
  4. Move file Mint191-gensys-1908.exe and its sub-files to the directory containing your virtual machines ("C:\Users\Public\VirtualBox VMs" or "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs").
  5. File Mint191-gensys-1908.exe is a self-extractor file. Execute the file and the whole virtual machine will be unpacked. (If you are extracting the files on a Linux host via "wine". Make sure the exe-files have read and execute permissions)
     After the virtual machine has been unpacked, self-extractor Mint191-gensys-1908.exe and its sub-files can be removed.
  6. Go to directory Mint191-gensys-1908 created by Mint191-gensys-1908.exe. Start the virtual machine by double-clicking file Mint191-gensys-1908.vbox.
  7. Activate Shared Clipboard
     Mark virtual machine "Mint191-gensys-1908" and click "Settings".
     On the left side in the popup-window select "General"
     On the right side select "Advanced"
     Under "Shared Clipboard" choose Bidirectional
     Under "Drag'n'Drop" choose Bidirectional
  8. Set primary memory
     Mark virtual machine "Mint191-gensys-1908" and click "Settings".
     On the left side in the popup-window select "System"
     On the right side select "Motherboard"
     Choose how much primary memory the virtual machine will have access to with the scale "Base Memory". Recommended size of primary memory is 1500MB - 2000MB. Choosing too high value can lead to slow a execution, because the host machine may start swapping its memory.
  9. Set number of processors
     Mark virtual machine "Mint191-gensys-1908" and click "Settings".
     On the left side in the popup-window, select "System"
     On the right side, select "Processor"
     Set number of processor(s) of your machine.
     Valid number of processors are marked with green.
  10. Activate Shared Folders
      Mark virtual machine "Mint191-gensys-1908" and click "Settings".
      On the left side in the popup-window select "Shared Folders"
      On the right side select "gensys /home/gensys/gensys"
      Click right mouse button and select "Edit Shared Folder"
      Change "Folder Path" so it points to your "Shared Folder"-location. See under "Download and uncompress the documentation and the verification examples" above.
      Folder Name: "gensys" must not be changed
      Check "Make Permanent" (if the option is visible)
      If option "Mountpoint" is visible write "gensys" in this field.
      Click OK
  11. Start the virtual machine by clicking the green arrow marked "Start" in the VirtualBox main window.
  12. Install Gensys license file.
      Start webbrowser firefox in the virtual machine. Enter the link mentioned under 2) above, and download the file. Save the license file in directory "/opt/gensys/gensys-1908/bin".
      Add execute permissions to file gen_processor_ID_check:
      

      chmod +x /opt/gensys/gensys-1908/bin/gen_processor_ID_check
      

  13. Configure the slurm queue system by editing file: /etc/slurm-llnl/slurm.conf
      Under "NodeName", set number of processors that the queue system may use. Restart the slurm queue system by writing:

      systemctl stop slurmctld
      systemctl start slurmctld
      

      (Password: gensys1)
      Test slurm by sending the "hostname"-command:

      sbatch --output=sbatch.out <<+
      #!/bin/sh
      /bin/hostname
      +
      

      Output from the command will be sent to file sbatch.out
      If you are experiencing problems. Check if these three processes are running on your machine: munged, slurmd and slurmctld. If these processes are not running, you can start them with:

      sudo munged          ;# For authenticating local MUNGE clients and servicing.
      sudo slurmd          ;# Start the compute node daemon of Slurm.
      sudo slurmctld       ;# Start the central management daemon of Slurm.
      

You only need to do the necessary steps in the above list.
Part 1) can be skipped if you have VirtualBox already installed on your computer.

Troubleshooting

If you have problems with file downloading.
Please check the following:

• Make sure that no firewall prevents you from downloading files from the Internet.
• Try different web-browsers, including modern versions of Firefox and Chrome.

After installation

Please test your installation by running the tutorial examples by following the instructions given in README