3.0 Managing nodes > 3.1 Adding nodes

3.1 Adding nodes

TORQUE can add and remove nodes either dynamically with qmgr or by manually editing the TORQUE_HOME/server_priv/nodes file (see Initializing/Configuring TORQUE on the server (pbs_server)).

Run-time node changes

TORQUE can dynamically add nodes with the qmgr command. For example, the following command will add node node003:

> qmgr -c "create node node003"

The above command appends the $TORQUE_HOME/server_priv/nodes file with:

node003

Nodes can also be removed with a similar command:

> qmgr -c "delete node node003"

Typically, an administrator will want to change the state of a node instead of remove it (for details, see Changing node state).

It is highly recommended that you restart the pbs_server after you make any node changes, or just edit the nodes file manually and restart it.

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