This step-by-step guide provides guidelines for writing a custom filter application for Windows® HPC Server 2008. You can write a job submission filter or a job activation filter to enforce site specific submission and activation policies.
This guide provides information about when to use custom filters, guidelines for writing a filter application, C# code samples, and then walks through the steps for adding the filter to the appropriate cluster-wide parameters in Windows HPC Server 2008.
Requirements
To complete the steps in this guide, you will need:
- A head node with Windows HPC Server 2008 installed.
- The HPC Pack 2008 Fix for Job XML Import and Export Issues update. This update affects the job XML schema.
- A development environment in which to write and compile a filter application.
- Administrative permissions on the head node in order to add the filters to the cluster-wide parameters.
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