One could learn the Grid usage by trying the following procedure. Set up the environment Get a Kerberos ticket kinit Modify the shell scripts based on your needs: Example macro: here. Test run the job locally ./gridsub.sh test-10k 0 2 10000 >test-local.log ! 0 = local; 2 = 2 jobs Test run small batch tests ./gridsub.sh test-10k 1 2 10000 >test-grid.log ! 1 = grid; 2 = 2 jobs You can run jobsub_q --user=$USER (or its alias jobsub_q_mine) to check the status of your jobs. Run your jobs Using the job id to check job status FIFE monitor