We don't use prolog scripts, but it would be the best to start the upgrade asap.
Many thanks for the advices! Cheers, Marcel Am 09.06.2017 um 13:40 schrieb Loris Bennett: > >> Am 09.06.2017 um 12:02 schrieb Loris Bennett: >>> >>> Hi Marcel, >>> >>> Marcel Sommer <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> Slurm accounting problem with GPFS >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> we are running slurm 2.6.5 and we have a master and a backup >>>> controller configuration. We use the filetxt plugin and the accounting >>>> logfile is stored in a folder on a central filesystem (GPFS). >>>> >>>> The problem that we have is that the accounting stuck after a couple >>>> of days. When I restart the slurm daemon it works fine but a few days >>>> later the problem comes again. >>>> >>>> Have you any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Marcel >>> >>> The combination of GPFS, filetxt, and, in particular, such an old version >>> of Slurm is probably quite rare, so I suspect not many people will be >>> able to help you. Unless, that is, it is a known problem, in which case >>> it has probably been fixed in a later version. In addition, it now says >>> the following on the Slurm download page: >>> >>> Due to a security vulnerability (CVE-2016-10030), all versions of >>> Slurm prior to 15.08.13 or 16.05.8 are no longer available. >>> >>> So you need to do an update anyway. And as the intermediate versions >>> are now no longer available, you basically just need to set up Slurm >>> again from scratch. >>> >>> Sorry about that, >>> >>> Loris >>> > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hi Loris, >> >> thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately this old version comes from >> Ubuntu 14.04 what we have installed on the nodes. >> >> OK, the easier solution for us is to try to install an newer slurm >> version on this OS. >> >> ...or can a slurmdbd backend solve this problem? > > Hard to say, but even if it does fix this problem, you will still be > using a very old version with a serious security problem (although if > you are not using a prolog script, you won't be affected). > > If I were you, I would install a fairly current version. You will get a > lot of new functionality and more people on the mailing list will be > able to help you if you do have any issues. But, of course, it's your > call. > > Cheers, > > Loris >
