I think you are looking at nodesets:
From the slurm.conf man:
NODESET CONFIGURATION
The nodeset configuration allows you to define a name for a
specific set of nodes which can be used to simplify the partition
configuration section, especially for heterogenous or condo-style
systems. Each nodeset may be defined by an explicit list of nodes,
and/or by filtering the nodes by a particular configured feature. If
both Feature= and Nodes= are used the nodeset shall be the union of the
two subsets. Note that the nodesets are only used to simplify the
partition definitions at present, and are not usable outside of the
partition configuration.
Feature
All nodes with this single feature will be included as part of this
nodeset.
Nodes
List of nodes in this set.
NodeSet
Unique name for a set of nodes. Must not overlap with any NodeName
definitions.
Brian Andrus
On 4/4/2022 1:08 PM, David Henkemeyer wrote:
If I have a large number of heterogeneously named nodes in my cluster,
and several partitions that include the same large subset of those
nodes, I would love to be able to define an env var, and reference
that in each partition specification. For instance, say we have the
following:
PartitionName=hipri
Nodes=node1,node2,node3,foo1,foo2,bar1,bar3,linux1,linux2,ganymede1,jupiter1,mars1 Default=YES
MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP PriorityJobFactor=10000
PartitionName=lopri
Nodes=node1,node2,node3,foo1,foo2,bar1,bar3,linux1,linux2,ganymede1,jupiter1,mars1
MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
PartitionName=interactive
Nodes=node1,node2,node3,foo1,foo2,bar1,bar3,linux1,linux2,ganymede1,jupiter1,mars1
MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP PriorityJobFactor=20000
PartitionName=perf Nodes=perf_node1,perf_node2,snoopy,linus,sally
MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP PriorityJobFactor=20000
<etc>
I would love to be able to say something like:
NODEPOOL1=node1,node2,node3,foo1,foo2,bar1,bar3,linux1,linux2,ganymede1,jupiter1,mars1
PERFNODES=perf_node1,perf_node2,snoopy,linus,sally
PartitionName=hipri Nodes=$NODEPOOL1 MaxTime=INFINITE
Default=YESState=UP PriorityJobFactor=10000
PartitionName=lopri Nodes=$NODEPOOL1 MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
PartitionName=interactive Nodes=$NODEPOOL1 MaxTime=INFINITE
State=UP PriorityJobFactor=20000
PartitionName=perf Nodes=$PERFNODES MaxTime=INFINITE
State=UP PriorityJobFactor=20000
Is this possible?
Thanks,
David
