[slurm-users] slurm failing to start as it doesnt know its node name??????

[Steven Jones via slurm-users]

Hi,

I am not sure what i have missed but I am getting this error on a compute node.

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root@vm01no16 ~]# systemctl status slurmd.service
× slurmd.service - Slurm node daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmd.service; enabled; preset: 
disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-05-11 23:01:29 UTC; 
15min ago
    Process: 1178 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/slurmd --systemd $SLURMD_OPTIONS 
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 1178 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 3ms

May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz systemd[1]: Starting Slurm node daemon...
May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz slurmd[1178]: slurmd: fatal: Unable to 
determine this slurmd's NodeName
May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz slurmd[1178]: fatal: Unable to determine 
this slurmd's NodeName
May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz systemd[1]: slurmd.service: Main process 
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAIL>
May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz systemd[1]: slurmd.service: Failed with 
result 'exit-code'.
May 11 23:01:29 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz systemd[1]: Failed to start Slurm node 
daemon.
[root@vm01no16 ~]# uname -a
Linux vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz 5.14.0-503.40.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 SMP 
PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 30 17:38:54 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@vm01no16 ~]# vi /etc/hosts
[root@vm01no16 ~]# cat /etc/hostname
vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz
[root@vm01no16 ~]# tail /etc/hosts
# Entry for int01no9.ods.vuw.ac.nz
130.195.87.29 int01no9.ods.vuw.ac.nz int01no9.ods.vuw.ac.nz-default
# Entry for vm01no13.ods.vuw.ac.nz
130.195.87.41 vm01no13.ods.vuw.ac.nz vm01no13.ods.vuw.ac.nz-default
# Entry for vm01no14.ods.vuw.ac.nz
130.195.87.42 vm01no14.ods.vuw.ac.nz vm01no14.ods.vuw.ac.nz-default
# Entry for vm01no15.ods.vuw.ac.nz
130.195.87.43 vm01no15.ods.vuw.ac.nz vm01no15.ods.vuw.ac.nz-default
# Entry for vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz
130.195.87.44 vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz vm01no16.ods.vuw.ac.nz-default
[root@vm01no16 ~]#

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regards

Steven Jones

B.Eng (Hons)

Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE

Victoria University, Digital Solutions,

Level 8 Rankin Brown Building,

Wellington, NZ

6012

0064 4 463 6272

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