Hi, Am 05.01.2017 um 07:54 schrieb Manfred Selz:
> Hi, > > in my SGE 6.2u5 environment, I am seeing a strange issue when submitting jobs > to a parallel environment while also providing a hard hostname resource > requirement. > This is not a standard situation, but sometimes certain benchmarks need to be > run on one specific host only. > > When submitting a jobs either with a parallel environment or with a hard > hostname resource specification, the jobs starts without delay. > However, the combination of both sometimes keeps jobs waiting for an extended > period of time, and I have not been able to get a clear messages from the > “qstat -j <jobID>” report. > > Parallel environment settings is: > $ qconf -sp local > pe_name local > slots 1000 > user_lists NONE > xuser_lists NONE > start_proc_args /bin/true > stop_proc_args /bin/true > allocation_rule $pe_slots > control_slaves FALSE > job_is_first_task TRUE > urgency_slots min > accounting_summary TRUE > > The specific host being targeted has 32 slots configured for the queue being > used, and all of them are unused at this time. > Is anybody aware of specific issues with the combination of parallel > environments and a hard hostname resource request? > > I have already tested this: > · Removed the parallel environment request - works > · Removed the hostname request - works > · Removed all resource limits (“qconf -mrqs”) - no change > · Increased the “slots” limit in the PE setting - no change > · Changed the PE allocation_rule to “round_robin” - no change I only saw problems when requesting a queue and a host at the same time, i.e. "-q" & "-l h=" at the same time. The solution may work also in your case: request the host by a queue request: -q "*@node123" > After all, the final message in the “qstat -j <jobID>” report is always: > cannot run in PE "local" because it only offers 0 slots I assume the node is free and you have no backfilling issue where slots are reserved. -- Reuti > > I have seen many older reports for the “only offers 0 slots” message on older > pages, but none specifically for the combination with a hostname spec. (only). > > Regards, > Manfred > > > > > > Dialog Semiconductor GmbH > Neue Str. 95 > D-73230 Kirchheim > Managing Directors: Dr. Jalal Bagherli, Carsten Dahl > Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Rich Beyer > Commercial register: Amtsgericht Stuttgart: HRB 231181 > UST-ID-Nr. DE 811121668 > > Legal Disclaimer: This e-mail communication (and any attachment/s) is > confidential and contains proprietary information, some or all of which may > be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed. Access to this email by anyone else is > unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is > prohibited and may be unlawful. > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@gridengine.org > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
