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Commit 19771e96 authored by Moe Jette's avatar Moe Jette
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update reservation web page

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<p>SLURM verstion 2.0 has the ability to reserve resources for jobs <p>SLURM verstion 2.0 has the ability to reserve resources for jobs
being executed by select users and/or select bank accounts. being executed by select users and/or select bank accounts.
A resource reservation identifies the nodes of a resource reservation A resource reservation identifies the nodes of a resource reservation
and a time period during which the reservation is available.</p> and a time period during which the reservation is available.
Note that resource reservations are not compatable with SLURM's
gang scheduler plugin since the termination time of running jobs
is not possible to accurately predict.</p>
<p>Reservations can be created, updated, or destroyed only by user root <p>Reservations can be created, updated, or destroyed only by user root
using the <i>scontrol</i> command. using the <i>scontrol</i> command.
...@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ feature that every selected node must contain.</p> ...@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ feature that every selected node must contain.</p>
<p>Reservations must not overlap. They must either include <p>Reservations must not overlap. They must either include
different nodes or operate at different times. If specific nodes different nodes or operate at different times. If specific nodes
are not specified when a reservation is created, SLURM will are not specified when a reservation is created, SLURM will
automatically select nodes to avoid overlap.</p> automatically select nodes to avoid overlap and insure that
the selected nodes are available when the reservation begins.</p>
<h2>Reservation Use</h2> <h2>Reservation Use</h2>
...@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ reaches its EndTime. If letting the job continue execution after ...@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ reaches its EndTime. If letting the job continue execution after
the reservation EndTime, a configuration option <i>ResvOverRun</i> the reservation EndTime, a configuration option <i>ResvOverRun</i>
can be set to control how long the job can continue execution.</p> can be set to control how long the job can continue execution.</p>
<pre> <pre>
$ sbatch --reservation=alan6 -N4 my.script $ sbatch --reservation=alan_6 -N4 my.script
sbatch: Submitted batch job 65540 sbatch: Submitted batch job 65540
</pre> </pre>
...@@ -140,18 +144,14 @@ to have used half of the reserved resources).</p> ...@@ -140,18 +144,14 @@ to have used half of the reserved resources).</p>
<ol> <ol>
<li>In the event that one more node initially selected for use in a <li>In the event that one more node initially selected for use in a
reservation goes DOWN, no replacement is currently selected.</li> reservation goes DOWN, no replacement is currently selected.</li>
<li>The automatic selection of nodes for a reservation create request is <li>The automatic selection of nodes for a reservation create request may be
sub-optimal in terms timing (selecting nodes that are expected to become
available close to the time when needed). If reservations are created
well before they start, this should not pose problems.</li>
<li>The automatic selection of nodes for a reservation create request is
sub-optimal in terms of locality (for optimized application communication).</li> sub-optimal in terms of locality (for optimized application communication).</li>
<li> The feature specification in the reservation creation request should be <li> The feature specification in the reservation creation request should be
made more flexible to accept multiple features with AND or OR operators.</li> made more flexible to accept multiple features with AND or OR operators.</li>
</ol> </ol>
<p style="text-align: center;">Last modified 5 February 2009</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Last modified 10 February 2009</p>
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