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Commit d75a55d1 authored by Moe Jette's avatar Moe Jette
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Clarify new slurmctld functionality: scontrol shutdown and reconfig commands

get forwarded from slurmctld to every slurmd daemon.
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...@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ Print no warning or informational messages, only fatal error messages. ...@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ Print no warning or informational messages, only fatal error messages.
Terminate the execution of scontrol. Terminate the execution of scontrol.
.TP .TP
\fIreconfigure\fP \fIreconfigure\fP
Instruct the Slurm controller to re-read its configuration file. Instruct all Slurm daemons to re-read the configuration file.
This mechanism would be used to register the physical addition or removal of This mechanism would be used to modify configuration parameters (Epilog,
nodes from the cluster or recognize the change of a node's configuration, Prolog, SlurmctldLogFile, SlurmdLogFile, etc.) register the physical
such as the addition of memory or processors. Running jobs continue execution. addition or removal of nodes from the cluster or recognize the change
of a node's configuration, such as the addition of memory or processors.
The Slurm controller (slurmctld) forwards the request all other daemons
(slurmd daemon on each compute node). Running jobs continue execution.
.TP .TP
\fIshow\fP \fIENTITY\fP \fIID\fP \fIshow\fP \fIENTITY\fP \fIID\fP
Display the state of the specified entity with the specified identification. Display the state of the specified entity with the specified identification.
...@@ -72,7 +75,9 @@ element. The job step ID is of the form "job_id.step_id", (e.g. "1234.1"). ...@@ -72,7 +75,9 @@ element. The job step ID is of the form "job_id.step_id", (e.g. "1234.1").
By default, all elements of the entity type specified are printed. By default, all elements of the entity type specified are printed.
.TP .TP
\fIshutdown\fP \fIshutdown\fP
Instruct the Slurm controller to save its current state and terminate. Instruct all Slurm daemons to save current state and terminate.
The Slurm controller (slurmctld) forwards the request all other daemons
(slurmd daemon on each compute node).
.TP .TP
\fIupdate\fP \fISPECIFICATION\fP \fIupdate\fP \fISPECIFICATION\fP
Update job, node or partition configuration per the supplied specification. Update job, node or partition configuration per the supplied specification.
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