diff --git a/doc/html/reservations.shtml b/doc/html/reservations.shtml index 0109b8309cf58f14deb401d78c0980a6fe60c9a1..8cf85f85b848e5ecb870c93bcb29cf0fca5f6f4c 100644 --- a/doc/html/reservations.shtml +++ b/doc/html/reservations.shtml @@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ reservation. Note that the reservation creation request can also identify the partition from which to select the nodes or _one_ feature that every selected node must contain.</p> +<p>Reservations must not overlap. They must either include +different nodes or operate at different times. If specific nodes +are not specified when a reservation is created, SLURM will +automatically select nodes to avoid overlap.</p> + +<h2>Reservation Use</h2> + +<p>The reservation create response includes the reservation's name. +This name is automatically generated by SLURM based upon the first +user or account name and a numeric suffix. In order to use the +reservation, the job submit request must explicitly specify that +reservation name. The job must be contained completely within the +named reservation. The job will be cancelled after the reservation +reaches its EndTime. If letting the job continue execution after +the reservation EndTime, a configuration option <i>ResvOverRun</i> +can be set to control how long the job can continue execution.</p> +<pre> +$ sbatch --reservation=alan6 -N4 my.script +sbatch: Submitted batch job 65540 +</pre> + <h2>Reservation Modification</h2> <p>Reservations can be modified by user root as desired. @@ -97,7 +118,9 @@ ReservationName=root_4 StartTime=2009-02-06T16:00:00 <h2>Reservation Deletion</h2> <p>Reservations are automatically purged after their end time. -They may also be manually deleted at any time as shown below:</p> +They may also be manually deleted as shown below. +Note that a reservation can not be deleted while there are +jobs running in it.</p> <pre> $ scontrol delete ReservationName=alan_6 </pre> @@ -119,7 +142,7 @@ made more flexible to accept multiple features with AND or OR operators.</li> </ol> -<p style="text-align: center;">Last modified 4 February 2009</p> +<p style="text-align: center;">Last modified 5 February 2009</p> <!--#include virtual="footer.txt"-->