Re: [slurm-users] Odd behavior/bug with --array env SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX

2018-02-19 Thread Loris Bennett
Robert Anderson writes: > While working on an example python slurm job script I found the > environment variable SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX was not set to the expected > value when a step is defined. > > Below is a minimal test of a 10 array job, with a step value of 5. When > a step value is defined

Re: [slurm-users] Slurm accounting problem - NCPUs=0

2018-02-19 Thread Coulter, John Eric
​Appears that the filetxt accounting just doesn't record those fields. (The man page has a rather cryptic "Note: The filetxt plugin records only a limited subset of accounting information and will prevent some sacct options from proper operation.​" I did not expect something like NCPUs to b

[slurm-users] Odd behavior/bug with --array env SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX

2018-02-19 Thread Robert Anderson
While working on an example python slurm job script I found the environment variable SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX was not set to the expected value when a step is defined. Below is a minimal test of a 10 array job, with a step value of 5. When a step value is defined the SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX is set to th

Re: [slurm-users] ntpd or chrony?

2018-02-19 Thread Alan Orth
Hello, Thanks for the link to the Linux Foundation blog post about ntp and Chrony. I had been using ntp for years but will now switch to Chrony as its code base is more modern, secure, and maintainable. Also hoping to just run less code, and I like the sound of Chrony's simpler implementation. As