https://groups.google.com/d/msg/slurm-devel/LXmU3BoWGQw/ULqmA85qKAAJ
hopefully the correct version, fitting to the 2.6 version you are using. > helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ srun -N1 /bin/hostname > srun: error: Unable to allocate resources: Unable to contact slurm > controller (connect failure) Before you go into debugging: what does sinfo say about available partitions and nodes? helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ sinfo PARTITION AVAIL TIMELIMIT NODES STATE NODELIST debug* up infinite 0 n/a After I allocate the NodeName to Dellrackmount I ran :- helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ srun -N1 /bin/hostname srun: error: Unable to allocate resources: More processors requested than permitted > helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ sudo slurmctld -Dvvv > password for helmi: > slurmctld: pidfile not locked, assuming no running daemon > slurmctld: error: Configured MailProg is invalid ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ at least for the older 2.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 I had to install (something like) mailutils that provides /usr/bin/mail to get it working Thanks I've done installed it.. > slurmctld: Accounting storage NOT INVOKED plugin loaded [...] > slurmctld: fatal: No NodeName information available! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Are you allowed to post at least your partitions and nodes? That would make things easier. Now I received a new error. helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ srun -N1 /bin/hostname srun: error: Unable to allocate resources: More processors requested than permitted this is my CPU spec:- helmi@Dellrackmount:~$ sudo lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 40 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-39 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 10 Socket(s): 2 NUMA node(s): 2 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 63 Stepping: 2 CPU MHz: 1200.492 BogoMIPS: 4601.11 Virtualization: VT-x L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 256K L3 cache: 25600K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38 NUMA node1 CPU(s): 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39 Thank. -- Helmi Azizan
