On 07/27/2011 10:13 AM, Reuti wrote:
> Am 27.07.2011 um 16:01 schrieb Prentice Bisbal:
> 
>> Every once in a while, I get a user that asks me to change the wallclock
>> time (h_rt) for a running job. After looking at the man pages for qmod
>> and qalter, it appears that this is not possible.
>>
>> Can someone on this list confirm that?
> 
> Yes, it's true,
> 

Thanks for the quick confirmation.

> 
>> Is there another command I should
>> be looking at?
> 
> In cases where this must be done, the sgeexecd on the node can be killed *or* 
> stopped with the option -softstop *DON'T* stop it in the ususal way, as it 
> would also kill the jobs, i.e. the sgeshepherd.
> 
> And don't restart it until the job in question finished. On restart sgeexecd 
> will scan for leftover jobs and checks the limits.
> 
> -- Reuti
> 

Thanks for the tip. While that can be a lifesaver, I don't think that's
a road I want to go down, once I do it to save a job for one user, I'm
sure it'll just be a matter of time before more and more requests to do
that come in...

--
Prentice
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