Re: [Condor-users] Jobs Not Suspending

[Jim Summers <jsummers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have tried enabling the Desktop policy from the documentation:

3.6.10.4 Desktop/Non-Desktop Policy

It also has no affect on getting a job to suspend.

Ideas / Suggestions?

Thanks


Jim Summers wrote:
> Also to note,  these are just some very basic vanilla universe tests.  But 
> from what I have read thaey to should be suspended.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Summers wrote:
> > I need to get the values that condor is using.  Such as, LoadAvg, 
> > CondorLoadAvg.  I have set ALL_DEBUG to D_ALL, but I am not seeing the values 
> > be looked at by condor.  I guess I could be following the wrong log file also. 
> >   I am looking at StartLog.
> >
> > I am still unable to get a job to suspend on a workstation, even using the 
> > default condor_config with the default UWCS policy.
> >
> > Ideas / Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jim Summers wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > >
> > > I am doing some testing of condor on a small group of machines in one of our 
> > > labs here.  They are Dell Optiplex 620's running Linux (kernel 2.6.xx).
> > >
> > > They have usb only keyboards and mice.  Unfortunately condor can not detect 
> > > activity from these devices and hence I can't get a job to suspend on this event.
> > >
> > > So I thought I would test suspending based on CPU activity.  I thought by 
> > > lowering the HighLoad value to something very low, like .1, then that may 
> > > cause a condor job to suspend pretty easily, when a user logs onto the machine 
> > > either at the console or remotely and needs to run a non-condor job.
> > >
> > > But that is not working.  I have started a cpu intensive condor job and 
> > > watched it go to 100% of cpu.  Then launch several other non-condor cpu 
> > > intensive jobs.  The OS begins doing it's standard process management, but the 
> > > condor job never actually suspends.  I have let the condor job run for 2-10 
> > > minutes before launching the other processes.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what I am not configuring, or not understanding?  Is there a 
> > > parameter or something to set that would tell condor that these machines are 
> > > desktops/workstations and not dedicated condor machines?  I really need to 
> > > have the condor jobs suspend and hand over the machine to the non-condor 
> > > processes.
> > >
> > > TIA

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Jim Summers
School of Computer Science-University of Oklahoma
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