Re: [Condor-users] Disabling the restarting of jobs

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the submit file:
periodic_hold = NumJobStarts > 1

There is no way to update the hold reason, unfortunately.  However, it 
will state that the above expression evaluated to true, which will 
hopefully be self explanatory.

--Dan

Robert E. Parrott wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> We have a certain set of users whose parallel code is fairly strict  
> in the way it names and manages files. They are looking for an option  
> to disable the restarting of jobs after the jobs have been damaged  
> (for example by an OOM condition on a node), because a restarted job  
> will otherwise overwrite the partial, and still usable, data files.
>
> Is there a submit file expression, of a config expression, with a  
> boolean to be added to the config file, that would put all jobs that  
> would otherwise restart into a "hold" state?
>
> As a secondary question, would there be a way to update the  
> "HoldReason" classad expression with something relevant?
>
> thanks,
> rob
>
>
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