Re: [Condor-users] Jobs License Management

[kschwarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Matt,

Thank you for your answer. I will do
some tests with version 7.1.3 and come back if there are more questions.

Klaus

Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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14/10/2008 17:52

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kschwarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are using Condor in a pool where the master node is Linux based
and all 
> the executors are Windows based. 
> We have several third-party applications that could run in batch but
they 
> need licenses available for the jobs. 
> Interactive sessions could also checkout the licenses and therefore
they 
> will compete with the jobs for these licenses.
> I have read the Condor Technical Document "Managing Jobs That
Use Licenses 
> With Condor" (Draft, As of August, 2008, still a draft),
> however the "Assign Licenses to Machines" method in our
case is not 
> applicable,
> and the "Have Jobs Restart" seems to be one way that could
attend our 
> today needs, 
> but as a novice Condor user I have not understood how it is implemented.
> 
> Could anyone share how to implement this method to manage jobs that
use 
> Flexlm licenses (e.g.)? 
> Both methods using DagMan and without its use, will be appreciated.
> Please share the examples of the scripts and submit files.
> Don't worry about scripting languages. I can translate them to windows
> compatible scripting languages.
> 
> Could anyone help me to get it working?
> 
> Are there other methods?
> 
> I have also read in the Condor Users mailing list archive that there
are 
> plans to have license management as a Condor feature and that it would
be 
> out in the version 6.9.x development series (03 Aug 2005). 
> Could anyone update the planned deployment date of this feature?
> 
> Thanks, Klaus

You can use Concurrency Limits from 7.1.3 [1].

Assign some number of licenses for use by Condor jobs, say 300. In your
Negotiator's configuration add: MYLICENSE_LIMIT = 300

Now in each job that needs the license add: concurrency_limits = MYLICENSE

Condor does not check out the licenses from Flexlm, it just tries to 
keep the number of jobs that /will/ check out licenses under control.

Especially since you are sharing licenses between batch jobs and 
interactive users you should setup your jobs to notice if they failed 
because they did not checkout a license. This configuration will be 
specific to your application, but the document you already mentioned has
a good example [2]. If your program exits with code 52 when it fails to
checkout a license you'd add this to your job: >
(ExitBySignal == TRUE) || (ExitCode != 52)

Best,


matt

[1] 
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.1/8_3Development_Release.html#SECTION00931000000000000000
[2] http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/techpaper/licenses.html
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