Re: [Condor-users] Condor job Watchdog timer

[Ian Chesal <ICHESAL@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> is there a way to set a "watchdog timer" to a job? What I want is that
if a
> job doesn't complete in a predetermined time, Condor should stop it
and
> re-schedule it. Can anyone help me?

See:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.2/3_3Configuration.html#18476

You can use SYSTEM_PERIODIC_HOLD to put the running job back in the
queue in the "hold" state. And then setup a SYSTEM_PERIODIC_RELEASE
command that releases these held jobs so they get re-matched and re-run.

- Ian

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