[Condor-users] Use of licensed software with Condor

[Peter Ellevseth <Peter.Ellevseth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I want to run a licensed CFD solver with condor. I am having some luck, but the solutions I have been using are not good enough as our cluster grows. I had a thought of adding a counter variable to condor that lists the number of available licenses. What is the best way to do this? Is is possible to add a variable

FREE_LICENSES = …

To the negotiator and the add requirements to the submit files? And then have some script query the license manager and update this value at given intervals.

 

I am not sure how to do this though, specially the part about adding a variable to condor.

 

Regards Peter