Re: [HTCondor-users] execute host priority

[Larry Martell <larry.martell@xxxxxxxxx>]

How do I use this setting? From googling I tried this on the machine I
want to have lower priority:

NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK = - Memory

But it had no effect - that machine was still chosen first.

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:59 PM, John M Knoeller <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Use NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK if you want to choose which machine is given to
> the schedd first.
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> Do it put that in just one host (the one I want it to use first)?
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> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:09 PM John M Knoeller <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> This will happen naturally if your execute nodes are configured to use
> partitionable slots. with CLAIM_PARTITIONABLE_LEFTOVERS=true in the schedd.
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> The schedd will get handed the entire partitionable slot, and it will split
> it up and start as many jobs on it as it can before it will try to cuse the
> other partitionable slot.
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> If there are more than 136 jobs in the queue, then the second execute
> machine will end up getting used for the remaining jobs.
>
> -tj
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> I have 2 execute hosts defined each with 136 cores - how can I make my
> submit host use all the cores on one before starting to use the other?