[torqueusers] resources_default.neednodes ignored?

[Garrick Staples]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:47:01PM +0200, Jan Ploski alleged:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like jobs from the queue dgipar_ib to only be assigned to nodes 
> with attribute "ib". Based on what I read in archives of this mailing 
> list, I set resources_default.neednodes = ib, in hope that a specification 
> like -l nodes=1 would be automatically converted to -l nodes=1:ib (is this 
> the intended effect of this option? is the effect even specified 
> anywhere?). Alas, it doesn't work. Jobs submitted to the queue are (also) 
> assigned to nodes that lack the "ib" attribute. Restarting pbs_server, 
> maui did not help.
> 
> I'm also wondering, if everything worked as expected, should qstat -f on 
> the job show (as it does):
> 
>     Resource_List.nodes = 1
> 
> or should it give me
> 
>     Resource_List.nodes = 1:ib
> 
> My configuration is TORQUE 2.1.6 and Maui 3.2.6p19. I found an earlier 
> report from 2004 which attributed the problem to a bug in Maui, which has 
> been supposedly fixed.
> 
> Your help is appreciated!

Resource_List.nodes won't be changed.  The job's nodes resource isn't "converted".

Maui reads the queue's neednodes resource and assigns nodes accordingly.  Try
adding an empty CLASSCFG for dgipar_ib to maui.cfg.  e.g., add
"CLASSCFG[dgipar_ib]" to maui.cfg.

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