Re: [Condor-users] Condor Error No locks available

["R. Kent Wenger" <wenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, lohit wrote:

> I am trying to submit jobs using DAG file. To test the feature, I have 4
> jobs. 3 defined as PARENT and fourth as CHILD.
>
> Job sh_loop1 sh_loop1.cmd
> Job sh_loop2 sh_loop2.cmd
> Job sh_loop3 sh_loop3.cmd
> Job sh_loop4 sh_loop4.cmd
> PARENT sh_loop1 sh_loop2 sh_loop3 CHILD sh_loop4
>
> If I submit this .dag file using condor_submit_dag, I am seeing this error
>
> 6/12 23:32:18   assigned Condor ID (22.0.0)
> 6/12 23:32:18 Just submitted 3 jobs this cycle...
> 6/12 23:32:18 FileLock::obtain(1) failed - errno 37 (No locks available)
> 6/12 23:32:18 ERROR "Assertion ERROR on (is_locked)" at line 916 in file
> user_log.C
>
> I searched previous thread with problem of locks as part of NFS, so I now
> have defined ${LOCK) to be local directory on the nodes.
> But, still I am seeing this error and the job assigned to CHILD is not being
> submitted.
>
> Am, I missing something? Please could anyone explain what the problem is and
> how I could solve this

A few questions:
- What architecture/OS are you running on?
- Is this problem repeatable or not?
- Would it be possible for you to move the node job log files themselves
  off of NFS?  That's probably the first thing to try.

Kent Wenger
Condor Team