Re: [Condor-users] Jobs Not Suspending

[Jim Summers <jsummers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also to note,  these are just some very basic vanilla universe tests.  But 
from what I have read thaey to should be suspended.

Thanks

Jim Summers wrote:
> I need to get the values that condor is using.  Such as, LoadAvg, 
> CondorLoadAvg.  I have set ALL_DEBUG to D_ALL, but I am not seeing the values 
> be looked at by condor.  I guess I could be following the wrong log file also. 
>   I am looking at StartLog.
>
> I am still unable to get a job to suspend on a workstation, even using the 
> default condor_config with the default UWCS policy.
>
> Ideas / Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Summers wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I am doing some testing of condor on a small group of machines in one of our 
> > labs here.  They are Dell Optiplex 620's running Linux (kernel 2.6.xx).
> >
> > They have usb only keyboards and mice.  Unfortunately condor can not detect 
> > activity from these devices and hence I can't get a job to suspend on this event.
> >
> > So I thought I would test suspending based on CPU activity.  I thought by 
> > lowering the HighLoad value to something very low, like .1, then that may 
> > cause a condor job to suspend pretty easily, when a user logs onto the machine 
> > either at the console or remotely and needs to run a non-condor job.
> >
> > But that is not working.  I have started a cpu intensive condor job and 
> > watched it go to 100% of cpu.  Then launch several other non-condor cpu 
> > intensive jobs.  The OS begins doing it's standard process management, but the 
> > condor job never actually suspends.  I have let the condor job run for 2-10 
> > minutes before launching the other processes.
> >
> > Any ideas on what I am not configuring, or not understanding?  Is there a 
> > parameter or something to set that would tell condor that these machines are 
> > desktops/workstations and not dedicated condor machines?  I really need to 
> > have the condor jobs suspend and hand over the machine to the non-condor 
> > processes.
> >
> > TIA

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Jim Summers
School of Computer Science-University of Oklahoma
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