Re: [Condor-users] eviction problems with 7.4.2

[Robert Rati <rrati@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there anything of interest in the Start[er]Log that was not in the 
logs of 7.0.2?  Any Startd or Starter crashes?

Rob

Smith, Ian wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I've recently been taking a look at checkpointing under the vanilla
> universe*. I had everything working fine using Condor 7.0.2 on
> the execute hosts (running Win XP SP 3) but when I moved
> to 7.4.2 there are problems when jobs get evicted. 
>
> When this happens because of mouse/keyboard activity I see
> the machine go through the usual Claimed/Busy -> 
> Preempting/Vacating -> Preempting/Killing  -> Owner
> states but the job carries on running according to condor_q
> (and the log file).
>
> If I look on the execute host, then the 
> execute directory has been wiped but condor_q insists that
> the job is still running. Eventually when the job starts again
> I see a "job disconnected" error in the job's log file. As
> well as this, none of the output files get returned to the $(SPOOL)
> area.
>
> The execute hosts have this config:
>
> WANT_SUSPEND   = FALSE
> WANT_VACATE  = TRUE
> START	= ( $(UWCS_START) && $(OfficeHours) \
> || ( $(OfficeHours) == FALSE ) && ( $(ShutdownHours) == FALSE ) )
> SUSPEND = FALSE
> CONTINUE= $(UWCS_CONTINUE)
> PREEMPT= $(UWCS_SUSPEND) && $(OfficeHours) 
> KILL= TRUE 
>
> which worked fine with 7.0.2.
>
> Any ideas what may be wrong. Could it be something to do with one
> of the daemons not receiving a signal from condor_kbdd ?
>
> regards,
>
> -ian.
>
> * I've written up some detailed instructions on this for the benefit of
> our users. If anyone is interested I'll post the link here.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Dr Ian C. Smith,
> e-Science Team,
> The University of Liverpool,
> Computing Services Department
>
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