Re: [Condor-users] Classads and matchmakiing

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi Mark,

In Condor 7.5.4, which is just about to be released, there is a new 
feature that allows you to store in the job ad a history of machine 
attributes for machines the job has run on.  This is done by specifying 
which attributes you want to store, using job_machine_attrs in the 
submit file and/or SYSTEM_JOB_MACHINE_ATTRS in the configuration file.  
Then you can specify how much history to keep using 
job_machine_attrs_history_length and/or 
SYSTEM_JOB_MACHINE_ATTRS_HISTORY_LENGTH.

In versions of Condor prior to 7.5.4, you might be able to get the 
effect you want.  As a side-effect of $$() expansion, an additional 
attribute is stored in your job ad named MATCH_EXP_<AttrName>, where 
AttrName is an attribute in your job ad that uses $$() references.  This 
MATCH_EXP_<AttrName> attribute is set to the value of AttrName with all 
$$() references expanded against the currently matched machine.  The 
part I'm not so sure about without some testing is the lifespan of that 
MATCH_EXP attribute.  If it lasts through the next successful 
matchmaking attempt for the job, then it should work for your purposes.

--Dan

On 10/20/10 10:39 AM, Mark Calleja wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My question relates to how one can set a job classad to select a 
> subset of machines, when that subset may be different on a rescheduled 
> job to what it was on original job submission. Consider this scenario: 
> I have two groups of machines, which I define to be "RED" or BLUE". In 
> the condor_config.local of those machines I put:
>
> TEST_TYPE = "RED"  # or "BLUE"
> STARTD_ATTRS = $(STARTD_ATTRS), TEST_TYPE
>
> I now want to submit a job that initially can pick out either a RED or 
> BLUE machine (but it must be one of these, not one without a TEST_TYPE 
> defined). Furthermore, I want to make sure that if my job was to get 
> preempted from a machine, then it can only be rescheduled to run on 
> machine of the same TEST_TYPE that it started off on. So if it started 
> it on a RED machine, then it can only be re-run on a RED machine, etc.
>
> My (unsuccessful) attempt at a submit script to do this has:
>
> +testType = "$$([TEST_TYPE])"
> Requirements =  (TEST_TYPE =!= UNDEFINED) && ((MY.testType =?= "") || 
> (MY.testType =?= UNDEFINED) || (MY.testType == TEST_TYPE))
>
> The problem is that this never matches. I was hoping that since the 
> $$() construct only evaluates after a match has been made then either 
> (MY.testType =?= "") or (MY.testType =?= UNDEFINED) would evaluate to 
> true on the initial submission, with (MY.testType == TEST_TYPE) 
> becoming true for a specific TEST_TYPE in any subsequent rescheduled 
> event.
>
> Apparently I'm doing something silly, so would any kind soul like to 
> point out my mistake?
>
> Best regards,
> Mark
>
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