Re: [HTCondor-users] priority factors published by condor_userprio does not change with configuration files -- condor version 8.0.6

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, qing wrote:

> Dear Condor Expert:
>
>   Recently we found a potential bug in condor version 8.0.6. This is firstly 
> found at Glasgow Tier2 and could be repeated at RAL Tier1.
>
>   When we change the priority factors of groups in the  fairshare 
> configuration file on the central-manager, condor accepts this change but 
> condor_userprio does not show this change. To see the change we need to 
> delete the user account in that group and resubmit jobs, or use 
> condor_userprio -setfactor to change it directly.

Condor has always been this way ever since I can remember.
If the group already exists in the condor AccountantNew.log
then changing GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_xxxxxx
will not affect any existing users that are members
of that group.  You have to do the condor_userprio -setfactor.

Steve Timm


>    For example, At the very beginning, I set
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_ATLAS           = 100000.00
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_NONLHC          = 100000.00
>
>    condor_userprio shows the factors :
>
> group_ATLAS:   100000.00
> group_NONLHC: 100000.00
>
>    This is as expected, then I changed the settings to:
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_ATLAS           = 1.00
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_NONLHC          = 1.00
>
>    condor_userprio still shows the prevous factors:
>
> group_ATLAS:   100000.00
> group_NONLHC: 100000.00
>
>    but the new users in these two groups would have correct priority factors 
> looks like:
>
> -- scotg001 is in group_ATLAS, and scotg002 is in group_NONLHC
>
> group_ATLAS.scotg001: 1.00
> group_NONLHC.scotg002: 1.00
>
>    Then I changed the settings to:
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_ATLAS           = 100.00 
> -- from 1 to 100
> GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_group_NONLHC          = 1.00
>
>    restarting everything and resubmit jobs, it will show:
> group_ATLAS:   100000.00
> group_NONLHC: 100000.00
> group_ATLAS.scotg001: 1.00                        ---- not changed from 1 to 
> 100
> group_NonLHC.scotg002: 1.00
>
>   conodor_userprio shows not change.  I removed the account 
> group_ATLAS.scotg001
>
> -- condor_userprio --delete group_ATLAS.scotg001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>    and then resubmit jobs, this time I see it's correctly changed:
>
> group_ATLAS:   100000.00
> group_NONLHC: 100000.00
> group_ATLAS.scotg001: 100.00              -- changed from 1 to 100
> group_NonLHC.scotg002: 1.00
>
>    If this is true, it will mean that we can't rely on condor_userprio to 
> get the instant proper information which is quite sad.
>
>    Also condor_userprio -setfactor can only be used to apply on user level, 
> do we have similar tools to apply on group level?
>
>    Cheers,Gang
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