Re: [HTCondor-users] Backfill BOINC jobs with partitionable slots

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/26/2020 6:50 PM, Alec Sheperd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying enable BOINC backfill in our local condor cluster and seem to be running into issues triggering the 
> backfill state.
>
> The local BOINC client configuration seems to be correct, I can start it manually and run jobs without issue, but that 
> the slot never goes from Unclaimed/Idle to Backfill.
>
> We also use partitionable slots, which I'm curious if that might be part of the issue. 

Hi Alec,

Yes, I think that is definitely an issue.

We think HTCondor's built-in BOINC backfill support works for execute nodes using static slots, but there are 
issues/complications for nodes configured to use partitionable slots.  We expect to sort this out and soon post a HOWTO 
config recipe that folks can cut-n-paste even if they are using partitionable slots. The config recipe will go into the 
manual and onto the htcondor-wiki; we will post the URL to this list and the HTCondor homepage.  We hope to have this 
available in a few days.

best regards and stay safe,
Todd