Re: [HTCondor-users] Desktop Policy renders workstations unusable

[Alexander Neuwirth <a_neuw01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christoph,

START seems to be false from the policy: Desktop by default, slightly 
different from [1]:

ÂÂÂ $ condor_config_val -dump | grep StartIdleTime
ÂÂÂ START = ((KeyboardIdle > $(StartIdleTime)) && ( $(CPUIdle) || 
(State != "Unclaimed" && State != "Owner")) )
ÂÂÂ StartIdleTime = 15 * $(MINUTE)

The preemption setting is set to false by default. Is that a problem?

ÂÂÂ $ condor_config_val -dump | grep PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS
ÂÂÂ PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS = False
ÂÂÂ SCHEDD_PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS =

I will check how/when the status changes (Unclaimed -> Owner), but from 
what I've seen so far it does not seem consistent across machines and 
OSes (Debian 11/12) to me.

Thanks,
Alexander

[1] 
https://htcondor.readthedocs.io/en/lts/admin-manual/policy-configuration.html#examples-of-policy-configuration

On 1/26/24 13:12, Beyer, Christoph wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would think that the START expression should be something like
>
> START = KeyboardIdle > 15 * $(MINUTE)
>
> Can you check the IS_OWNER state on the machines that are actually used interactively - it should be 'true' if that's not the case you nedd to investigate why
>
> I think the preempt expression should involve something like:
>
> PREEMPTION_REQUIREMent = IS_OWNER == true
>
> That is only out of the top of my head and is probably just something you should consider to look after using 'condor_config_val -dump | grep <...>'
>
> best
> christoph

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