Running Jobs on Sapelo2
Note: This page is for using the Slurm queueing system on the Sap2test cluster. This page is still under development as of July 9-13, 2020.
If you are current Sapelo2 users, please refer to Running Jobs on Sapelo2 for instructions on how to run jobs on Sapelo2.
Using the Queueing System
The login node for the Sap2test cluster should be used for text editing, and job submissions. No jobs should be run directly on the login node. Processes that use too much CPU or RAM on the login node may be terminated by GACRC staff, or automatically, in order to keep the cluster running properly. Jobs should be run using the Slurm queueing system. The queueing system should be used to run both interactive and batch jobs.
Batch partitions (queues) defined on the Sap2test
There are different partitions defined on Sap2test. The Slurm queueing system refers to queues as partition. Users are required to specify, in the job submission script or as job submission command line arguments, the partition and the resources needed by the job in order for it to be assigned to compute node(s) that have enough available resources (such as number of cores, amount of memory, GPU cards, etc). Please note, Slurm will not allow a job to be submitted if there are no resources matching your request. Please refer to Migrating from Torque to Slurm for more info about Slurm queueing system.
The table below summarizes the partitions (queues) defined and the compute nodes that they target:
| Partition Name | Node Features | Node Number | Description | Memory for jobs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| batch | AMD, Opteron, QDR | 40 | 48-core, 128GB RAM, AMD Opteron, QDR IB interconnect | 122GB | Regular nodes. |
| batch | AMD, EPYC, EDR | 24 | 64-core, 128GB RAM, AMD EPYC, IB EDR interconnect | 120GB | Regular nodes |
| batch | AMD, EPYC, EDR | 6 | 32-core, 128GB RAM, AMD EPYC, IB EDR interconnect | 120GB | Regular nodes |
| batch | AMD, Opteron, QDR | 4 | 48-core, 256GB RAM, AMD Opteron, QDR IB interconnect | 250GB | Regular nodes. |
| batch | Intel, Skylake, EDR | 1 | 32-core, 192GB RAM, Intel Xeon Skylake, IB EDR interconnect | 180GB | Regular nodes |
| batch | Intel, Broadwell, EDR | 1 | 28-core, 64GB RAM, Intel Xeon Broadwell, IB EDR interconnect | 58GB | Regular nodes |
| highmem_p | HIGHMEM, AMD, Opteron, QDR | 4 | 48-core, 512GB, AMD Opteron, IB QDR interconnect | 500GB | For high memory jobs |
| highmem_p | HIGHMEM, AMD, EPYC, EDR | 2 | 32-core, 512GB RAM, AMD EPYC, IB EDR interconnect | 490GB | For high memory jobs |
| gpu_p | GPU, P100, EDR | 1 | 32-core, 192GB RAM, Intel Xeon Skylake, 1 NVIDIA P100 GPUs, EDR IB interconnect | 180GB | For GPU-enabled jobs. |
You can check all partitions (queues) defined in the cluster with the command
sinfo
Job submission Scripts
Users are required to specify the number of cores, the amount of memory, the partition (queue) name, and the maximum wallclock time needed by the job.
Header lines
Basic job submission script
At a minimum, the job submission script needs to have the following header lines:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --partition=batch #SBATCH --job-name=test #SBATCH --ntasks=1 #SBATCH --time=4:00:00 #SBATCH --mem=10G
Commands to run your application should be added after these header lines.
Header lines explained:
- #!/bin/bash: specify Linux default shell bash
- #SBATCH --partition=batch : specify the partition (queue) to run on, e.g. batch
- #SBATCH --job-name=test : specify the job name, e.g. test
- #SBATCH --ntasks=1 : specify the number of tasks (e.g. 1)
- #SBATCH --time=4:00:00 : specify the maximum walltime of the job in the format D-HH:MM:SS (e.g. --time=1- for one day or --time=4:00:00 for 4 hours)
- #SBATCH --mem=10G : specify the maximum memory per node required by the job (e.g. 10GB)
Below are some of the most commonly used queueing system options to configure the job.
Options to request resources for the job
- -t, --time=time
Wall clock time limit of a job running on cluster. Acceptable formats include "minutes", "minutes:seconds", "hours:minutes:seconds", "days-hours", "days-hours:minutes", and "days-hours:minutes:seconds".
- --mem=num
Maximum amount of memory in MegaBytes per node required by the job. Different units can be specified using the suffix [K|M|G|T].
- --mem-per-cpu=num
Minimum amount of memory in MegaBytes per allocated CPU. Different units can be specified using the suffix [K|M|G|T].
- -n, --ntasks=num
Number of tasks to run. The default is one task per node. For use with distributed parallelism. See below.
- -N, --nodes=num
Number of nodes allocated to the job. Default is one node.
- --ntasks-per-node=num
Number of tasks invoked on each node. Meant to be used with the --nodes option. For use with distributed parallelism. See below.
- -c, --cpus-per-task=ncpus
Number of CPUs allocated to each task. For use with shared memory parallelism. See below.
- -C, --constraint=<list>
List of node features required by the job. Only nodes having features matching the job constraints will be used to satisfy the request. Multiple constraints may be specified with AND, OR, matching OR, resource counts, etc.
- --gres=<list>
A comma delimited list of generic consumable resources. For example, to request one P100 GPU card: --gres=gpu:P100:1
Please try to request resources for your job as accurately as possible, because this allows your job to be dispatched to run at the earliest opportunity and it helps the system allocate resources efficiently to start as many jobs as possible, benefiting all users.
Options to manage job notification and output
- -J, --job-name jobname
Specify a name for the job. The specified name will appear along with the job id number when querying running jobs on the system. The default is the supplied executable program's name. Within the job, $SBATCH_JOB_NAME expands to the job name.
- -o, --output=path/for/stdout
Send stdout to path/for/stdout. The default filename is slurm-${SLURM_JOB_ID}.out, e.g. slurm-12345.out, in the directory from which the job was submitted.
- -e, --error=path/for/stderr
Send stderr to path/for/stderr. If --error is not specified, both stdout and stderr will directed to the file specified by --output.
- --mail-user=username@uga.edu
Send email notification to the address you specified when certain events occur.
- --mail-type=type
Notify user by email when certain event types occur. Valid type values are NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, REQUEUE, ALL, TIME_LIMIT, TIME_LIMIT_90 (reached 90 percent of time limit), TIME_LIMIT_80 and TIME_LIMIT_50.
Options to set Array Jobs
If you wish to run an application binary or script using e.g. different input files, then you might find it convenient to use an array job. To create an array job with e.g. 10 elements, use
#SBATCH -a 0-9
or
#SBATCH --array=0-9
The ID of each element in an array job, i.e., job array index value, is stored in SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID. SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID will be set to the first job ID of the array. SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_COUNT will be set to the number of tasks in the job array. SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX will be set to the highest job array index value. SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MIN will be set to the lowest job array index value. Each array job element runs as an independent job, so multiple array elements can run concurrently, if resources are available. For example:
sbatch --array=1-3 -N1 sub.sh will generate a job array containing three jobs. If the sbatch command responds Submitted batch job 36 then the environment variables will be set as follows: SLURM_JOB_ID=36 SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID=36 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID=1 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_COUNT=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MIN=1 SLURM_JOB_ID=37 SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID=36 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID=2 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_COUNT=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MIN=1 SLURM_JOB_ID=38 SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID=36 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_COUNT=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX=3 SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MIN=1
Most Slurm commands recognize the SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID plus SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID values separated by an underscore as identifying an element of a job array, for example, 36_2 would be equivalent ways to identify the second array element of array job 36.
Option to set job dependency
You can set job dependency with the option -d or --dependency=dependency-list. For example, if you want to specify that one job starts to run after the job 1234 and 1235 have successfully executed (ran to completion with an exit code of zero), you can add the following header line in the job submission script of the job:
#SBATCH --dependency=afterok:1234:1235
Having this header line in the job submission script will ensure that the job is only dispatched to run after job 1234 and 1235 have completed successfully.
You can also use the following header line to specify that one job starts to run after the job 1236 and 1237 start or are cancelled:
#SBATCH --dependency=after:1236:1237
Other content of the script
Following the header lines, users can include commands to change to the working directory, to load the modules needed to run the application, and to invoke the application. For example, to use the directory from which the job is submitted as the working directory (where to find input files or binaries), add the line
cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR
(Note that Slurm jobs start from the submit directory by default, so adding the line above might not be necessary.)
You can then load the needed modules. For example, if you are running an R program, then include the line
module load R/3.6.2-foss-2019b
Then invoke your application. For example, if you are running an R program called add.R which is in your job submission directory, use
R CMD BATCH add.R
Environment Variables exported by batch jobs
When a batch job is started, a number of variables are introduced into the job's environment that can be used by the batch script in making decisions, creating output files, and so forth. Some of these variables are listed in the following table:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| SLURM_ARRAY_JOB_ID | Job array's master job ID number, i.e., the first Slurm job id of a job array |
| SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_COUNT | Total number of tasks (elements) in a job array |
| SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID | Job array ID (index) number |
| SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MAX | Job array's maximum ID (index) number |
| SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_MIN | Job array's minimum ID (index) number |
| SLURM_CPUS_ON_NODE | Number of CPUS on the allocated node |
| SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK | Number of cpus requested per task. Only set if the --cpus-per-task option is specified |
| SLURM_JOB_ID | Unique Slurm job id |
| SLURM_JOB_NAME | Job name |
| SLURM_JOB_CPUS_PER_NODE | Count of processors available to the job on this node |
| SLURM_JOB_NODELIST | List of nodes allocated to the job |
| SLURM_JOB_NUM_NODES | Total number of nodes in the job's resource allocation |
| SLURM_JOB_PARTITION | Name of the partition (i.e. queue) in which the job is running |
| SLURM_MEM_PER_NODE | Same as --mem |
| SLURM_MEM_PER_CPU | Same as --mem-per-cpu |
| SLURM_NTASKS | Same as -n, --ntasks |
| SLURM_NTASKS_PER_NODE | Number of tasks requested per node. Only set if the --ntasks-per-node option is specified |
| SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR | The directory from which sbatch was invoked |
| SLURM_SUBMIT_HOST | The hostname of the computer from which sbatch was invoked |
| SLURM_TASK_PID | The process ID of the task being started |
| SLURMD_NODENAME | Name of the node running the job script |
| CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES | GPU devide ID that assigned to the job to use |
Sample job submission scripts
Serial (single-processor) Job
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run an R program called add.R using a single core:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=testserial # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run on a single CPU #SBATCH --mem=1gb # Job memory request #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=testserial.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=testserial.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR module load R/3.6.2-foss-2019b R CMD BATCH add.R
In this sample script, the standard output and error of the job will be saved into a file called testserial.o%j, where %j will be automatically replaced by the job id of the job.
Serial (single-processor) Job on an AMD EPYC processor
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run an R program called add.R using a single core:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=testserial # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --constraint=EPYC # node feature #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run on a single CPU #SBATCH --mem=1gb # Job memory request #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=testserial.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=testserial.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR module load R/3.6.2-foss-2019b R CMD BATCH add.R
In this sample script, the standard output and error of the job will be saved into a file called testserial.o%j, where %j will be automatically replaced by the job id of the job.
MPI Job
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run an OpenMPI application. In this example the job requests 16 cores and further specifies that these 16 cores need to be divided equally on 2 nodes (8 cores per node) and the binary is called mympi.exe:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=mpitest # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --nodes=2 # Number of nodes #SBATCH --ntasks=16 # Number of MPI ranks #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=8 # How many tasks on each node #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1 # Number of cores per MPI rank #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=600mb # Memory per processor #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=mpitest.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=mpitest.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR module load OpenMPI/3.1.4-GCC-8.3.0 mpirun ./mympi.exe
MPI Job on nodes connected via the EDR IB fabric
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run an OpenMPI application. In this example the job requests 16 cores and further specifies that these 16 cores need to be divided equally on 2 nodes (8 cores per node) and the binary is called mympi.exe:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=mpitest # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --constraint=EDR # node feature #SBATCH --nodes=2 # Number of nodes #SBATCH --ntasks=16 # Number of MPI ranks #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=8 # How many tasks on each node #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1 # Number of cores per MPI rank #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=600mb # Memory per processor #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=mpitest.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=mpitest.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR module load OpenMPI/3.1.4-GCC-8.3.0 mpirun ./mympi.exe
OpenMP (Multi-Thread) Job
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run a program that uses OpenMP with 6 threads. Please set --ntasks=1 and set --cpus-per-task to the number of threads you wish to use. The name of the binary in this example is a.out.
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=mctest # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run a single task #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=6 # Number of CPU cores per task #SBATCH --mem=4gb # Job memory request #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=mctest.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=mctest.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR export OMP_NUM_THREADS=6 module load foss/2019b # load the appropriate module file, e.g. foss/2019b time ./a.out
High Memory Job
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run a velvet application that needs to use 200GB of memory and 4 threads:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=highmemtest # Job name #SBATCH --partition=highmem_p # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run a single task #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=4 # Number of CPU cores per task #SBATCH --mem=200gb # Job memory request #SBATCH --time=02:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=highmemtest.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=highmemtest.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4 module load Velvet velvetg [options]
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to run a parallel job that uses 4 MPI processes with OpenMPI and each MPI process runs with 3 threads:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=hybridtest #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --nodes=2 # Number of nodes #SBATCH --ntasks=8 # Number of MPI ranks #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=4 # Number of MPI ranks per node #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=3 # Number of OpenMP threads for each MPI process/rank #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=2000mb # Per processor memory request #SBATCH --time=2-00:00:00 # Walltime in hh:mm:ss or d-hh:mm:ss (2 days in the example) #SBATCH --output=hybridtest.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=hybridtest.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR export OMP_NUM_THREADS=$SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK mpirun ./myhybridprog.exe
Array job
Sample job submission script (sub.sh) to submit an array job with 10 elements. In this example, each array job element will run the a.out binary using an input file called input_0, input_1, ..., input_9.
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=arrayjobtest # Job name #SBATCH --partition=batch # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run a single task #SBATCH --mem=1gb # Job Memory #SBATCH --time=10:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=array_%A-%a.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=array_%A-%a.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --array=0-9 # Array range cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR module load foss/2019b # load any needed module files, e.g. foss/2019b time ./a.out < input_$SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID
GPU/CUDA
Sample script to run Amber on a GPU node using one node, 2 CPU cores, and 1 GPU card:
#!/bin/bash #SBATCH --job-name=amber # Job name #SBATCH --partition=gpu_p # Partition (queue) name #SBATCH --gres=gpu:1 # Requests one GPU device #SBATCH --ntasks=1 # Run a single task #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=2 # Number of CPU cores per task #SBATCH --mem=40gb # Job memory request #SBATCH --time=10:00:00 # Time limit hrs:min:sec #SBATCH --output=amber.%j.out # Standard output log #SBATCH --error=amber.%j.err # Standard error log #SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL # Mail events (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, ALL) #SBATCH --mail-user=username@uga.edu # Where to send mail cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR ml Amber/18-fosscuda-2018b-AmberTools-18-patchlevel-10-8 mpiexec $AMBERHOME/bin/pmemd.cuda -O -i ./prod.in -o prod_c4-23.out -p ./dimerFBP_GOL.prmtop -c ./restart.rst -r prod.rst -x prod.mdcrd
You can use the option #SBATCH --gres=gpu:K40:1 or #SBATCH --gres=gpu:P100:1 to specify using a K40 or a P100 GPU device, respectively. The compute mode of the GPU will be set to Default.
How to submit a job to the batch queue
With the resource requirements specified in the job submission script (sub.sh), submit your job with
sbatch <scriptname>
For example
sbatch sub.sh
Once the job is submitted, the Job ID of the job (e.g. 12345) will be printed on the screen.
Discovering if a partition (queue) is busy
The nodes allocated to each partition (queue) and their state can be view with the command
sinfo
Sample output of the sinfo command:
PARTITION AVAIL TIMELIMIT NODES STATE NODELIST batch* up 08:00:00 1 drain* ra4-2 batch* up 08:00:00 3 down* d4-7,ra3-19,ra4-12 batch* up 08:00:00 1 mix b1-2 batch* up 08:00:00 1 alloc b1-3 batch* up 08:00:00 53 idle b1-[4-24],c1-3,c5-19,d4-[5-6,8-12],ra3-[1-18,20-24] gpu_p up 08:00:00 1 mix c4-23 highmem_p up 08:00:00 6 idle d4-[11-12],ra4-[21-24] inter_p up 12:00:00 2 idle ra4-[16-17]
where some common values of STATE are:
- STATE=idle indicates that those nodes are completely free.
- STATE=mix indicates that some cores on those nodes are in use (and some are free).
- STATE=alloc indicates that all cores on those nodes are in use.
- STATE=drain indicates that nodes are draining, not accepting new jobs
- STATE=down indicates that nodes are not running or accepting new jobs
This command can be used with many options. We have configured one option that shows some quantities that are commonly of interest, including node feature defined for each node. This command is
sinfo-gacrc
You can also specify the number of characters displayed in the NODELIST column (e.g. 40) and in the AVAIL_FEATURES column (e.g. 50), with
sinfo-gacrc 40 50
Sample output of the sinfo-gacrc command:
PARTITION NODELIST STATE CPUS MEMORY AVAIL_FEATURES GRES batch* ra4-2 drained* 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA4,QDR (null) batch* ra3-19 down* 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA3,QDR (null) batch* ra4-12 down* 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA4,QDR (null) batch* b1-3 mixed 64 126976 AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-B1-U40,EDR (null) batch* b1-2 allocated 64 126976 AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-B1-U40,EDR (null) batch* b1-[4-24] idle 64 126976 AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-B1-U40,EDR (null) batch* c1-3 idle 28 59127 Intel,Broadwell,Dell,TORMgmt-C1,EDR (null) batch* c5-19 idle 32 187868 Intel,Dell,TORMgmt-C5,EDR (null) batch* d4-[5-6] idle 32 126976 AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-D4,EDR (null) batch* d4-[8-12] idle 32 126976+ AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-D4,EDR (null) batch* ra3-[1-18,20-24] idle 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA3,QDR (null) gpu_p c4-23 idle 32 187868 Intel,Skylake,Dell,EDR gpu:P100:1 highmem_p d4-[11-12] idle 32 514048 AMD,EPYC,Dell,TORMgmt-D4,EDR (null) highmem_p ra4-[21-24] idle 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA4,QDR (null) inter_p ra4-[16-17] idle 32 126000 AMD,Opteron,Penguin,TORMgmt-RA4,QDR (null)
How to open an interactive session
An interactive session on a compute node can be started with the command
qlogin
This command will start an interactive session with one core on one of the interactive nodes, and allocate 2GB of memory for a maximum walltime of 12h.
The qlogin command is an alias for
srun --pty -p inter_p --mem=2G --nodes=1 --ntasks-per-node=1 --time=12:00:00 --job-name=qlogin bash
How to run an interactive job with Graphical User Interface capabilities
If you want to run an application as an interactive job and have its graphical user interface displayed on the terminal of your local machine, you need to enable X-forwarding when you ssh into the login node. For information on how to do this, please see questions 10 and 11 in the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Then start an interactive session, but add the option -x11 to the srun command.
An interactive session on a compute node, with X forwarding enabled, can be started with the command
xqlogin
This command will start an interactive session, with X forwarding enabled, with one core on one of the interactive nodes, and allocate 2GB of memory for a maximum walltime of 12h.
The xqlogin command is an alias for
srun --pty -p inter_p --mem=2G --nodes=1 --ntasks-per-node=1 --time=12:00:00 --x11 --job-name=xqlogin bash
How to check on running or pending jobs
To list all running and pending jobs (by all users), use the command
squeue
or
squeue -l
For detailed information on how to monitor your jobs, please see Monitoring Jobs on Sap2test.
How to cancel (delete) a running or pending job
To cancel one of your running or pending job, use the command
scancel <jobid>
For example, to cancel a job with Job ID 12345 use
scancel 12345
To cancel all of your jobs, use the command
scancel -u MyID
To cancel all of your pending jobs, use the command
scancel -t PENDING -u MyID
To cancel one or more jobs by job name, use the command
scancel --name <myJobName>
To cancel an element (index) of an array job
scancel <jobid>_<index>
For example, to cancel array job element 4 of an array job whose Job ID is 12345 use
scancel 12345_4
How to check resource utilization of a running or finished job
The following command can be used to show resource utilization by a running job or a job that has already completed:
sacct
This command can be used with many options. We have configured one option that shows some quantities that are commonly of interest, including the amount of memory used and the cputime used by the jobs:
sacct-gacrc
For detailed information on how to monitor your jobs, please see Monitoring Jobs on Sap2test.