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Job information if job is completed
by Gestió Servidors 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Hello, Is there any way to get all information (like submit script or submit node) from a job that is completed? Something like "scontrol show jobid=XXX" when job is "running" or "pending". I need to inspect the submit script of a job but I only know job_id. Thanks.

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Implementing a "soft" wall clock limit
by Davide DelVento 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

In the institution where I work, so far we have managed to live without mandatory wallclock limits (a policy decided well before I joined the organization), and that has been possible because the cluster was not very much utilized. Now that is changing, with more jobs being submitted and those being larger ones. As such I would like to introduce wallclock limits to allow slurm to be more efficient in scheduling jobs, including with backfill. My concern is that this user base is not used to it and therefore I want to make it easier for them, and avoid common complaints. I anticipate one of them would be "my job was cancelled even though there were enough nodes idle and no other job in line after mine" (since the cluster utilization is increasing, but not yet always full like it has been at most other places I know). So my question is: is it possible to implement "soft" wallclock limits in slurm, namely ones which would not be enforced unless necessary to run more jobs? In other words, is it possible to change the pre-emptability of a job only after some time has passed? I can think of some ways to hack this functionality myself with some cron or at jobs, and that might be easy enough to do, but I am not sure I can make it robust enough to cover all situations, so I'm looking for something either slurm-native or (if external solution) field-tested by someone else already, so that at least the worst kinks have been already ironed out. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may provide!

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Re: [EXT] Re: slurm_pam_adopt module not working
by Ratnasamy, Fritz 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Yes the file exists in /usr/lib64/security/. Best, *Fritz Ratnasamy*Data Scientist Information Technology On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM Sean Crosby <scrosby(a)unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > Hi Fritz, > > Does pam_slurm_adopt.so exist in the right location on the node? Normally > on EL hosts it would be /usr/lib64/security/pam_slurm_adopt.so > > # ls /usr/lib64/security/pam_slurm_adopt.so -la > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 291936 Mar 4 12:44 > /usr/lib64/security/pam_slurm_adopt.so > > If the file doesn't exist, pam would abnormally exit and not allow anyone > to log in. > > Sean > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ratnasamy, Fritz via slurm-users <slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 June 2025 14:55 > *To:* Kevin Buckley <kevin.buckley.pawsey.org.au(a)gmail.com> > *Cc:* slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com <slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com> > *Subject:* [EXT] [slurm-users] Re: slurm_pam_adopt module not working > > * External email: Please exercise caution * > ------------------------------ > Thanks, for some reason I edited the /etc/pam.d/sshd via ansible but that > locked all users to the cluster. That same file works on a different > cluster where the files are pushed via puppet but with ansible it looks > like it is locking all users to the cluster. See below config file sshd: > > auth required pam_sepermit.so > auth substack password-auth > auth include postlogin > # Used with polkit to reauthorize users in remote sessions > -auth optional pam_reauthorize.so prepare > account required pam_nologin.so > ##SLURM > account sufficient pam_slurm_adopt.so action_no_jobs=deny > action_unknown=newest action_adopt_failure=deny action_generic_failure=deny > account sufficient pam_access.so > ##END SLURM > password include password-auth > # pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule > session required pam_selinux.so close > session required pam_loginuid.so > # pam_selinux.so open should only be followed by sessions to be executed > in the user context > session required pam_selinux.so open env_params > session required pam_namespace.so > session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke > session include password-auth > session include postlogin > # Used with polkit to reauthorize users in remote sessions > -session optional pam_reauthorize.so prepare > > > > *Fritz Ratnasamy *Data Scientist > Information Technology > > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM Kevin Buckley via slurm-users < > slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com> wrote: > > On 2025/06/11 12:46, Ratnasamy, Fritz via slurm-users wrote: > > > > We wanted to block users from ssh to a node where there are no jobs > > running however it looks like users are able to do so. We have installed > > the slurm_pam_adopt_module and set up the slurm.conf accordingly (the > same > > way we did on our first cluster where the pam module denies ssh access > > correctly). > > We saw a similar issue whereby the way that we had PAM setup, meant > that, and here I quote from SchedMD's Daniel Armengod: > > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---- > This is almost certainly caused by the fact that SSH's > `keyboard-interactive` > (not to be confused with `password`) AuthMethod forks a short-lived child > process that is involved in the authentication logic. Slurm's > pam_slurm_adopt > module latches on to that process (which is the wrong one, of course) and > things break in interesting ways from there. > > SSH authmethods `publickey` and `password` do not exhibit this behaviour > as SSH > does not fork a child process to offload the authentication > challenge-response > dialogue to. > > ... > > The key bit here is that in your last test you're forcing > `PreferredAuthentications=password`, which isn't actually the > `keyboard-interactive` AuthMethod that got picked before. > They work differently under the hood, even if as far as the > user is concerned, both methods just ask for a password. > > ... > > In summary: try disabling the `keyboard-interactive` authentication method > in > your compute nodes. pam_slurm_adopt should work correctly now. > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---- > > Maybe that's also your issue. > > > Daniel did say that SchedMD were going to update their documentation > to make that distinction, and it's effect, more explciit, so I would > expect it to be in the mainstream docs by now. > > HTH > > -- > slurm-users mailing list -- slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com > To unsubscribe send an email to slurm-users-leave(a)lists.schedmd.com > CAUTION: This email has originated outside of University email systems. > Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the > sender and trust the contents as safe. > > CAUTION: This email has originated outside of University email systems. > Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the > sender and trust the contents as safe. > >

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Re: slurm_pam_adopt module not working
by Ratnasamy, Fritz 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Thanks, for some reason I edited the /etc/pam.d/sshd via ansible but that locked all users to the cluster. That same file works on a different cluster where the files are pushed via puppet but with ansible it looks like it is locking all users to the cluster. See below config file sshd: auth required pam_sepermit.so auth substack password-auth auth include postlogin # Used with polkit to reauthorize users in remote sessions -auth optional pam_reauthorize.so prepare account required pam_nologin.so ##SLURM account sufficient pam_slurm_adopt.so action_no_jobs=deny action_unknown=newest action_adopt_failure=deny action_generic_failure=deny account sufficient pam_access.so ##END SLURM password include password-auth # pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule session required pam_selinux.so close session required pam_loginuid.so # pam_selinux.so open should only be followed by sessions to be executed in the user context session required pam_selinux.so open env_params session required pam_namespace.so session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke session include password-auth session include postlogin # Used with polkit to reauthorize users in remote sessions -session optional pam_reauthorize.so prepare *Fritz Ratnasamy*Data Scientist Information Technology On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM Kevin Buckley via slurm-users < slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com> wrote: > On 2025/06/11 12:46, Ratnasamy, Fritz via slurm-users wrote: > > > > We wanted to block users from ssh to a node where there are no jobs > > running however it looks like users are able to do so. We have installed > > the slurm_pam_adopt_module and set up the slurm.conf accordingly (the > same > > way we did on our first cluster where the pam module denies ssh access > > correctly). > > We saw a similar issue whereby the way that we had PAM setup, meant > that, and here I quote from SchedMD's Daniel Armengod: > > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---- > This is almost certainly caused by the fact that SSH's > `keyboard-interactive` > (not to be confused with `password`) AuthMethod forks a short-lived child > process that is involved in the authentication logic. Slurm's > pam_slurm_adopt > module latches on to that process (which is the wrong one, of course) and > things break in interesting ways from there. > > SSH authmethods `publickey` and `password` do not exhibit this behaviour > as SSH > does not fork a child process to offload the authentication > challenge-response > dialogue to. > > ... > > The key bit here is that in your last test you're forcing > `PreferredAuthentications=password`, which isn't actually the > `keyboard-interactive` AuthMethod that got picked before. > They work differently under the hood, even if as far as the > user is concerned, both methods just ask for a password. > > ... > > In summary: try disabling the `keyboard-interactive` authentication method > in > your compute nodes. pam_slurm_adopt should work correctly now. > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---- > > Maybe that's also your issue. > > > Daniel did say that SchedMD were going to update their documentation > to make that distinction, and it's effect, more explciit, so I would > expect it to be in the mainstream docs by now. > > HTH > > -- > slurm-users mailing list -- slurm-users(a)lists.schedmd.com > To unsubscribe send an email to slurm-users-leave(a)lists.schedmd.com > CAUTION: This email has originated outside of University email systems. > Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the > sender and trust the contents as safe. > >

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MIG H100 with xeon Intel
by Richard Lefebvre 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

I'm having problems with Autodetect=nvml in gres.conf. I get on the controller log the following: error: _check_core_range_matches_sock: gres/gpu GRES autodetected core affinity 16-31 on node node001 doesn't match socket boundaries. (Socket 0 is cores 0-31). Consider setting SlurmdParameters=l3cache_as_socket (recommended) or override this by manually specifying core affinity in gres.conf. I did set l3cache_as_socket in the slurm.conf of the node, but I still get the error on the slurm controler I'm running 24.11.5 on AlmaLinux 9.5 Richard

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How are the results produced by 'seff'?
by Loris Bennett 12 Jun '25

12 Jun '25

Hi, With Slurm 24.11.5 for some jobs I am seeing differences between the memory usage reported by 'seff' and that shown by Prometheus as 'cgroup_memory_rss_bytes' (and ultimately reported by 'jobstats' [1]). Certainly at the University of Delft they seem to feel that the memory usage reported by 'seff' is unreliable [2]. Is that indeed the case? Cheers, Loris Footnotes: [1] https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/jobstats [2] https://doc.dhpc.tudelft.nl/delftblue/Slurm-trouble-shooting/ -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) FUB-IT, Freie Universität Berlin

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slurm_pam_adopt module not working
by Ratnasamy, Fritz 11 Jun '25

11 Jun '25

Hi, We wanted to block users from ssh to a node where there are no jobs running however it looks like users are able to do so. We have installed the slurm_pam_adopt_module and set up the slurm.conf accordingly (the same way we did on our first cluster where the pam module denies ssh access correctly). We have PrologFlags=contain in slurm.conf and inside /etc/pam.d/sshd, we set the last row to : account sufficient pam_slurm_adopt.so action_no_jobs=deny action_unknown=newest action_adopt_failure=deny action_generic_failure=deny Are we missing anything? Thanks *Fritz Ratnasamy*Data Scientist Information Technology

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CR_CPU used but only cores used
by Adrian Sevcenco 11 Jun '25

11 Jun '25

Hi! i have a weird situation in which only cores are used instead of CPUs this is Alma9/slurm 22.05.9 (the last one from epel) I have: conf.d/resources.conf 9:SelectType=select/cons_res conf.d/resources.conf 11:SelectTypeParameters=CR_CPU conf.d/resources.conf 5:TaskPluginParam=autobind=threads conf.d/resources.conf 2:TaskPlugin=task/affinity,task/cgroup cgroup.conf 2:ConstrainCores=no conf.d/parts_issaf.conf 8:PartitionName=CLUSTER DEFAULT=YES State=UP nodes=DEFAULT DefaultTime=240:00:00 MaxTime=480:00:00 LLN=yes MaxNodes=1 What am i missing? Why are only cores used? Thanks a lot!! Adrian

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Restrict and prioritize usage of certain nodes according to accounts
by thomas.hartmann＠th-ht.de 09 Jun '25

09 Jun '25

Hi, I'm going to have the following situation on my hands and I would like to ask for some suggestions how to solve this in slurm. We're talking about a cluster that is not yet operational so there are no real legacy configs that one needs to take into account. I have two sets of physical nodes: 1. node01 - nodeXX: General Purpose Nodes. Everybody can use them 2. project_A_01 - project_A_XX: These nodes come with some restrictions regarding who can and who must not run jobs on them. Users are organized into accounts, pseudohierarchically representing workgroups / projects etc within the university. For instance, there is going to be a "physics" account with "project_blackhole", "workgroup_miller" as children. Users are associated with one or more accounts. I have three sets of accounts (each can have child accounts): 1. "General" accounts: These are allowed to use all physical nodes. 2. "ForProfit" accounts: These absolutely must not use the project_A_* nodes 3. "Project_A" accounts: Their jobs should run first and foremost on the project_A_* nodes but they are also allowed to run on the node* nodes. My first idea would be to create two partitions, one with all nodes in there and a second one with only those nodes that the "ForProfit" are allowed to use. Using "AllowAccounts" or "DenyAccounts" would implement the restriction I need. In the future, there might be more project specific nodes for other projects. I would be grateful for any alternative solution or hints, how this could be solved optimally. Thanks a lot! Thomas

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Problem querying slurm batch script archive
by Davide DelVento 09 Jun '25

09 Jun '25

I configured slurm.conf on our machine with AccountingStoreFlags=job_script,job_comment So that people can run sacct -Bj <job_ID> and check what the batch script was for the specified job_ID. This works fine for root and works great for many users (who can see their own job scripts, but not those of other users, as it ought to be). Unfortunately, for several users (but not even close to half of the users of the machine), the sacct -Bj command returns nothing, like if they queried someone else's job, even when querying their own. Does anybody have any clue on what might be wrong and triggering this odd behavior? Thanks!

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