[slurm-users] How to get an estimate of job completion for planned maintenance?

[Loris Bennett]

Hi Ahmed,

Ahmad Khalifa <underoath006 at gmail.com> writes:

> If I plan maintenance on a certain day, how long before that day
> should I set the queue to drain mode?! Is there a way to estimate the
> completion date / time of current running jobs?!

We just set up a reservation at a point at a time which is further in the
future than our maximum run-time.  There is then no need to drain
anything.  Short running jobs can still run right up to the reservation.

Cheers,

Loris

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