[slurm-users] SLURM: reconfig

[Mark Dixon]

On Thu, 5 May 2022, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote:
...
> You're right, probably the correct order for Configless must be:
>
> * stop slurmctld
> * edit slurm.conf etc.
> * start slurmctld
> * restart the slurmd nodes to pick up new slurm.conf
>
> See also slides 29-34 in
> https://slurm.schedmd.com/SLUG21/Field_Notes_5.pdf from the Slurm
> publications site https://slurm.schedmd.com/publications.html
>
> Less-Safe, but usually okay, procedure:
> 1. Change configs
> 2. Restart slurmctld
> 3. Restart all slurmd processes really quickly


Sure, I'd seen that: but it's not exactly ideal, is it?

Roll on dynamic node adding and removing...

Mark