[slurm-users] AccountingStorageLoc option has been removed and fatal error

[Michael Gutteridge]

Hi

I couldn't find an announcement anywhere, but filetxt looks to have been
removed in version 20.11 (see here
<https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/blob/906f43c90a0b1506f2814920c32669098da522ab/NEWS#L2440>
and
here
<https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/commit/aac9fa2926b5c0e530f1f45dece3daff5931c539>).
slurmdbd seems to be the only option at this time.  The
"AccountingStorageLoc" only has meaning in the context of the
filetxt plugin, hence the error.  I think your options are to do without
accounting (if possible in your environment) or set up SlurmDBD.

It's confusing as it looks like some Slurm docs still indicate this
<https://slurm.schedmd.com/accounting.html#slurm-accounting-configuration-before-build:~:text=Storing%20the%20accounting%20information%20into%20text%20files%20is%20very%20simple.>
as an option.

 - Michael


On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 11:23 AM Joe Kline <gizmo at purdue.edu> wrote:

> I was configuring slurm for an ubuntu 22.04 lts host.
>
> It is version 21.08.5 ( from the ubuntu repo ).
>
> I added these lines to /etc/slurm.conf
>
> AccountingStorageType=accounting_storage/filetxt
> AccountingStorageLoc=/var/log/slurm/accounting
> AccountingStoreJobComment=YES
>
> When I restart the slurm services I get :
>
> fatal: The AccountingStorageLoc option has been removed. It is safe to
> remove from your configuration.
>
> If I comment them out I don't get the error.
>
> Is there some option or something I'm missing?
>
> Is text file storage for accounting no longer an option?
>
> Thanks,
>
> joe
>
>
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