A bit late, but thank you for the answer. It doesn't help me since my problem is truly specific, when the queue is full, the dependecy act weird and just try to send the job infinite times.
Anyway, I solved it using some loops in my scripts, not the best way, but... *Álvaro Ponce Cabrera.* 2017-03-17 15:58 GMT+01:00 Benjamin Redling <benjamin.ra...@uni-jena.de>: > > Good examples: > https://hpc.nih.gov/docs/job_dependencies.html > > BR > > On 2017-03-15 17:37, Álvaro pc wrote: > > Hi again! > > > > I would really like to know about the behaviour of --dependency > argument.. > > > > Nobody know anything? > > > > *Álvaro Ponce Cabrera.* > > > > > > 2017-03-14 12:31 GMT+01:00 Álvaro pc <alvarop...@gmail.com > > <mailto:alvarop...@gmail.com>>: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having problems trying to launch jobs with dependency of another > > one. > > > > I'm using '--dependency=afterany:Job_ID' argument. > > > > The problem happens when the queue is full and the new job which > > depends on another one (already running) can't enter in the queue > > and need to wait. > > Instead of wait properly to enter in the queue, the job try to enter > > thousands of times per minute. > > > > All the tries seems to be waiting to enter in the queue... Here you > > can see a piece of the queue where you can see the problem: > > > > 20217 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20218 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20219 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20220 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20221 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20222 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20223 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20224 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 20225 UPO Macs2_DM alvaropc PD 0:00 1 > > (Dependency) > > 4907 UPO notebook panos R 64-01:48:56 1 > > nodo01 > > 6454 UPO valinomy jraviles R 7-05:45:32 1 > > nodo10 > > 6492 UPO input_ra rbueper R 13-08:44:42 1 > > nodo01 > > 6493 UPO input_ra rbueper R 13-08:44:42 1 > > nodo05 > > 6823 UPO FELIX-No said R 13-09:34:42 1 > > nodo06 > > 7219 UPO input_ra rbueper R 13-08:44:42 1 > > nodo05 > > > > > > > > In addition I'm obtaining this error from the log/out file: 'sbatch: > > error: Slurm temporarily unable to accept job, sleeping and > retrying'. > > The error is repeated thousands of times too, obviously, one per > > each try of the job entering the queue... > > > > I just want to launch ONE job which waits untill another one ends... > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thank you so much. > > > > > > > > *Álvaro Ponce Cabrera.* > > > > > > > > -- > FSU Jena | JULIELab.de/Staff/Benjamin+Redling.html > vox: +49 3641 9 44323 | fax: +49 3641 9 44321 >
