Using the Slurm Scheduler on Composable Resources

Overview

Instructor: Michael Dickens

Time: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:30PM-4:00PM CST

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisites: Current ACES account or HPRC account

Covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on ACES and FASTER.

Course Materials

The presentation slides are available as a downloadable PDF file.

  • Slurm Job Scheduling (Spring 2023) PDF

Agenda

This short course covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on FASTER:

  • HPC Architecture
  • SBATCH Parameters
  • Single node jobs
    • single-core
    • multi-core
  • Multi-node jobs
    • MPI jobs
    • TAMULauncher
    • array jobs
  • Monitoring job resource usage
    • at runtime
    • after job completion
    • job debugging

See: https://hprc.tamu.edu/aces

Note: During the class sessions many aspects of the material will be illustrated live via a login to FASTER. You are encouraged to contact the HPRC helpdesk with any questions regarding FASTER.