Overview

Instructor: Michael Dickens

Time: Friday, March 20, 1:30PM-4:00PM

Location: Zoom session only

Prerequisites: Unix/Linux skills; HPRC account

This short course covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on Terra.

Course Materials

Presentation slides

The presentation slides are available as downloadable PDF files.

• Slurm Job Scheduling (Spring 2020): PDF

Previous Course Materials

• Slurm Job Scheduling (Fall 2019): PDF

Agenda

This short course covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on Terra.

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

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