[Clusterusers] Switching to new keg

Wed Jun 24 13:11:13 EDT 2015

now it has spooled onto ndrome 07 and eclass 6, but there are a bunch
more open machines and it spools very slowly, I think something is
wrong?
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:02 -0400, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> Ok, just tried linux || MacOSX and MacOSX || linux (with and without
> spaces)
> 
> the key shows up on the Service Key Expr on the the single tasks,
> but:
> 
> -only the first one shows up
> -so far, only perry's computer is rendering (with MacOSX as the tag)
> 
> blender launchrender is still on limit tags, I wonder if the nodes
> lost their blender rights somehow.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bassam
> 
> On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 11:52 -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
> >  Duh. I totally knew that. I think I even used to tell people that.
> > Thanks Tom!
> >     -Josiah
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/24/15 11:32 AM, Thomas Helmuth wrote:
> > > I looked up the service key syntax: https://renderman.pixar.com/r
> > > esources/18/tractor/scripting.html#srvkeys
> > > 
> > > It turns out, comma means to AND the service keys together. So,
> > > "linux,MacOSX" will only run on a node that is both linux and
> > > MaxOSX, which is obviously bad. You have to use "linux||MacOSX"
> > > to get linux OR MaxOSX.
> > > 
> > > Tom
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Wm. Josiah Erikson <
> > > wjerikson at hampshire.edu> wrote:
> > > > It looks like any service keys specified when spooling replace
> > > > "slow". The job spooled right now shows up as having
> > > > "linux,MacOSX" on each task.
> > > >     -Josiah
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 6/24/15 3:38 AM, Chris Perry wrote:
> > > > >  
> > > > > How are you spooling, Bassam?
> > > > > If the "old way" (via website), then I think "slow" might be
> > > > > hardcoded into each remoteCmd declaration. Check not just the
> > > > > job but the various subtasks for the tags, they may show up
> > > > > there. I kind of remember noticing that when Owen and I were
> > > > > rewriting things this spring; check and see what you find. We
> > > > > can update this all when I get back (at the latest).
> > > > > - chris
> > > > >  
> > > > >  
> > > > > On 2015-06-23 23:17, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> > > > > > Tried it again, still waiting.
> > > > > > Interestingly enough, I think the Tags are not getting
> > > > > > picked up; I
> > > > > > checked use custom tags and kept the case as indicated, and
> > > > > > there are
> > > > > > not Tags showing up in tractor - maybe it's the keg update
> > > > > > or maybe I'm
> > > > > > doing it wrong (tm)
> > > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-23 at 16:37 -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Make sure not to capitalize "Linux", too - I think it is
> > > > > > > case sensitive. -Josiah On 6/23/15 4:36 PM, Wm. Josiah
> > > > > > > Erikson wrote:
> > > > > > > > It's because I lied to you. It should be "linux,MacOSX"
> > > > > > > > for the service tags. -Josiah On 6/23/15 3:42 PM,
> > > > > > > > Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi, just spooled another shot, it's waiting to
> > > > > > > > > continue.. I know at least the mac nodes should be
> > > > > > > > > open. On Mon, 2015-06-22 at 23:41 -0400, Wm. Josiah
> > > > > > > > > Erikson wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > There was something about a file descriptor limit
> > > > > > > > > > in tractor -engine, so I restarted tractor-engine,
> > > > > > > > > > and it appears to have cleared up. It was probably
> > > > > > > > > > something having to do with held open file handles
> > > > > > > > > > with new/old NFS file handles. You're also spooling
> > > > > > > > > > all your jobs with the default tag of "slow", which
> > > > > > > > > > isn't necessarily bad, but I think you could also
> > > > > > > > > > do "linux,OSX" or something and get all the nodes
> > > > > > > > > > at once. I think that's the syntax, but I could be
> > > > > > > > > > remembering wrong. I also have to email Wendy about
> > > > > > > > > > the fact that our license expires in 10 days, and
> > > > > > > > > > when I go to get a new one, it still does.... 
> > > > > > > > > > -Josiah On 6/22/15 9:30 PM, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, all of sudden all my tasks are blocked even
> > > > > > > > > > > though there are nodes available - down to the
> > > > > > > > > > > last 4 frames (which are retried errors) and a
> > > > > > > > > > > collate. Tim spooled some tasks but the macs are
> > > > > > > > > > > open, any ideas? On Mon, 2015-06-22 at 20:16 
> > > > > > > > > > > -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > Nice. Saw some pretty impressive bandwidth
> > > > > > > > > > > > usage there for a second: http://artemis.hampsh
> > > > > > > > > > > > ire.edu/mrtg/172.20.160.204_10110.html(this is
> > > > > > > > > > > > actually keg1's network connection - gotta
> > > > > > > > > > > > correct that on the map, or just swap over to
> > > > > > > > > > > > the old connection) -Josiah On 6/22/15 7:29 PM,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I figured and I spooled and it seemed to be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > working... hopefully jordan doesn't restart
> > > > > > > > > > > > > his eternal render for a few hours ;) On Mon,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-06-22 at 18:26 -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's done! -Josiah On 6/22/15 5:49 PM,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dats punk! is it done? On Mon, 2015-06-22
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at 20:49 +0200, Chris Perry wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't wait. Thanks, Josiah! - chris
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 22, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Wm.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Josiah Erikson < 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wjerikson at hampshire.edu> wrote: Keg
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > will be going down shortly, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > coming back up as a harder, faster,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > better, stronger version shortly as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > well, I hope :) -Josiah
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/11/15 9:53 AM, Wm. Josiah
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Erikson wrote: Hi all, I'm pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sure there is 100% overlap between
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people who care about fly and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people who care about keg at this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > point (though there are some people
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who care about fly and not so much
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keg, like Lee and Tom - sorry), so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this to this list. I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have a new 32TB 14+2 RAID6 with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 24GB of RAM superfast (way faster
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > than gigabit) keg all ready to go!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to bring it up on
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Monday, June 22nd. It would be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ideal if rendering was NOT
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > happening at that time, to make my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rsyncing life easier :) Any
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > objections? -Josiah
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