[Clusterusers] Switching to new keg

Wm. Josiah Erikson wjerikson at hampshire.edu
Wed Jun 24 13:37:08 EDT 2015


Yes, it looks like it did. We had 260 licenses last year.
    -Josiah


On 6/24/15 1:32 PM, Thomas Helmuth wrote:
> I thought I've had more than 150 runs going at once in the past. Did
> something change?
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Wm. Josiah Erikson
> <wjerikson at hampshire.edu <mailto:wjerikson at hampshire.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Yup.
>         -Josiah
>
>
>
>     On 6/24/15 1:27 PM, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
>>     g*d*mn proprietary software! :)
>>     On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:26 -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
>>>     We're out of licenses (130 concurrent tasks). I've written Wendy
>>>     to see about getting more.
>>>         -Josiah
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 6/24/15 1:11 PM, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
>>>>     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/resources/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 <mailto: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.hampshire.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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     <mailto: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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>>>>>>>>     Wm. Josiah Erikson
>>>>>>>>     Assistant Director of IT, Infrastructure Group
>>>>>>>>     System Administrator, School of CS
>>>>>>>>     Hampshire College
>>>>>>>>     Amherst, MA 01002
>>>>>>>>     (413) 559-6091 <tel:%28413%29%20559-6091>
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>>>>>>     Wm. Josiah Erikson
>>>>>>     Assistant Director of IT, Infrastructure Group
>>>>>>     System Administrator, School of CS
>>>>>>     Hampshire College
>>>>>>     Amherst, MA 01002
>>>>>>     (413) 559-6091 <tel:%28413%29%20559-6091>
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>>>     Assistant Director of IT, Infrastructure Group
>>>     System Administrator, School of CS
>>>     Hampshire College
>>>     Amherst, MA 01002
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>     Assistant Director of IT, Infrastructure Group
>     System Administrator, School of CS
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