[Clusterusers] Switching to new keg

Wm. Josiah Erikson wjerikson at hampshire.edu
Wed Jun 24 16:30:51 EDT 2015 

eclass-11 and eclass-07. Somebody plugged the wrong port in. Why do
people unplug them? And in the summer even? What what? This has always
confused me...
    -Josiah, getting out the tape, yet again...



On 6/24/15 3:45 PM, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
> working great again!
> blender tag is the one to use (for us)
> there's a couple of 'media' nodes: media138-14 (172.25.138.14)and
> media139-173 (172.25.139.173) - are these asheclass nodes that didn't
> get the right hostnames?
> btw, Josiah, now that things are working I'll take a crack at the
> error handling.
> Cheers
> Bassam
>
> On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 13:37 -0400, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>>>>>>> System Administrator, School of CS
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>>>>>> System Administrator, School of CS
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