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NAME
sacctmgr - Used to view and modify Slurm account information.
SYNOPSIS
sacctmgr [OPTIONS...] [COMMAND...]
DESCRIPTION
sacctmgr is used to view or modify Slurm account information. The account information is maintained
within a database with the interface being provided by slurmdbd (Slurm Database daemon). This database
can serve as a central storehouse of user and computer information for multiple computers at a single
site. Slurm account information is recorded based upon four parameters that form what is referred to as
an association. These parameters are user, cluster, partition, and account. user is the login name.
cluster is the name of a Slurm managed cluster as specified by the ClusterName parameter in the
slurm.conf configuration file. partition is the name of a Slurm partition on that cluster. account is
the bank account for a job. The intended mode of operation is to initiate the sacctmgr command, add,
delete, modify, and/or list association records then commit the changes and exit.
NOTE: The contents of Slurm's database are maintained in lower case. This may result in some sacctmgr
output differing from that of other Slurm commands.
OPTIONS
-s, --associations
Use with show or list to display associations with the entity. This is equivalent to the
associations command.
-h, --help
Print a help message describing the usage of sacctmgr. This is equivalent to the help command.
-i, --immediate
commit changes immediately without asking for confirmation.
-n, --noheader
No header will be added to the beginning of the output.
-p, --parsable
Output will be '|' delimited with a '|' at the end.
-P, --parsable2
Output will be '|' delimited without a '|' at the end.
-Q, --quiet
Print no messages other than error messages. This is equivalent to the quiet command.
-r, --readonly
Makes it so the running sacctmgr cannot modify accounting information. The readonly option is for
use within interactive mode.
-v, --verbose
Enable detailed logging. This is equivalent to the verbose command.
-V , --version
Display version number. This is equivalent to the version command.
COMMANDS
add <ENTITY> <SPECS>
Add an entity. Identical to the create command.
archive {dump|load} <SPECS>
Write database information to a flat file or load information that has previously been written to
a file.
clear stats
Clear the server statistics.
create <ENTITY> <SPECS>
Add an entity. Identical to the add command.
delete <ENTITY> where <SPECS>
Delete the specified entities. Identical to the remove command.
dump <ENTITY> [File=<FILENAME>]
Dump cluster data to the specified file. If the filename is not specified it uses clustername.cfg
filename by default.
help Display a description of sacctmgr options and commands.
list <ENTITY> [<SPECS>]
Display information about the specified entity. By default, all entries are displayed, you can
narrow results by specifying SPECS in your query. Identical to the show command.
load <FILENAME>
Load cluster data from the specified file. This is a configuration file generated by running the
sacctmgr dump command. This command does not load archive data, see the sacctmgr archive load
option instead.
modify <ENTITY> where <SPECS> set <SPECS>
Modify an entity.
reconfigure
Reconfigures the SlurmDBD if running with one.
remove <ENTITY> where <SPECS>
Delete the specified entities. Identical to the delete command.
show <ENTITY> [<SPECS>]
Display information about the specified entity. By default, all entries are displayed, you can
narrow results by specifying SPECS in your query. Identical to the list command.
shutdown
Shutdown the server.
version
Display the version number of sacctmgr.
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
NOTE: All commands listed below can be used in the interactive mode, but NOT on the initial command line.
exit Terminate sacctmgr interactive mode. Identical to the quit command.
quiet Print no messages other than error messages.
quit Terminate the execution of sacctmgr interactive mode. Identical to the exit command.
verbose
Enable detailed logging. This includes time-stamps on data structures, record counts, etc. This
is an independent command with no options meant for use in interactive mode.
!! Repeat the last command.
ENTITIES
account
A bank account, typically specified at job submit time using the --account= option. These may be
arranged in a hierarchical fashion, for example accounts 'chemistry' and 'physics' may be children
of the account 'science'. The hierarchy may have an arbitrary depth.
association
The entity used to group information consisting of four parameters: account, cluster, partition
(optional), and user. Used only with the list or show command. Add, modify, and delete should be
done to a user, account or cluster entity. This will in turn update the underlying associations.
cluster
The ClusterName parameter in the slurm.conf configuration file, used to differentiate accounts on
different machines.
configuration
Used only with the list or show command to report current system configuration.
coordinator
A special privileged user, usually an account manager, that can add users or sub-accounts to the
account they are coordinator over. This should be a trusted person since they can change limits
on account and user associations, as well as cancel, requeue or reassign accounts of jobs inside
their realm.
event Events like downed or draining nodes on clusters.
federation
A group of clusters that work together to schedule jobs.
job Used to modify specific fields of a job: Derived Exit Code, the Comment String, or wckey.
problem
Use with show or list to display entity problems.
qos Quality of Service.
reservation
A collection of resources set apart for use by a particular account, user or group of users for a
given period of time.
resource
Software resources for the system. Those are software licenses shared among clusters.
RunawayJobs
Used only with the list or show command to report current jobs that have been orphaned on the
local cluster and are now runaway. If there are jobs in this state it will also give you an
option to "fix" them. NOTE: You must have an AdminLevel of at least Operator to perform this.
stats Used with list or show command to view server statistics. Accepts optional argument of ave_time
or total_time to sort on those fields. By default, sorts on increasing RPC count field.
transaction
List of transactions that have occurred during a given time period.
tres Used with list or show command to view a list of Trackable RESources configured on the system.
user The login name. Usernames are case-insensitive (forced to lowercase) unless the PreserveCaseUser
option has been set in the SlurmDBD configuration file.
wckeys Workload Characterization Key. An arbitrary string for grouping orthogonal accounts.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES
NOTE: The group limits (GrpJobs, GrpTRES, etc.) are tested when a job is being considered for being
allocated resources. If starting a job would cause any of its group limit to be exceeded, that job will
not be considered for scheduling even if that job might preempt other jobs which would release sufficient
group resources for the pending job to be initiated.
DefaultQOS=<default_qos>
The default QOS this association and its children should have. This is overridden if set directly
on a user. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
Fairshare={<fairshare_number>|parent}
Number used in conjunction with other accounts to determine job priority. Can also be the string
parent, when used on a user this means that the parent association is used for fairshare. If
Fairshare=parent is set on an account, that account's children will be effectively reparented for
fairshare calculations to the first parent of their parent that is not Fairshare=parent. Limits
remain the same, only its fairshare value is affected. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1.
GrpTRESMins=TRES=<minutes>[,TRES=<minutes>,...]
The total number of TRES minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
running from this association and its children. To clear a previously set value use the modify
command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This limit is not enforced if set on the root association of a cluster. So even though it
may appear in sacctmgr output, it will not be enforced.
ALSO NOTE: This limit only applies when using the Priority Multifactor plugin. The time is
decayed using the value of PriorityDecayHalfLife or PriorityUsageResetPeriod as set in the
slurm.conf. When this limit is reached all associated jobs running will be killed and all future
jobs submitted with associations in the group will be delayed until they are able to run inside
the limit.
GrpTRESRunMins=TRES=<minutes>[,TRES=<minutes>,...]
Used to limit the combined total number of TRES minutes used by all jobs running with this
association and its children. This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and
consumes it, if the limit is reached no new jobs are started until other jobs finish to allow time
to free up.
GrpTRES=TRES=<max_TRES>[,TRES=<max_TRES>,...]
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and
all associations which are children of this association. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This limit only applies fully when using the Select Consumable Resource plugin.
GrpJobs=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this association and all associations which are
children of this association. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new
value of -1.
GrpJobsAccrue=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this association and
all associations which are children of this association. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1.
GrpSubmitJobs=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate for
this association and all associations which are children of this association. To clear a
previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as GrpSubmit.
GrpWall=<max_wall>
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association
and all associations which are children of this association. To clear a previously set value use
the modify command with a new value of -1.
NOTE: This limit is not enforced if set on the root association of a cluster. So even though it
may appear in sacctmgr output, it will not be enforced.
ALSO NOTE: This limit only applies when using the Priority Multifactor plugin. The time is
decayed using the value of PriorityDecayHalfLife or PriorityUsageResetPeriod as set in the
slurm.conf. When this limit is reached all associated jobs running will be killed and all future
jobs submitted with associations in the group will be delayed until they are able to run inside
the limit.
MaxTRESMinsPerJob=TRES=<minutes>[,TRES=<minutes>,...]
Maximum number of TRES minutes each job is able to use in this association. This is overridden if
set directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRESMins.
MaxTRESPerJob=TRES=<max_TRES>[,TRES=<max_TRES>,...]
Maximum number of TRES each job is able to use in this association. This is overridden if set
directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRES.
NOTE: This limit only applies fully when using cons_res or cons_tres select type plugins.
MaxJobs=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time in this association. This is
overridden if set directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. To clear a previously set
value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxJobsAccrue=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of pending jobs able to accrue age priority at any given time for the given
association. This is overridden if set directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. To
clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxSubmitJobs=<max_jobs>
Maximum number of jobs which can this association can have in a pending or running state at any
time. Default is the cluster's limit. To clear a previously set value use the modify command
with a new value of -1.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxSubmit.
MaxWallDurationPerJob=<max_wall>
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use in this association. This is overridden if set
directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. <max wall> format is <min> or <min>:<sec> or
<hr>:<min>:<sec> or <days>-<hr>:<min>:<sec> or <days>-<hr>. The value is recorded in minutes with
rounding as needed. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of
-1.
NOTE: Changing this value will have no effect on any running or pending job.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxWall.
Priority
What priority will be added to a job's priority when using this association. This is overridden
if set directly on a user. Default is the cluster's limit. To clear a previously set value use
the modify command with a new value of -1.
QosLevel<operator><comma_separated_list_of_qos_names>
Specify the default Quality of Service's that jobs are able to run at for this association. To
get a list of valid QOS's use 'sacctmgr list qos'. This value will override its parents value and
push down to its children as the new default. Setting a QosLevel to '' (two single quotes with
nothing between them) restores its default setting. You can also use the operator += and -= to
add or remove certain QOS's from a QOS list.
Valid <operator> values include:
=
Set QosLevel to the specified value. Note: the QOS that can be used at a given account in the
hierarchy are inherited by the children of that account. By assigning QOS with the = sign
only the assigned QOS can be used by the account and its children.
+=
Add the specified <qos> value to the current QosLevel. The account will have access to this
QOS and the other previously assigned to it.
-=
Remove the specified <qos> value from the current QosLevel.
See the EXAMPLES section below.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ACCOUNTS
Cluster=<cluster>
Specific cluster to add account to. Default is all in system.
Description=<description>
An arbitrary string describing an account.
Name=<name>
The name of a bank account. Note the name must be unique and can not be represent different bank
accounts at different points in the account hierarchy.
Organization=<org>
Organization to which the account belongs.
Parent=<parent>
Parent account of this account. Default is the root account, a top level account.
RawUsage=<value>
This allows an administrator to reset the raw usage accrued to an account. The only value
currently supported is 0 (zero). This is a settable specification only - it cannot be used as a
filter to list accounts.
WithAssoc
Display all associations for this account.
WithCoord
Display all coordinators for this account.
WithDeleted
Display information with previously deleted data.
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also query against association specific information to view
only certain associations this account may have. These extra options can be found in the SPECIFICATIONS
FOR ASSOCIATIONS section. You can also use the general specifications list above in the GENERAL
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES section.
LIST/SHOW ACCOUNT FORMAT OPTIONS
Account
The name of a bank account.
Description
An arbitrary string describing an account.
Organization
Organization to which the account belongs.
Coordinators
List of users that are a coordinator of the account. (Only filled in when using the
WithCoordinator option.)
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also view the information about the various associations the
account may have on all the clusters in the system. The association information can be filtered. Note
that all the accounts in the database will always be shown as filter only takes effect over the
association data. The Association format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS
section.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATIONS
Clusters=<cluster_name>[,<cluster_name>,...]
List the associations of the cluster(s).
Accounts=<account_name>[,<account_name>,...]
List the associations of the account(s).
Users=<user_name>[,<user_name>,...]
List the associations of the user(s).
Partition=<partition_name>[,<partition_name>,...]
List the associations of the partition(s).
NOTE: You can also use the general specifications list above in the GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR
ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES section.
Other options unique for listing associations:
OnlyDefaults
Display only associations that are default associations
Tree Display account names in a hierarchical fashion.
WithDeleted
Display information with previously deleted data.
WithSubAccounts
Display information with subaccounts. Only really valuable when used with the account= option.
This will display all the subaccount associations along with the accounts listed in the option.
WOLimits
Display information without limit information. This is for a smaller default format of
"Cluster,Account,User,Partition".
WOPInfo
Display information without parent information (i.e. parent id, and parent account name). This
option also implicitly sets the WOPLimits option.
WOPLimits
Display information without hierarchical parent limits (i.e. will only display limits where they
are set instead of propagating them from the parent).
LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS
Account
The name of a bank account in the association.
Cluster
The name of a cluster in the association.
DefaultQOS
The QOS the association will use by default if it as access to it in the QOS list mentioned below.
Fairshare
Number used in conjunction with other accounts to determine job priority. Can also be the string
parent, when used on a user this means that the parent association is used for fairshare. If
Fairshare=parent is set on an account, that account's children will be effectively reparented for
fairshare calculations to the first parent of their parent that is not Fairshare=parent. Limits
remain the same, only its fairshare value is affected.
GrpTRESMins
The total number of TRES minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
running from this association and its children.
GrpTRESRunMins
Used to limit the combined total number of TRES minutes used by all jobs running with this
association and its children. This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and
consumes it, if the limit is reached no new jobs are started until other jobs finish to allow time
to free up.
GrpTRES
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and
all associations which are children of this association.
GrpJobs
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this association and all associations which are
children of this association.
GrpJobsAccrue
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this association and
all associations which are children of this association.
GrpSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate for
this association and all associations which are children of this association.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as GrpSubmit.
GrpWall
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association
and all associations which are children of this association.
ID The id of the association.
LFT Associations are kept in a hierarchy: this is the left most spot in the hierarchy. When used with
the RGT variable, all associations with a LFT inside this LFT and before the RGT are children of
this association.
MaxTRESPerJob
Maximum number of TRES each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRES.
MaxTRESMinsPerJob
Maximum number of TRES minutes each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRESMins.
MaxTRESPerNode
Maximum number of TRES each node in a job allocation can use.
MaxJobs
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time.
MaxJobsAccrue
Maximum number of pending jobs able to accrue age priority at any given time. This limit only
applies to the job's QOS and not the partition's QOS.
MaxSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxSubmit.
MaxWallDurationPerJob
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxWall.
Qos Valid QOS' for this association.
QosRaw QOS' ID.
ParentID
The association id of the parent of this association.
ParentName
The account name of the parent of this association.
Partition
The name of a partition in the association.
Priority
What priority will be added to a job's priority when using this association.
WithRawQOSLevel
Display QosLevel in an unevaluated raw format, consisting of a comma separated list of QOS names
prepended with '' (nothing), '+' or '-' for the association. QOS names without +/- prepended were
assigned (ie, sacctmgr modify ... set QosLevel=qos_name) for the entity listed or on one of its
parents in the hierarchy. QOS names with +/- prepended indicate the QOS was added/filtered (ie,
sacctmgr modify ... set QosLevel=[+-]qos_name) for the entity listed or on one of its parents in
the hierarchy. Including WOPLimits will show exactly where each QOS was assigned, added or
filtered in the hierarchy.
RGT Associations are kept in a hierarchy: this is the right most spot in the hierarchy. When used
with the LFT variable, all associations with a LFT inside this RGT and after the LFT are children
of this association.
User The name of a user in the association.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR CLUSTERS
Classification=<classification>
Type of machine, current classifications are capability, capacity and capapacity.
Features=<comma_separated_list_of_feature_names>
Features that are specific to the cluster. Federated jobs can be directed to clusters that contain
the job requested features.
Federation=<federation>
The federation that this cluster should be a member of. A cluster can only be a member of one
federation at a time.
FedState=<state>
The state of the cluster in the federation.
Valid states are:
ACTIVE Cluster will actively accept and schedule federated jobs.
INACTIVE
Cluster will not schedule or accept any jobs.
DRAIN Cluster will not accept any new jobs and will let existing federated jobs complete.
DRAIN+REMOVE
Cluster will not accept any new jobs and will remove itself from the federation once all
federated jobs have completed. When removed from the federation, the cluster will accept
jobs as a non-federated cluster.
Name=<name>
The name of a cluster. This should be equal to the ClusterName parameter in the slurm.conf
configuration file for some Slurm-managed cluster.
RPC=<rpc_list>
Comma separated list of numeric RPC values.
WithFed
Appends federation related columns to default format options (e.g.
Federation,ID,Features,FedState).
WOLimits
Display information without limit information. This is for a smaller default format of
Cluster,ControlHost,ControlPort,RPC
NOTE: You can also use the general specifications list above in the GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR
ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES section.
LIST/SHOW CLUSTER FORMAT OPTIONS
Classification
Type of machine, i.e. capability, capacity or capapacity.
Cluster
The name of the cluster.
ControlHost
When a slurmctld registers with the database the ip address of the controller is placed here.
ControlPort
When a slurmctld registers with the database the port the controller is listening on is placed
here.
Features
The list of features on the cluster (if any).
Federation
The name of the federation this cluster is a member of (if any).
FedState
The state of the cluster in the federation (if a member of one).
FedStateRaw
Numeric value of the name of the FedState.
Flags Attributes possessed by the cluster. Current flags include Cray, External and MultipleSlurmd.
External clusters are registration only clusters. A slurmctld can designate an external slurmdbd
with the AccountingStorageExternalHost slurm.conf option. This allows a slurmctld to register to
an external slurmdbd so that clusters attached to the external slurmdbd can communicate with the
external cluster with Slurm commands.
ID The ID assigned to the cluster when a member of a federation. This ID uniquely identifies the
cluster and its jobs in the federation.
NodeCount
The current count of nodes associated with the cluster.
NodeNames
The current Nodes associated with the cluster.
PluginIDSelect
The numeric value of the select plugin the cluster is using.
RPC When a slurmctld registers with the database the rpc version the controller is running is placed
here.
TRES Trackable RESources (Billing, BB (Burst buffer), CPU, Energy, GRES, License, Memory, and Node)
this cluster is accounting for.
NOTE: You can also view the information about the root association for the cluster. The Association
format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS section.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR COORDINATOR
Account=<account_name>[,<account_name>,...]
Account name to add this user as a coordinator to.
Names=<user_name>[,<user_name>,...]
Names of coordinators.
NOTE: To list coordinators use the WithCoordinator options with list account or list user.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR EVENTS
All_Clusters
Get information on all cluster shortcut.
All_Time
Get time period for all time shortcut.
Clusters=<cluster_name>[,<cluster_name>,...]
List the events of the cluster(s). Default is the cluster where the command was run.
End=<OPT>
Period ending of events. Default is now.
Valid time formats are...
HH:MM[:SS] [AM|PM]
MMDD[YY] or MM/DD[/YY] or MM.DD[.YY]
MM/DD[/YY]-HH:MM[:SS]
YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]
now[{+|-}count[seconds(default)|minutes|hours|days|weeks]]
Event=<OPT>
Specific events to look for, valid options are Cluster or Node, default is both.
MaxTRES=<OPT>
Max number of TRES affected by an event.
MinTRES=<OPT>
Min number of TRES affected by an event.
Nodes=<node_name>[,<node_name>,...]
Node names affected by an event.
Reason=<reason>[,<reason>,...]
Reason an event happened.
Start=<OPT>
Period start of events. Default is 00:00:00 of previous day, unless states are given with the
States= spec events. If this is the case the default behavior is to return events currently in
the states specified.
Valid time formats are...
HH:MM[:SS] [AM|PM]
MMDD[YY] or MM/DD[/YY] or MM.DD[.YY]
MM/DD[/YY]-HH:MM[:SS]
YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]
now[{+|-}count[seconds(default)|minutes|hours|days|weeks]]
States=<state>[,<state>,...]
State of a node in a node event. If this is set, the event type is set automatically to Node.
User=<user_name>[,<user_name>,...]
Query against users who set the event. If this is set, the event type is set automatically to
Node since only user slurm can perform a cluster event.
LIST/SHOW EVENT FORMAT OPTIONS
Cluster
The name of the cluster event happened on.
ClusterNodes
The hostlist of nodes on a cluster in a cluster event.
Duration
Time period the event was around for.
End Period when event ended.
Event Name of the event.
EventRaw
Numeric value of the name of the event.
NodeName
The node affected by the event. In a cluster event, this is blank.
Reason The reason an event happened.
Start Period when event started.
State On a node event this is the formatted state of the node during the event.
StateRaw
On a node event this is the numeric value of the state of the node during the event.
TRES Number of TRES involved with the event.
User On a node event this is the user who caused the event to happen.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR FEDERATION
Clusters[+|-]=<cluster_name>[,<cluster_name>,...]
List of clusters to add/remove to a federation. A blank value (e.g. clusters=) will remove all
federations for the federation. NOTE: a cluster can only be a member of one federation.
Name=<name>
The name of the federation.
Tree Display federations in a hierarchical fashion.
LIST/SHOW FEDERATION FORMAT OPTIONS
Features
The list of features on the cluster.
Federation
The name of the federation.
Cluster
Name of the cluster that is a member of the federation.
FedState
The state of the cluster in the federation.
FedStateRaw
Numeric value of the name of the FedState.
Index The index of the cluster in the federation.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR JOB
Comment=<comment>
The job's comment string when the AccountingStoreFlags parameter in the slurm.conf file contains
'job_comment'. The user can only modify the comment string of their own job.
Cluster=<cluster_list>
List of clusters to alter jobs on, defaults to local cluster.
DerivedExitCode=<derived_exit_code>
The derived exit code can be modified after a job completes based on the user's judgment of
whether the job succeeded or failed. The user can only modify the derived exit code of their own
job.
EndTime
Jobs must end before this time to be modified. Format output is, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, unless
changed through the SLURM_TIME_FORMAT environment variable.
JobID=<jobid_list>
The id of the job to change. Not needed if altering multiple jobs using wckey specification.
NewWCKey=<new_wckey>
Use to rename a wckey on job(s) in the accounting database
StartTime
Jobs must start at or after this time to be modified in the same format as EndTime.
User=<user_list>
Used to specify the jobs of users jobs to alter.
WCKey=<wckey_list>
Used to specify the wckeys to alter.
The DerivedExitCode, Comment and WCKey fields are the only fields of a job record in the database that
can be modified after job completion.
LIST/SHOW JOB FORMAT OPTIONS
The sacct command is the exclusive command to display job records from the Slurm database.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR QOS
NOTE: The group limits (GrpJobs, GrpNodes, etc.) are tested when a job is being considered for being
allocated resources. If starting a job would cause any of its group limit to be exceeded, that job will
not be considered for scheduling even if that job might preempt other jobs which would release sufficient
group resources for the pending job to be initiated.
Flags Used by the slurmctld to override or enforce certain characteristics.
Valid options are
DenyOnLimit
If set, jobs using this QOS will be rejected at submission time if they do not conform to
the QOS 'Max' or 'Min' limits as stand-alone jobs. Jobs that exceed these limits when
other jobs are considered, but conform to the limits when considered individually will not
be rejected. Instead they will pend until resources are available. Group limits (e.g.
GrpTRES) will also be treated like 'Max' limits (e.g. MaxTRESPerNode) and jobs will be
denied if they would violate the limit as stand-alone jobs. This currently only applies to
QOS and Association limits.
EnforceUsageThreshold
If set, and the QOS also has a UsageThreshold, any jobs submitted with this QOS that fall
below the UsageThreshold will be held until their Fairshare Usage goes above the Threshold.
NoDecay
If set, this QOS will not have its GrpTRESMins, GrpWall and UsageRaw decayed by the
slurm.conf PriorityDecayHalfLife or PriorityUsageResetPeriod settings. This allows a QOS
to provide aggregate limits that, once consumed, will not be replenished automatically.
Such a QOS will act as a time-limited quota of resources for an association that has access
to it. Account/user usage will still be decayed for associations using the QOS. The QOS
GrpTRESMins and GrpWall limits can be increased or the QOS RawUsage value reset to 0 (zero)
to again allow jobs submitted with this QOS to be queued (if DenyOnLimit is set) or run
(pending with QOSGrp{TRES}MinutesLimit or QOSGrpWallLimit reasons, where {TRES} is some
type of trackable resource).
NoReserve
If this flag is set and backfill scheduling is used, jobs using this QOS will not reserve
resources in the backfill schedule's map of resources allocated through time. This flag is
intended for use with a QOS that may be preempted by jobs associated with all other QOS
(e.g use with a "standby" QOS). If this flag is used with a QOS which can not be preempted
by all other QOS, it could result in starvation of larger jobs.
PartitionMaxNodes
If set jobs using this QOS will be able to override the requested partition's MaxNodes
limit.
PartitionMinNodes
If set jobs using this QOS will be able to override the requested partition's MinNodes
limit.
OverPartQOS
If set jobs using this QOS will be able to override any limits used by the requested
partition's QOS limits.
PartitionTimeLimit
If set jobs using this QOS will be able to override the requested partition's TimeLimit.
RequiresReservation
If set jobs using this QOS must designate a reservation when submitting a job. This option
can be useful in restricting usage of a QOS that may have greater preemptive capability or
additional resources to be allowed only within a reservation.
UsageFactorSafe
If set, and AccountingStorageEnforce includes Safe, jobs will only be able to run if the
job can run to completion with the UsageFactor applied.
GraceTime
Preemption grace time, in seconds, to be extended to a job which has been selected for preemption.
GrpTRESMins
The total number of TRES minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
running from this QOS.
GrpTRESRunMins
Used to limit the combined total number of TRES minutes used by all jobs running with this QOS.
This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and consumes it, if the limit is reached
no new jobs are started until other jobs finish to allow time to free up.
GrpTRES
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpJobs
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpJobsAccrue
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this QOS. This limit
only applies to the job's QOS and not the partition's QOS.
GrpSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate for
this QOS.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as GrpSubmit.
GrpWall
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS. If this
limit is reached submission requests will be denied and the running jobs will be killed.
ID The id of the QOS.
MaxJobsAccruePerAccount
Maximum number of pending jobs an account (or subacct) can have accruing age priority at any given
time. This limit only applies to the job's QOS and not the partition's QOS.
MaxJobsAccruePerUser
Maximum number of pending jobs a user can have accruing age priority at any given time. This
limit only applies to the job's QOS and not the partition's QOS.
MaxJobsPerAccount
Maximum number of jobs each account is allowed to run at one time.
MaxJobsPerUser
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time.
MaxSubmitJobsPerAccount
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time per account.
MaxSubmitJobsPerUser
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time per user.
MaxTRESMinsPerJob
Maximum number of TRES minutes each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRESMins.
MaxTRESPerAccount
Maximum number of TRES each account is able to use.
MaxTRESPerJob
Maximum number of TRES each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRES.
MaxTRESPerNode
Maximum number of TRES each node in a job allocation can use.
MaxTRESPerUser
Maximum number of TRES each user is able to use.
MaxWallDurationPerJob
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxWall.
MinPrioThreshold
Minimum priority required to reserve resources when scheduling.
MinTRESPerJob
Minimum number of TRES each job running under this QOS must request. Otherwise the job will pend
until modified.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MinTRES.
Name Name of the QOS.
Preempt
Other QOS' this QOS can preempt.
NOTE: The Priority of a QOS is NOT related to QOS preemption, only Preempt is used to define which
QOS can preempt others.
PreemptExemptTime
Specifies a minimum run time for jobs of this QOS before they are considered for preemption. This
QOS option takes precedence over the global PreemptExemptTime. Setting to -1 disables the option,
allowing another QOS or the global option to take effect. Setting to 0 indicates no minimum run
time and supersedes the lower priority QOS (see OverPartQOS) and/or the global option in
slurm.conf.
PreemptMode
Mechanism used to preempt jobs or enable gang scheduling for this QOS when the cluster PreemptType
is set to preempt/qos. This QOS-specific PreemptMode will override the cluster-wide PreemptMode
for this QOS. Unsetting the QOS specific PreemptMode, by specifying "OFF", "" or "Cluster", makes
it use the default cluster-wide PreemptMode.
See the description of the cluster-wide PreemptMode parameter for further details of the available
modes.
Priority
What priority will be added to a job's priority when using this QOS.
NOTE: The Priority of a QOS is NOT related to QOS preemption, see Preempt instead.
RawUsage=<value>
This allows an administrator to reset the raw usage accrued to a QOS. The only value currently
supported is 0 (zero). This is a settable specification only - it cannot be used as a filter to
list accounts.
UsageFactor
Usage factor when running with this QOS. See below for more details.
LimitFactor
Factor to scale TRES count limits when running with this QOS. See below for more details.
UsageThreshold
A float representing the lowest fairshare of an association allowable to run a job. If an
association falls below this threshold and has pending jobs or submits new jobs those jobs will be
held until the usage goes back above the threshold. Use sshare to see current shares on the
system.
WithDeleted
Display information with previously deleted data.
LIST/SHOW QOS FORMAT OPTIONS
Description
An arbitrary string describing a QOS.
GraceTime
Preemption grace time to be extended to a job which has been selected for preemption in the format
of hh:mm:ss. The default value is zero, no preemption grace time is allowed on this partition.
NOTE: This value is only meaningful for QOS PreemptMode=CANCEL.
GrpTRESMins
The total number of TRES minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
running from this QOS. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of
-1 for each TRES id. NOTE: This limit only applies when using the Priority Multifactor plugin.
The time is decayed using the value of PriorityDecayHalfLife or PriorityUsageResetPeriod as set in
the slurm.conf. When this limit is reached all associated jobs running will be killed and all
future jobs submitted with this QOS will be delayed until they are able to run inside the limit.
GrpTRES
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS. To clear
a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
GrpJobs
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this QOS. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1.
GrpJobsAccrue
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this QOS. This limit
only applies to the job's QOS and not the partition's QOS. To clear a previously set value use
the modify command with a new value of -1.
GrpSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate for
this QOS. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as GrpSubmit.
GrpWall
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS. To clear
a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1. NOTE: This limit only
applies when using the Priority Multifactor plugin. The time is decayed using the value of
PriorityDecayHalfLife or PriorityUsageResetPeriod as set in the slurm.conf. When this limit is
reached all associated jobs running will be killed and all future jobs submitted with this QOS
will be delayed until they are able to run inside the limit.
MaxTRESMinsPerJob
Maximum number of TRES minutes each job is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRESMins.
MaxTRESPerAccount
Maximum number of TRES each account is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the
modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
MaxTRESPerJob
Maximum number of TRES each job is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify
command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxTRES.
MaxTRESPerNode
Maximum number of TRES each node in a job allocation can use. To clear a previously set value use
the modify command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
MaxTRESPerUser
Maximum number of TRES each user is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify
command with a new value of -1 for each TRES id.
MaxJobsPerAccount
Maximum number of jobs each account is allowed to run at one time. To clear a previously set
value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxJobsPerUser
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time. To clear a previously set value
use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxSubmitJobsPerAccount
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time per account. To clear a previously
set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxSubmitJobsPerUser
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time per user. To clear a previously set
value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxWallDurationPerJob
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use. <max wall> format is <min> or <min>:<sec> or
<hr>:<min>:<sec> or <days>-<hr>:<min>:<sec> or <days>-<hr>. The value is recorded in minutes with
rounding as needed. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of
-1.
NOTE: This setting shows up in the sacctmgr output as MaxWall.
MinPrioThreshold
Minimum priority required to reserve resources when scheduling. To clear a previously set value
use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MinTRES
Minimum number of TRES each job running under this QOS must request. Otherwise the job will pend
until modified. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1 for
each TRES id.
Name Name of the QOS. Needed for creation.
Preempt
Other QOS' this QOS can preempt. Setting a Preempt to '' (two single quotes with nothing between
them) restores its default setting. You can also use the operator += and -= to add or remove
certain QOS's from a QOS list.
PreemptMode
Mechanism used to preempt jobs of this QOS if the clusters PreemptType is configured to
preempt/qos. The default preemption mechanism is specified by the cluster-wide PreemptMode
configuration parameter. Possible values are "Cluster" (meaning use cluster default), "Cancel",
and "Requeue". This option is not compatible with PreemptMode=OFF or PreemptMode=SUSPEND (i.e.
preempted jobs must be removed from the resources).
Priority
What priority will be added to a job's priority when using this QOS. To clear a previously set
value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
UsageFactor
A float that is factored into a job’s TRES usage (e.g. RawUsage, TRESMins, TRESRunMins). For
example, if the usagefactor was 2, for every TRESBillingUnit second a job ran it would count for
2. If the usagefactor was .5, every second would only count for half of the time. A setting of 0
would add no timed usage from the job.
The usage factor only applies to the job's QOS and not the partition QOS.
If the UsageFactorSafe flag is set and AccountingStorageEnforce includes Safe, jobs will only be
able to run if the job can run to completion with the UsageFactor applied.
If the UsageFactorSafe flag is not set and AccountingStorageEnforce includes Safe, a job will be
able to be scheduled without the UsageFactor applied and will be able to run without being killed
due to limits.
If the UsageFactorSafe flag is not set and AccountingStorageEnforce does not include Safe, a job
will be able to be scheduled without the UsageFactor applied and could be killed due to limits.
See AccountingStorageEnforce in slurm.conf man page.
Default is 1. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
LimitFactor
A float that is factored into an associations [Grp|Max]TRES limits. For example, if the
LimitFactor is 2, then an association with a GrpTRES of 30 CPUs, would be allowed to allocate 60
CPUs when running under this QOS.
NOTE: This factor is only applied to associations running in this QOS and is not applied to any
limits in the QOS itself.
To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR RESERVATIONS
Clusters=<cluster_name>[,<cluster_name>,...]
List the reservations of the cluster(s). Default is the cluster where the command was run.
End=<OPT>
Period ending of reservations. Default is now.
Valid time formats are...
HH:MM[:SS] [AM|PM]
MMDD[YY] or MM/DD[/YY] or MM.DD[.YY]
MM/DD[/YY]-HH:MM[:SS]
YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]
now[{+|-}count[seconds(default)|minutes|hours|days|weeks]]
ID=<OPT>
Comma separated list of reservation ids.
Names=<OPT>
Comma separated list of reservation names.
Nodes=<node_name>[,<node_name>,...]
Node names where reservation ran.
Start=<OPT>
Period start of reservations. Default is 00:00:00 of current day.
Valid time formats are...
HH:MM[:SS] [AM|PM]
MMDD[YY] or MM/DD[/YY] or MM.DD[.YY]
MM/DD[/YY]-HH:MM[:SS]
YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]
now[{+|-}count[seconds(default)|minutes|hours|days|weeks]]
LIST/SHOW RESERVATION FORMAT OPTIONS
Associations
The id's of the associations able to run in the reservation.
Cluster
Name of cluster reservation was on.
End End time of reservation.
Flags Flags on the reservation.
ID Reservation ID.
Name Name of this reservation.
NodeNames
List of nodes in the reservation.
Start Start time of reservation.
TRES List of TRES in the reservation.
UnusedWall
Wall clock time in seconds unused by any job. A job's allocated usage is its run time multiplied
by the ratio of its CPUs to the total number of CPUs in the reservation. For example, a job using
all the CPUs in the reservation running for 1 minute would reduce unused_wall by 1 minute.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR RESOURCE
Clusters=<name_list>
Comma separated list of cluster names on which specified resources are to be available. If no
names are designated then the clusters already allowed to use this resource will be altered.
Count=<OPT>
Number of software resources of a specific name configured on the system being controlled by a
resource manager.
Descriptions=
A brief description of the resource.
Flags=<OPT>
Flags that identify specific attributes of the system resource. At this time no flags have been
defined.
ServerType=<OPT>
The type of a software resource manager providing the licenses. For example FlexNext Publisher
Flexlm license server or Reprise License Manager RLM.
Names=<OPT>
Comma separated list of the name of a resource configured on the system being controlled by a
resource manager. If this resource is seen on the slurmctld its name will be name@server to
distinguish it from local resources defined in a slurm.conf.
PercentAllowed=<percent_allowed>
Percentage of a specific resource that can be used on specified cluster.
Server=<OPT>
The name of the server serving up the resource. Default is 'slurmdb' indicating the licenses are
being served by the database.
Type=<OPT>
The type of the resource represented by this record. Currently the only valid type is License.
WithClusters
Display the clusters percentage of resources. If a resource hasn't been given to a cluster the
resource will not be displayed with this flag.
NOTE: Resource is used to define each resource configured on a system available for usage by Slurm
clusters.
LIST/SHOW RESOURCE FORMAT OPTIONS
Cluster
Name of cluster resource is given to.
Count The count of a specific resource configured on the system globally.
Allocated
The percent of licenses allocated to a cluster.
Description
Description of the resource.
ServerType
The type of the server controlling the licenses.
Name Name of this resource.
Server Server serving up the resource.
Type Type of resource this record represents.
LIST/SHOW RUNAWAYJOB FORMAT OPTIONS
Cluster
Name of cluster job ran on.
ID Id of the job.
Name Name of the job.
Partition
Partition job ran on.
State Current State of the job in the database.
TimeStart
Time job started running.
TimeEnd
Current recorded time of the end of the job.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRANSACTIONS
Accounts=<account_name>[,<account_name>,...]
Only print out the transactions affecting specified accounts.
Action=<Specific_action_the_list_will_display>
Only display transactions of the specified action type.
Actor=<Specific_name_the_list_will_display>
Only display transactions done by a certain person.
Clusters=<cluster_name>[,<cluster_name>,...]
Only print out the transactions affecting specified clusters.
End=<Date_and_time_of_last_transaction_to_return>
Return all transactions before this Date and time. Default is now.
Start=<Date_and_time_of_first_transaction_to_return>
Return all transactions after this Date and time. Default is epoch.
Valid time formats for End and Start are...
HH:MM[:SS] [AM|PM]
MMDD[YY] or MM/DD[/YY] or MM.DD[.YY]
MM/DD[/YY]-HH:MM[:SS]
YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]
now[{+|-}count[seconds(default)|minutes|hours|days|weeks]]
Users=<user_name>[,<user_name>,...]
Only print out the transactions affecting specified users.
WithAssoc
Get information about which associations were affected by the transactions.
LIST/SHOW TRANSACTIONS FORMAT OPTIONS
Action Displays the type of Action that took place.
Actor Displays the Actor to generate a transaction.
Info Displays details of the transaction.
TimeStamp
Displays when the transaction occurred.
Where Displays details of the constraints for the transaction.
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also view the information about the various associations the
transaction affected. The Association format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT
OPTIONS section.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR USERS
Account=<account>
Account name to add this user to.
AdminLevel=<level>
Admin level of user. Valid levels are None, Operator, and Admin.
Cluster=<cluster>
Specific cluster to add user to the account on. Default is all in system.
DefaultAccount=<account>
Identify the default bank account name to be used for a job if none is specified at submission
time.
DefaultWCKey=<defaultwckey>
Identify the default Workload Characterization Key.
Name=<name>
Name of user.
NewName=<newname>
Use to rename a user in the accounting database
Partition=<name>
Partition name.
RawUsage=<value>
This allows an administrator to reset the raw usage accrued to a user. The only value currently
supported is 0 (zero). This is a settable specification only - it cannot be used as a filter to
list users.
WCKeys=<wckeys>
Workload Characterization Key values.
WithAssoc
Display all associations for this user.
WithCoord
Display all accounts a user is coordinator for.
WithDeleted
Display information with previously deleted data.
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also query against association specific information to view
only certain associations this user may have. These extra options can be found in the SPECIFICATIONS FOR
ASSOCIATIONS section. You can also use the general specifications list above in the GENERAL
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES section.
LIST/SHOW USER FORMAT OPTIONS
AdminLevel
Admin level of user.
Coordinators
List of users that are a coordinator of the account. (Only filled in when using the
WithCoordinator option.)
DefaultAccount
The user's default account.
DefaultWCKey
The user's default wckey.
User The name of a user.
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also view the information about the various associations the
user may have on all the clusters in the system. The association information can be filtered. Note that
all the users in the database will always be shown as filter only takes effect over the association data.
The Association format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS section.
LIST/SHOW WCKey
Cluster
Specific cluster for the WCKey.
ID The ID of the WCKey.
User The name of a user for the WCKey.
WCKey Workload Characterization Key.
LIST/SHOW TRES
Name The name of the trackable resource. This option is required for TRES types BB (Burst buffer),
GRES, and License. Types CPU, Energy, Memory, and Node do not have Names. For example if GRES is
the type then name is the denomination of the GRES itself e.g. GPU.
ID The identification number of the trackable resource as it appears in the database.
Type The type of the trackable resource. Current types are BB (Burst buffer), CPU, Energy, GRES,
License, Memory, and Node.
TRES information
Trackable RESources (TRES) are used in many QOS or Association limits. When setting the limits they are
comma separated list. Each TRES has a different limit, i.e. GrpTRESMins=cpu=10,mem=20 would make 2
different limits 1 for 10 cpu minutes and 1 for 20 MB memory minutes. This is the case for each limit
that deals with TRES. To remove the limit -1 is used i.e. GrpTRESMins=cpu=-1 would remove only the cpu
TRES limit.
NOTE: When dealing with Memory as a TRES all limits are in MB.
NOTE: The Billing TRES is calculated from a partition's TRESBillingWeights. It is temporarily calculated
during scheduling for each partition to enforce billing TRES limits. The final Billing TRES is calculated
after the job has been allocated resources. The final number can be seen in scontrol show jobs and sacct
output.
GLOBAL FORMAT OPTION
When using the format option for listing various fields you can put a %NUMBER afterwards to specify how
many characters should be printed.
e.g. format=name%30 will print 30 characters of field name right justified. A -30 will print 30
characters left justified.
FLAT FILE DUMP AND LOAD
sacctmgr has the capability to load and dump Slurm association data to and from a file. This method can
easily add a new cluster or copy an existing cluster's associations into a new cluster with similar
accounts. Each file contains Slurm association data for a single cluster. Comments can be put into the
file with the # character. Each line of information must begin with one of the four titles; Cluster,
Parent, Account or User. Following the title is a space, dash, space, entity value, then specifications.
Specifications are colon separated. If any variable, such as an Organization name, has a space in it,
surround the name with single or double quotes.
To create a file of associations you can run
sacctmgr dump tux file=tux.cfg
To load a previously created file you can run
sacctmgr load file=tux.cfg
sacctmgr dump/load must be run as a Slurm administrator or root. If using sacctmgr load on a database
without any associations, it must be run as root (because there aren't any users in the database yet).
Other options for load are:
clean - delete what was already there and start from scratch with this information.
Cluster= - specify a different name for the cluster than that which is in the file.
Since the associations in the system follow a hierarchy, so does the file. Anything that is a parent
needs to be defined before any children. The only exception is the understood 'root' account. This is
always a default for any cluster and does not need to be defined.
To edit/create a file start with a cluster line for the new cluster:
Cluster - cluster_name:MaxTRESPerJob=node=15
Anything included on this line will be the default for all associations on this cluster. The options for
the cluster are:
GrpTRESMins=
The total number of TRES minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
running from this association and its children.
GrpTRESRunMins=
Used to limit the combined total number of TRES minutes used by all jobs running with this
association and its children. This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and
consumes it, if the limit is reached no new jobs are started until other jobs finish to
allow time to free up.
GrpTRES=
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpJobs=
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this association and all associations which
are children of this association.
GrpJobsAccrue=
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpNodes=
Maximum number of nodes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpSubmitJobs=
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate
for this association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpWall=
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
FairShare=
Number used in conjunction with other associations to determine job priority.
MaxJobs=
Maximum number of jobs the children of this association can run.
MaxTRESPerJob=
Maximum number of trackable resources per job the children of this association can run.
MaxWallDurationPerJob=
Maximum time (not related to job size) children of this accounts jobs can run.
QOS= Comma separated list of Quality of Service names (Defined in sacctmgr).
After the entry for the root account you will have entries for the other accounts on the system. The
entries will look similar to this example:
Parent - root
Account - cs:MaxTRESPerJob=node=5:MaxJobs=4:FairShare=399:MaxWallDurationPerJob=40:Description='Computer Science':Organization='LC'
Parent - cs
Account - test:MaxTRESPerJob=node=1:MaxJobs=1:FairShare=1:MaxWallDurationPerJob=1:Description='Test Account':Organization='Test'
Any of the options after a ':' can be left out and they can be in any order. If you want to add any sub
accounts just list the Parent THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED before the account you are adding.
Account options are:
Description=
A brief description of the account.
GrpTRESMins=
Maximum number of TRES hours running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association. GrpTRESRunMins=
Used to limit the combined total number of TRES minutes used by all jobs running with this
association and its children. This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and
consumes it, if the limit is reached no new jobs are started until other jobs finish to
allow time to free up.
GrpTRES=
Maximum number of TRES running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpJobs=
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this association and all associations which
are children of this association.
GrpJobsAccrue
Maximum number of pending jobs in aggregate able to accrue age priority for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpNodes=
Maximum number of nodes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpSubmitJobs=
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate
for this association and all associations which are children of this association.
GrpWall=
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this
association and all associations which are children of this association.
FairShare=
Number used in conjunction with other associations to determine job priority.
MaxJobs=
Maximum number of jobs the children of this association can run.
MaxNodesPerJob=
Maximum number of nodes per job the children of this association can run.
MaxWallDurationPerJob=
Maximum time (not related to job size) children of this accounts jobs can run.
Organization=
Name of organization that owns this account.
QOS(=,+=,-=)
Comma separated list of Quality of Service names (Defined in sacctmgr).
To add users to an account add a line after the Parent line, similar to this:
Parent - test
User - adam:MaxTRESPerJob=node:2:MaxJobs=3:FairShare=1:MaxWallDurationPerJob=1:AdminLevel=Operator:Coordinator='test'
User options are:
AdminLevel=
Type of admin this user is (Administrator, Operator)
Must be defined on the first occurrence of the user.
Coordinator=
Comma separated list of accounts this user is coordinator over
Must be defined on the first occurrence of the user.
DefaultAccount=
System wide default account name
Must be defined on the first occurrence of the user.
FairShare=
Number used in conjunction with other associations to determine job priority.
MaxJobs=
Maximum number of jobs this user can run.
MaxTRESPerJob=
Maximum number of trackable resources per job this user can run.
MaxWallDurationPerJob=
Maximum time (not related to job size) this user can run.
QOS(=,+=,-=)
Comma separated list of Quality of Service names (Defined in sacctmgr).
ARCHIVE FUNCTIONALITY
Sacctmgr has the capability to archive to a flatfile and or load that data if needed later. The
archiving is usually done by the slurmdbd and it is highly recommended you only do it through sacctmgr if
you completely understand what you are doing. For slurmdbd options see "man slurmdbd" for more
information. Loading data into the database can be done from these files to either view old data or
regenerate rolled up data.
archive dump
Dump accounting data to file. Data will not be archived unless the corresponding purge option is included
in this command or in slurmdbd.conf. This operation cannot be rolled back once executed. If one of the
following options is not specified when sacctmgr is called, the value configured in slurmdbd.conf is
used.
Directory=
Directory to store the archive data.
Events Archive Events. If not specified and PurgeEventAfter is set all event data removed will be lost
permanently.
Jobs Archive Jobs. If not specified and PurgeJobAfter is set all job data removed will be lost
permanently.
PurgeEventAfter=
Purge cluster event records older than time stated in months. If you want to purge on a shorter
time period you can include hours, or days behind the numeric value to get those more frequent
purges. (e.g. a value of '12hours' would purge everything older than 12 hours.)
PurgeJobAfter=
Purge job records older than time stated in months. If you want to purge on a shorter time period
you can include hours, or days behind the numeric value to get those more frequent purges. (e.g. a
value of '12hours' would purge everything older than 12 hours.)
PurgeStepAfter=
Purge step records older than time stated in months. If you want to purge on a shorter time
period you can include hours, or days behind the numeric value to get those more frequent purges.
(e.g. a value of '12hours' would purge everything older than 12 hours.)
PurgeSuspendAfter=
Purge job suspend records older than time stated in months. If you want to purge on a shorter
time period you can include hours, or days behind the numeric value to get those more frequent
purges. (e.g. a value of '12hours' would purge everything older than 12 hours.)
Script=
Run this script instead of the generic form of archive to flat files.
Steps Archive Steps. If not specified and PurgeStepAfter is set all step data removed will be lost
permanently.
Suspend
Archive Suspend Data. If not specified and PurgeSuspendAfter is set all suspend data removed will
be lost permanently.
archive load
Load in to the database previously archived data. The archive file will not be loaded if the records
already exist in the database - therefore, trying to load an archive file more than once will result in
an error. When this data is again archived and purged from the database, if the old archive file is still
in the directory ArchiveDir, a new archive file will be created (see ArchiveDir in the slurmdbd.conf man
page), so the old file will not be overwritten and these files will have duplicate records.
Archive files from the current or any prior Slurm release may be loaded through archive load.
File= File to load into database. The specified file must exist on the slurmdbd host, which is not
necessarily the machine running the command.
Insert=
SQL to insert directly into the database. This should be used very cautiously since this is
writing your sql into the database.
PERFORMANCE
Executing sacctmgr sends a remote procedure call to slurmdbd. If enough calls from sacctmgr or other
Slurm client commands that send remote procedure calls to the slurmdbd daemon come in at once, it can
result in a degradation of performance of the slurmdbd daemon, possibly resulting in a denial of service.
Do not run sacctmgr or other Slurm client commands that send remote procedure calls to slurmdbd from
loops in shell scripts or other programs. Ensure that programs limit calls to sacctmgr to the minimum
necessary for the information you are trying to gather.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
Some sacctmgr options may be set via environment variables. These environment variables, along with their
corresponding options, are listed below. (Note: Command line options will always override these
settings.)
SLURM_CONF The location of the Slurm configuration file.
EXAMPLES
NOTE: There is an order to set up accounting associations. You must define clusters before you add
accounts and you must add accounts before you can add users.
$ sacctmgr create cluster tux
$ sacctmgr create account name=science fairshare=50
$ sacctmgr create account name=chemistry parent=science fairshare=30
$ sacctmgr create account name=physics parent=science fairshare=20
$ sacctmgr create user name=adam cluster=tux account=physics fairshare=10
$ sacctmgr delete user name=adam cluster=tux account=physics
$ sacctmgr delete account name=physics cluster=tux
$ sacctmgr modify user where name=adam cluster=tux account=physics set maxjobs=2 maxwall=30:00
$ sacctmgr add user brian account=chemistry
$ sacctmgr list associations cluster=tux format=Account,Cluster,User,Fairshare tree withd
$ sacctmgr list transactions Action="Add Users" Start=11/03-10:30:00 format=Where,Time
$ sacctmgr dump cluster=tux file=tux_data_file
$ sacctmgr load tux_data_file
A user's account can not be changed directly. A new association needs to be created for the user with the
new account. Then the association with the old account can be deleted.
When modifying an object placing the key words 'set' and the optional 'where' is critical to perform
correctly below are examples to produce correct results. As a rule of thumb anything you put in front of
the set will be used as a quantifier. If you want to put a quantifier after the key word 'set' you
should use the key word 'where'. The following is wrong:
$ sacctmgr modify user name=adam set fairshare=10 cluster=tux
This will produce an error as the above line reads modify user adam set fairshare=10 and cluster=tux.
Either of the following is correct:
$ sacctmgr modify user name=adam cluster=tux set fairshare=10
$ sacctmgr modify user name=adam set fairshare=10 where cluster=tux
When changing qos for something only use the '=' operator when wanting to explicitly set the qos to
something. In most cases you will want to use the '+=' or '-=' operator to either add to or remove from
the existing qos already in place.
If a user already has qos of normal,standby for a parent or it was explicitly set you should use
qos+=expedite to add this to the list in this fashion.
If you are looking to only add the qos expedite to only a certain account and or cluster you can do that
by specifying them in the sacctmgr line.
$ sacctmgr modify user name=adam set qos+=expedite
or
$ sacctmgr modify user name=adam acct=this cluster=tux set qos+=expedite
Let's give an example how to add QOS to user accounts. List all available QOSs in the cluster.
$ sacctmgr show qos format=name
Name
---------
normal
expedite
List all the associations in the cluster.
$ sacctmgr show assoc format=cluster,account,qos
Cluster Account QOS
-------- ---------- -----
zebra root normal
zebra root normal
zebra g normal
zebra g1 normal
Add the QOS expedite to account G1 and display the result. Using the operator += the QOS will be added
together with the existing QOS to this account.
$ sacctmgr modify account name=g1 set qos+=expedite
$ sacctmgr show assoc format=cluster,account,qos
Cluster Account QOS
-------- -------- -------
zebra root normal
zebra root normal
zebra g normal
zebra g1 expedite,normal
Now set the QOS expedite as the only QOS for the account G and display the result. Using the operator =
that expedite is the only usable QOS by account G
$ sacctmgr modify account name=G set qos=expedite
$ sacctmgr show assoc format=cluster,account,user,qos
Cluster Account QOS
--------- -------- -----
zebra root normal
zebra root normal
zebra g expedite
zebra g1 expedite,normal
If a new account is added under the account G it will inherit the QOS expedite and it will not have
access to QOS normal.
$ sacctmgr add account banana parent=G
$ sacctmgr show assoc format=cluster,account,qos
Cluster Account QOS
--------- -------- -----
zebra root normal
zebra root normal
zebra g expedite
zebra banana expedite
zebra g1 expedite,normal
An example of listing trackable resources:
$ sacctmgr show tres
Type Name ID
---------- ----------------- --------
cpu 1
mem 2
energy 3
node 4
billing 5
gres gpu:tesla 1001
license vcs 1002
bb cray 1003
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Lawrence Livermore National Security. Produced at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
Copyright (C) 2010-2021 SchedMD LLC.
This file is part of Slurm, a resource management program. For details, see
<https://slurm.schedmd.com/>.
Slurm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
Slurm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
SEE ALSO
slurm.conf(5), slurmdbd(8)
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