System and method of providing system jobs within a compute environment
First Claim
1. A method for managing a multi-node compute environment, the method comprising:
- associating a system job to a compute job that is scheduled according to a reservation to consume resources in a multi-node compute environment under common management; and
performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job, the performed action being associated with actions other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute job and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute job in the multi-node compute environment.
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems, methods and computer-readable media for using system jobs for performing actions outside the constraints of batch compute jobs submitted to a compute environment such as a cluster or a grid. The method for modifying a compute environment from a system job comprises associating a system job to a queuable object, triggering the system job based on an event and performing arbitrary actions on resources outside of compute nodes in the compute environment. The queuable objects include objects such as batch compute jobs or job reservations. The events that trigger the system job may be time driven, such as ten minutes prior to completion of the batch compute job, or dependent on other actions associated with other system jobs. The system jobs may be utilized also to perform rolling maintenance on a node by node basis.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for managing a multi-node compute environment, the method comprising:
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associating a system job to a compute job that is scheduled according to a reservation to consume resources in a multi-node compute environment under common management; and performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job, the performed action being associated with actions other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute job and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute job in the multi-node compute environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing a multi-node compute environment, the system comprising:
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a processor; a first module the processor to associate a system job to a compute job that is scheduled according to a reservation to consume resources in a multi-node compute environment; and a second module controlling the processor to perform an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job, the performed action being associated with actions other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute job and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute job in the multi-node compute environment. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for managing a multi-node compute environment, the instructions comprising:
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associating a system job to a compute job that is scheduled according to a reservation to consume resources in a multi-node compute environment; and performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job, the performed action being associated with actions other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute job and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute job in the multi-node compute environment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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