System and method of providing system jobs within a compute environment
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1. A method comprising:
- generating a system job in a multi-node compute environment, the system job differing from compute workload submitted by a user; and
performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job to yield a performed action, the performed action being other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute workload and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute workload 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 comprising:
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generating a system job in a multi-node compute environment, the system job differing from compute workload submitted by a user; and performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job to yield a performed action, the performed action being other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute workload and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute workload 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; and a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; generating a system job in a multi-node compute environment, the system job differing from a compute workload; and performing an action on a resource within the multi-node compute environment by processing the system job to yield a performed action, the performed action being other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute workload and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute workload in the multi-node compute environment. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for managing a multi-node compute environment, the instructions causing a computing device to perform operations comprising:
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associating a system job to a compute workload that is scheduled 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 to yield a performed action, the performed action being other than (1) establishing any kind of reservation for resources to be consumed by the compute workload and (2) directly dispatching and executing the compute workload in the multi-node compute environment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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