SACCTMGR(1) Slurm components SACCTMGR(1)
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 content's of SLURM's database are maintained in lower case. This may result in some sacctmgr output differing from that of other
SLURM commands.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Print a help message describing the usage of sacctmgr. This is equivalent to the help command.
-i, --immediate
commit changes immediately.
-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.
-s, --associations
Use with show or list to display associations with the entity. This is equivalent to the associations command.
-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.
associations
Use with show or list to display associations with the entity.
create <ENTITY> <SPECS>
Add an entity. Identical to the add command.
delete <ENTITY> where <SPECS>
Delete the specified entities.
dump <ENTITY> <File=FILENAME>
Dump cluster data to the specified file.
exit Terminate sacctmgr interactive mode. Identical to the quit command.
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 to the specified file.
modify <ENTITY> where <SPECS> set <SPECS>
Modify an entity.
problem
Use with show or list to display entity problems.
quiet Print no messages other than error messages.
quit Terminate the execution of sacctmgr interactive mode. Identical to the exit 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.
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.
version
Display the version number of sacctmgr.
!! 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 fash-
ion, 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 from 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 or such 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 inside their realm.
event Events like downed or draining nodes on clusters.
job Job - but only two specific fields of the job: Derived Exit Code and the Comment String
qos Quality of Service.
transaction
List of transactions that have occurred during a given time period.
user The login name.
wckeys Workload Characterization Key. An arbitrary string for grouping orthogonal accounts.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES
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.
NOTE: When read in from the slurmctld the default qos is checked against and if the default qos isn't in the list of valid QOS for that
association and the association only has access to 1 QOS that will become the default, otherwise, no default will be set. This should only
happen when removing a QOS from a <= 2.1 sacctmgr.
Fairshare=<fairshare number | parent>
Number used in conjunction with other accounts to determine job priority. Can also be the string parent, this means that the parent
association is used for fairshare. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
GraceTime=<preemption grace time in seconds>
Specifies, in units of seconds, the preemption grace time to be extended to a job which has been selected for preemption. The
default value is zero, no preemption grace time is allowed on this QOS.
NOTE: This value is only meaningful for QOS PreemptMode=CANCEL)
GrpCPUMins=<max cpu minutes>
Maximum number of CPU minutes 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 PriorityDecay-
HalfLife 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.
GrpCPUs=<max cpus>
Maximum number of CPUs running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren of this association. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
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.
GrpNodes=<max nodes>
Maximum number of nodes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren 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.
GrpWall=<max wall>
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren 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 PriorityDecay-
HalfLife 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.
MaxCPUMins=<max cpu minutes>
Maximum number of CPU 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.
MaxCPUs=<max cpus>
Maximum number of CPUs 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.
NOTE: This limit only applies fully when using the Select Consumable Resource plugin.
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.
MaxNodes=<max nodes>
Maximum number of nodes 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. This is a c-node limit on BlueGene
systems.
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.
MaxWall=<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.
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 'sac-
ctmgr 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.
+= Add the specified <qos> value to the current QosLevel.
-= Remove the specified <qos> value from the current QosLevel.
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.
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 specifi-
cations 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 clus-
ters in the system. The Association format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS section.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATIONS
Clusters=<comma separated list of cluster names>
List the associations of the cluster(s).
Accounts=<comma separated list of account names>
List the associations of the account(s).
Users=<comma separated list of user names>
List the associations of the user(s).
Partition=<comma separated list of partition names>
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 subac-
count 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 invokes WOPLIMITS.
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, this means that the parent
association is used for fairshare.
GrpCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are
children of this association.
GrpCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren of this association.
GrpJobs
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate 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 chil-
dren 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 chil-
dren 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 associa-
tions with a LFT inside this LFT and before the RGT are children of this association.
MaxCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes each job is able to use.
MaxCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs each job is able to use.
MaxJobs
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time.
MaxNodes
Maximum number of nodes each job is able to use.
MaxSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time.
MaxWall
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use.
Qos Valid QOS' for this association.
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.
RawQOS The numeric values of valid QOS' for this association.
RGT Associations are kept in a hierarchy: this is the right most spot in the hierarchy. When used with the LFT variable, all associa-
tions 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 and capacity.
Flags=<flag list>
Comma separated list of Attributes for a particular cluster. Current Flags include AIX, BGL, BGP, BGQ, Bluegene, CrayXT, FrontEnd,
MultipleSlurmd, SunConstellation, and XCPU
Name=<name>
The name of a cluster. This should be equal to the ClusterName parameter in the slurm.conf configuration file for some Slurm-man-
aged cluster.
RPC=<rpc list>
Comma separated list of numeric RPC values.
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 or capacity.
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.
CPUCount
The current count of cpus on the cluster.
Flags Attributes possessed by the cluster.
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.
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=<comma separated list of account names>
Account name to add this user as a coordinator to.
Names=<comma separated list of user names>
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=<comma separated list of cluster names>
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]]
Event=<OPT>
Specific events to look for, valid options are Cluster or Node, default is both.
MaxCPUs=<OPT>
Max number of cpus affected by an event.
MinCPUs=<OPT>
Min number of cpus affected by an event.
Nodes=<comma separated list of node names>
Node names affected by an event.
Reason=<comma separated list of reasons>
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]]
States=<comma separated list of states>
State of a node in a node event. If this is set, the event type is set automatically to Node.
User=<comma separated list of users>
Query against users who set the event. If this is set, the event type is set automatically to Node since only user slurm can per-
form 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.
CPUs Number of cpus involved with the 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.
User On a node event this is the user who caused the event to happen.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR JOB
DerivedExitCode
The derived exit code can be modified after a job completes based on the user's judgement of whether the job succeeded or failed.
The user can only modify the derived exit code of their own job.
Comment
The job's comment string when the AccountingStoreJobComment parameter in the slurm.conf file is set (or defaults) to YES. The user
can only modify the comment string of their own job.
The DerivedExitCode and Comment 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
Flags Used by the slurmctld to override or enforce certain characteristics.
Valid options are
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.
NoReserve
If this flag is set and backfill scheduling is used, jobs using this QOS will not reserve resources in the backfill sched-
ule's map of resources allocated through time. This flag is intended for use with a QOS that may be preempted by jobs asso-
ciated with all other QOS (e.g use with a "standby" QOS). If the allocated 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.
PartitionTimeLimit
If set jobs using this QOS will be able to override the requested partition's TimeLimit.
GraceTime
Preemption grace time to be extended to a job which has been selected for preemption.
GrpCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpJobs
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpNodes
Maximum number of nodes running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs which can be in a pending or running state at any time in aggregate for this QOS.
GrpWall
Maximum wall clock time running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this QOS.
ID The id of the QOS.
MaxCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes each job is able to use.
MaxCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs each job is able to use.
MaxCpusPerUser
Maximum number of CPUs each user is able to use.
MaxJobs
Maximum number of jobs each user is allowed to run at one time.
MaxNodes
Maximum number of nodes each job is able to use.
MaxNodesPerUser
Maximum number of nodes each user is able to use.
MaxSubmitJobs
Maximum number of jobs pending or running state at any time per user.
MaxWall
Maximum wall clock time each job is able to use.
Name Name of the QOS.
Preempt
Other QOS' this QOS can preempt.
PreemptMode
Mechanism used to preempt jobs of this QOS if the clusters PreemptType is configured to preempt/qos. The default preemption mecha-
nism is specified by the cluster-wide PreemptMode configuration parameter. Possible values are "Cluster" (meaning use cluster
default), "Cancel", "Checkpoint" 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.
UsageFactor
Usage factor when running with this QOS
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.
GrpCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes 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.
GrpCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs 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 is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to
wait for future versions of SLURM before it is enforced.)
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.
GrpNodes
Maximum number of nodes 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.
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.
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.
MaxCPUMins
Maximum number of CPU minutes each job is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of
-1.
MaxCPUs
Maximum number of CPUs each job is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
(NOTE: This limit is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to wait for future versions of SLURM before
it is enforced.)
MaxCpusPerUser
Maximum number of CPUs each user is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxJobs
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.
MaxNodes
Maximum number of nodes each job is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxNodesPerUser
Maximum number of nodes each user is able to use. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
MaxSubmitJobs
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.
MaxWall
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.
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 set-
ting. 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 mecha-
nism is specified by the cluster-wide PreemptMode configuration parameter. Possible values are "Cluster" (meaning use cluster
default), "Cancel", "Checkpoint" 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
Usage factor when running with this QOS. This is a float that is factored into the time of running jobs. e.g. if the usagefactor
of a QOS was 2 for every cpu second a job ran it would count for 2. Also if the usagefactor was .5 every second would only could
for half the time. Setting this value to 0 will make it so any job running will not add time to fairshare or association/qos lim-
its. To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of -1.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRANSACTIONS
Accounts=<comma separated list of account names>
Only print out the transactions affecting specified accounts.
Action=<Specific action the list will display>
Actor=<Specific name the list will display>
Only display transactions done by a certain person.
Clusters=<comma separated list of cluster names>
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]]
Users=<comma separated list of user names>
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
Actor
Info
TimeStamp
Where
NOTE: If using the WithAssoc option you can also view the information about the various associations the transaction affected. The Associ-
ation 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.
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
account may have. These extra options can be found in the SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATIONS section. You can also use the general specifi-
cations list above in the GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION BASED ENTITIES section.
LIST
/SHOW USER FORMAT OPTIONS
AdminLevel
Admin level of user.
DefaultAccount
The user's default account.
Coordinators
List of users that are a coordinator of the account. (Only filled in when using the WithCoordinator option.)
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 format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS section.
LIST
/SHOW WCKey
WCKey Workload Characterization Key.
Cluster
Specific cluster for the WCKey.
User The name of a user for the WCKey.
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 format fields are described in the LIST/SHOW ASSOCIATION FORMAT OPTIONS section.
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 clusters 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 Organization has a space in it, surround the name with single or double quotes.
To create a file of associations one can run
> sacctmgr dump tux file=tux.cfg
(file=tux.cfg is optional)
To load a previously created file you can run
> sacctmgr load file=tux.cfg
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.
Quick explanation how the file works.
Since the associations in the system follow a hierarchy, so does the file. Anything that is a parent needs to be defined before any chil-
dren. 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:MaxNodesPerJob=15
Anything included on this line will be the defaults for all associations on this cluster. These options are as follows...
GrpCPUMins=
Maximum number of CPU hours running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are
children of this association. (NOTE: This limit is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to wait for
future versions of SLURM before it is enforced.)
GrpCPUs=
Maximum number of CPUs running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren of this association. (NOTE: This limit is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to wait for future
versions of SLURM before it is enforced.)
GrpJobs=
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate 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 chil-
dren 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 chil-
dren 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.
MaxProcSecondsPerJob=
Maximum cpu seconds children of this accounts jobs 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).
Followed by Accounts you want in this fashion...
Parent - root (Defined by default)
Account - cs:MaxNodesPerJob=5:MaxJobs=4:MaxProcSecondsPerJob=20:FairShare=399:MaxWallDurationPerJob=40:Description='Computer Sci-
ence':Organization='LC'
Parent - cs
Account - test:MaxNodesPerJob=1:MaxJobs=1:MaxProcSecondsPerJob=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 line in this fashion...
All account options are
Description=
A brief description of the account.
GrpCPUMins=
Maximum number of CPU hours running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are
children of this association. (NOTE: This limit is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to wait for
future versions of SLURM before it is enforced.)
GrpCPUs=
Maximum number of CPUs running jobs are able to be allocated in aggregate for this association and all associations which are chil-
dren of this association. (NOTE: This limit is not currently enforced in SLURM. You can still set this, but have to wait for future
versions of SLURM before it is enforced.)
GrpJobs=
Maximum number of running jobs in aggregate 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 chil-
dren 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 chil-
dren 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.
MaxProcSecondsPerJob=
Maximum cpu seconds children of this accounts jobs 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 a account add a line like this after a Parent - line
Parent - test
User - adam:MaxNodesPerJob=2:MaxJobs=3:MaxProcSecondsPerJob=4:FairShare=1:MaxWallDurationPerJob=1:AdminLevel=Operator:Coordina-
tor='test'
All 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.
MaxNodesPerJob=
Maximum number of nodes per job this user can run.
MaxProcSecondsPerJob=
Maximum cpu seconds this user can run per job.
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.
These are the options for both dump and load of archive information.
archive dump
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
File= File to load into database.
Insert=
SQL to insert directly into the database. This should be used very cautiously since this is writing your sql into the database.
EXAMPLES
> 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 list associations cluster=tux format=Account,Cluster,User,Fairshare tree withd
> sacctmgr list transactions StartTime=11/03-10:30:00 format=Timestamp,Action,Actor
> sacctmgr dump cluster=tux file=tux_data_file
> sacctmgr load tux_data_file
When modifying an object placing the key words 'set' and the optional 'where' is critical to perform correctly below are examples to pro-
duce 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 quanti-
fier after the key word 'set' you should use the key word 'where'.
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.
right> sacctmgr modify user name=adam cluster=tux set fairshare=10
right> 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.
> sacctmgr modify user name=adam set qos+=expedite
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 acct=this cluster=tux set qos+=expedite
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Lawrence Livermore National Security. Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
CODE-OCEC-09-009. All rights reserved.
This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program. For details, see <http://www.schedmd.com/slurmdocs/>.
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)
sacctmgr 2.0 April 2009 SACCTMGR(1)