If you check the source code (src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c) this error is indeed thrown when slurmctl unpacks job state files. Tracing through read_slurm_conf() -> load_all_job_state() -> _load_job_state():
part_ptr = find_part_record (partition); if (part_ptr == NULL) { char *err_part = NULL; part_ptr_list = get_part_list(partition, &err_part); if (part_ptr_list) { part_ptr = list_peek(part_ptr_list); if (list_count(part_ptr_list) == 1) FREE_NULL_LIST(part_ptr_list); } else { verbose("Invalid partition (%s) for JobId=%u", err_part, job_id); xfree(err_part); /* not fatal error, partition could have been * removed, reset_job_bitmaps() will clean-up * this job */ } } The comment after the error implies that this is not really a problem, and that it occurs specifically when a partition has been removed. > On Jul 26, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Brian Andrus <toomuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > I have a cloud based cluster using slurm 19.05.0-1 > I removed one of the partitions, but now everytime I start slurmctld I get > some errors: > > slurmctld[63042]: error: Invalid partition (mpi-h44rs) for JobId=52545 > slurmctld[63042]: error: _find_node_record(756): lookup failure for > mpi-h44rs-01 > slurmctld[63042]: error: node_name2bitmap: invalid node specified mpi-h44rs-01 > . > . > slurmctld[63042]: error: _find_node_record(756): lookup failure for > mpi-h44rs-05 > slurmctld[63042]: error: node_name2bitmap: invalid node specified mpi-h44rs-05 > slurmctld[63042]: error: Invalid nodes (mpi-h44rs-[01-05]) for JobId=52545 > > I suspect this is in the saved state directory and if I were to down the > entire cluster and delete those files up, it would clear it up, but I prefer > to not have to down the cluster... > > Is there a way to clean up "phantom" nodes and partitions that were deleted? > > Brian Andrus :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jeffrey T. Frey, Ph.D. Systems Programmer V / HPC Management Network & Systems Services / College of Engineering University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716 Office: (302) 831-6034 Mobile: (302) 419-4976 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::