Does setting RawUsage=0 for a user affect historical usage information, used by, e.g., sreport?
Jason On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 2:22 PM Paul Edmon <ped...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > You want this handy feature in sacctmgr: > *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. > > See: > > https://slurm.schedmd.com/sacctmgr.html > > -Paul Edmon- > On 7/27/2020 2:17 PM, Jason Simms wrote: > > Dear all, > > Apologies for the basic question. I've looked around online for an answer > to this, and I haven't found anything that has helped accomplish exactly > what I want. That said, it is also probable that what I am asking isn't a > best practice, or isn't actually necessary, etc. I'd welcome any advice. > > My question is, how can I reset a user's FairShare number? Specifically, > I'm asking about the last column displayed by default when typing: sshare -a > > If I want to reset a user's value for that to 1, so that they are back at > "top priority," I'm unclear how to do that. > > When I type: > > sacctmgr modify user <username> set FairShare=1 > > That seems actually to update the RawShares column! I guess this (kind of) > makes sense, since apparently I can set FairShare=parent, so it's clear > that command is not used to update the last column (the one titled > FairShare); so confusing! > > Is the actual FairShare column a calculated value that is immutable? My > understanding, however, is that it is that value that controls a user's job > priority. We do have job priority scheduling configured and it *seems* to > be working as intended, I'm just not sure how to "reset" a given user's > priority weighting. > > I do have PriorityDecayHalfLife=7 set in slurm.conf, and this does > decrement the RawUsage column appropriately, but even when that reaches 0, > the FairShare value doesn't change. > > Warmest regards, > Jason > > -- > *Jason L. Simms, Ph.D., M.P.H.* > Manager of Research and High-Performance Computing > XSEDE Campus Champion > Lafayette College > Information Technology Services > 710 Sullivan Rd | Easton, PA 18042 > Office: 112 Skillman Library > p: (610) 330-5632 > > -- *Jason L. Simms, Ph.D., M.P.H.* Manager of Research and High-Performance Computing XSEDE Campus Champion Lafayette College Information Technology Services 710 Sullivan Rd | Easton, PA 18042 Office: 112 Skillman Library p: (610) 330-5632
