I don't think slum does what you think it does.
It manages the resources and schedule, not the actual hardware of a node.
You are likely looking for something more along a hypervisor (if you are
doing VMs) or remote KVM (since you are mentioning BIOS access).
Brian Andrus
On 11/12/2021 2:00 PM, Joe Teumer wrote:
Hello!
How best for a user to check out a slurm node?
Unfortunately, command 'salloc' doesn't appear to meet this need.
Command `salloc --nodelist some_node --time 3:00:00`
This gives the user a new shell and the user can use `srun` to start
an interactive session.
However, if the user needs to reboot the node, set BIOS settings, etc
then `salloc` automatically terminates the allocation when the new
shell is closed.
salloc: Relinquishing job allocation 82
salloc: Job allocation 82 has been revoked.
Ideally, if a user requests a node for a few hours then they can do
all of their work in the allotted time (srun sessions, reboots, BIOS
settings, etc) using a single job allocation.
Also, how can I reply to posts and replies on
https://groups.google.com/g/slurm-users/?
The 'Reply all' and 'Reply to author' buttons on the site are greyed out.
Much appreciated!
