Hi SchedMD Crew, Happy 2018. I have a use case (at an unsupported site) for something like the following: sbatch --array=1-10000 array_job1.sh Submitted batch job 72893 sbatch --array=1-10000 --depend=afterok:72893_%i array_job2.sh So (hopefully obviously), what I'm wanting to do is have each array task N from array_job2 depend on the successful completion of array_job1 task N. Feels like I've seen this request from others, but my search didn't yield anything useful. My read of the current job_array.html guide's dependencies section appears not to support that scenario. Am I reading it correctly? If yes, is there any plan for such an enhancement? Thanks much for any feedback. Best, Lyn
Hi Lyn, Slurm has this functionality. If this site wants to purchase a support contract then we can route this ticket to the support team and they can help you achieve the job dependency listed below. Otherwise all we can do is refer you to the documentation. Jacob
Thanks for the quick reply, Jacob. Just to clarify, the only job_array.html documented examples showing dependency on a specific job-array task are cases where the dependent job being submitted is a normal, non-array job, and the task IDs are hard-coded, so they are not the same use case. (I've also looked at the sbatch man page, in case the example was placed there instead, and found nothing additional.) Given your feedback though, I've tried what would be the natural, expected Slurm syntax of 'sbatch --array=1-10000 --depend=after:72893_%a array_job2.sh', and I get a job dependency error. So perhaps there's a documentation gap here, if the functionality does exist. Again, thanks for your quick reply (and I understand that you'll be closing this item). All the best, Lyn On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 1:24 PM, <bugs@schedmd.com> wrote: > *Comment # 1 <https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4688#c1> on bug > 4688 <https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4688> from Jacob Jenson > <jacob@schedmd.com> * > > Hi Lyn, > > Slurm has this functionality. If this site wants to purchase a support contract > then we can route this ticket to the support team and they can help you achieve > the job dependency listed below. Otherwise all we can do is refer you to the > documentation. > > Jacob > > ------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > - You reported the bug. > >
