Hi Experts: We are running on the SLURM version 17.02.11, with slurmdbd/mysql in the backend. It has been operating smoothly. (Thanks a lot!). We are thinking of upgrading, and seeking your advice. We are aware of the announcement yesterday on the availability of Slurm versions 18.08.3 and 17.11.12. 1. Is it okay to upgrade from version 17.02.11 to 18.08.3, without going through 17.11.12? Will there be any issue on migrating the DB records? 2. Anything we should pay attention to on MPI (PMI2, PMIX etc)? 3. Any other points you may want to remind us. Thanks very much, Wensheng
Wensheng > 1. Is it okay to upgrade from version 17.02.11 to 18.08.3, without going > through 17.11.12? Will there be any issue on migrating the DB records? The upgrade will be jumping from 17.11 -> 18.08 which is within the two version limit and is supported. https://slurm.schedmd.com/quickstart_admin.html#upgrade > Slurm permits upgrades between any two versions whose major release numbers differ by two or less > 2. Anything we should pay attention to on MPI (PMI2, PMIX etc)? Slurm 18.08+ supports PMIx v1.2+, v2.x and v3.x per https://slurm.schedmd.com/mpi_guide.html#pmix Verify that OpenMPI (and your other MPI stacks) are correctly linking against the upgraded Slurm's libslurm.so.XX shared library. > 3. Any other points you may want to remind us. Please take care to create full backups of your Slurm install including your database to allow for quick reversal in the event of unexpected issues. --Nate
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