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9. Compute Nodes Reservation

9.1. Node reservation method

Select "Manage your group" from the side menu, followed by "Detailed Display" of the point group to be used, and "configuration" button of the "node reservation option to use" section to open the "Node reservation setting" page.

Use the "Node Reservation" section at the bottom of this "Node Reservation" page to reserve compute nodes.

ノード予約設定

名称 説明
Period Specify the start/end date and time of the reservation.
Time(hour) You can specify the duration by hour.
Day You can specify the duration by the number of days.
Resources Specify the number of nodes to reserve.
Comment Optional comment field to leave description.
Confirm Reservation Check the system whether the requested reservation is available.

By clicking "Confirm Reservation," the following confirmation dialog will be displayed. Check the reservation period and point consumption displayed in the dialog and click "Accept the above, reserve" to complete the reservation.

Reservation confirmation

Reservation completed

After the reservation is completed, it may take a few minutes before the reservation data appearing in the list.

To search the existing reservation, you can display the reservation information by specifying the search condition from the "Reservation node search condition" in the same screen and clicking "Search."

Search reservation

Following options are available for searching:

Item Description
AR ID The ID number of the reservation.
Node The number of reserved nodes.
CPU The number of CPU cores of the reserved node.
GPU The number of GPUs of reserved nodes.
Time(h) The duration of the reservation in hour.
reservation The date and time when the reservation was made.
START Start date and time of the reservation.
END End date and time of the reservation.
STATE The status of the reserved node.

Enter search criteria and press the "Search" button to display the following list of search results.

This list represents one reservation per line.

Colors in the reserved node list:

Color Description
Light yellow The state within 5 minutes after reservation.
In this state, cancellation is possible, all points at the time of reservation are returned.
Light green The reserved node that has exceeded 5 minutes after reservation and has not reached 24 hours before the start.
In this state, cancellation is possible, half points at the time of reservation will be returned.
Light blue The reserved node in the state within 24 hours before the start.
In this state, it can not be canceled.
Blue the reserved node that is currently in operation.
In this state, it can not be canceled.

Reserved node list display items

Item Descrption
AR ID Indicates the ID number of the reserved node.
Node Indicates the number of reserved nodes.
CPU Shows the number of CPU cores in the reserved node.
GPU Indicates the number of GPUs of reserved nodes.
Time(h) Indicates the utilization time of the reserved node.
STATE Indicates the reserved node status.
r: Running / w: Waiting / E: Stopping / W: Preparing / d: Deleting
Reservation date Specify the date and time when the node reservation was made.
Start The start date and time of the reserved node.
End The end date and time of the reserved node.
POINT The point of the reserved node.

9.2. Cancel reservation

Select "Manage your group" from the side menu, followed by "Detailed Display" of the point group to be used, and "Cancel" button of the "node reservation option to use" to open the "Reserved node Cancel" page.

By using "Reserved node search" in this "Reserved node cancel" page, you can see the list of reservation that can be canceled at that time. Select the checkbox of the reservation to cancel, and click "Cancel reservation" to cancel the reservation.

Info

The reservation can be canceled even after the reservation slot starts. Please release the slot for other users if you no longer need the slot because of the early completion of your experiments.

Info

TSUBAME points will be returned depending of when the reservation is canceled.

Timing Return Rate
Within 5min after reservation is made 100%
More than 24h before the reservation slot starts 80%
Before the reservation slot starts 50%
After the reservation slot starts 50%(Only for remaining time)

Item Description
Search Search for a reserved node that can be canceled.
Select Select the reservation node to cancel.
AR ID Indicates the ID number of the reserved node.
Node Indicates the number of reserved nodes.
CPU Shows the number of CPU cores in the reserved node.
GPU Indicates the number of GPUs of reserved nodes.
Time(h) Indicates the utilization time of the reserved node.
STATE Indicates the reserved node status.
r: Running / w: Waiting / E: Stopping / W: Preparing / d: Deleting
Reservation date Specify the date and time when the node reservation was made.
Start Indicates the start date and time of the reserved node.
End Indicates the end date and time of the reserved node.
POINT Indicates the point of the reserved node.
Cancel reservation Cancel the reservation node whose check box is checked.

9.3. Check reservations

Select "Reserved node list" from the side menu to open the "Reserved node list" page.

In this screen, the reservation information of the group selected in "Group selection" in the upper right of the page will be displayed.

名称 説明
Node Indicates the total number of nodes of the current reserved node.
Reservation time(h) Indicates the current total reservation time.
Point of use Displays the currently active node and the total number of points on reserved nodes 24 hours before the start.
(provisional point) If there is a cancelable node in the reserved node, it indicates the temporary point total of the reservation node.

In the following GUI, specify conditions for searching for reserved nodes.

Item Description
Fiscal year Specify the fiscal year range to be searched.
Range User or Group
AR ID Specify the ID number of the reserved node.
Node Specify the number of reserved nodes.
CPU Specify the number of CPU cores of the reserved node.
GPU Specify the number of GPUs of reserved nodes.
Time(h) Specify the set time for using reserved nodes.
Reservation Specify the date and time when the node reservation was made.
START The reserved node specifies the start date and time.
END The reserved node specifies the end date and time.
STATE Specify the status of the reserved node.
Search Button We search based on specified condition contents.

Colors in the reserved node list:

Color Description
Light yellow The state within 5 minutes after reservation.
In this state, cancellation is possible, all points at the time of reservation are returned.
Light green The reserved node that has exceeded 5 minutes after reservation and has not reached 24 hours before the start.
In this state, cancellation is possible, half points at the time of reservation will be returned.
Light blue The reserved node in the state within 24 hours before the start.
In this state, it can not be canceled.
Blue the reserved node that is currently in operation.
In this state, it can not be canceled.

The reserved node list items:

Item Descrption
AR ID Indicates the ID number of the reserved node.
Node Indicates the number of reserved nodes.
CPU Shows the number of CPU cores in the reserved node.
GPU Indicates the number of GPUs of reserved nodes.
Time(h) Indicates the utilization time of the reserved node.
STATE Indicates the reserved node status.
r: Running / w: Waiting / E: Stopping / W: Preparing / d: Deleting
Reservation date Specify the date and time when the node reservation was made.
Start Indicates the start date and time of the reserved node.
End Indicates the end date and time of the reserved node.
POINT Indicates the point of the reserved node.

To check the availability of node reservation for the current month, use t4-user-info compute ars on the login node. For more detail, please refer to TSUBAME4.0 User's Guide.

9.4. How to use reserved nodes

Reserved nodes can be used by submitting a job with its AR ID specified with the -ar option of qsub before the reservation starts and during the reservation period.

For the details, please refer to TSUBAME4.0 User's Guide for details.

Info

Just reserving a node does not make it possible to SSH into the reserved node. To log in directly to a compute node via SSH, use submit job with f_node.