condor_ vacate

Vacate jobs that are running on the specified hosts

Synopsis

condor_ vacate [-help | -version]

condor_ vacate [-graceful | -fast] -pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]
-name hostname | hostname | -addr "<a.b.c.d:port>" | "<a.b.c.d:port>" ...

Description

condor_ vacate causes Condor to checkpoint any running jobs on a set of machines and force the jobs to vacate the machine. The job(s) remains in the submitting machine's job queue.

Given the (default) -graceful option, a job running under the standard universe will first produce a checkpoint and then the job will be killed. Condor will then restart the job somewhere else, using the checkpoint to continue from where it left off. A job running under the vanilla universe is killed, and Condor restarts the job from the beginning somewhere else. condor_ vacate has no effect on a machine with no Condor job currently running.

There is generally no need for the user or administrator to explicitly run condor_ vacate. Condor takes care of jobs in this way automatically following the policies given in configuration files.

Options

-help

Display usage information

-version

Display version information

-graceful

Inform the job to checkpoint, then soft-kill it.

-fast

Hard-kill jobs instead of checkpointing them

-pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]

Specify a pool by giving the central manager's hostname and an optional port number

-name hostname

Send the command to a machine identified by hostname

hostname

Send the command to a machine identified by hostname

-addr "<a.b.c.d:port>"

Send the command to a machine's master located at "<a.b.c.d:port>"

"<a.b.c.d:port>"

Send the command to a machine located at "<a.b.c.d:port>"

Exit Status

condor_ vacate will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and it will exit with the value 1 (one) upon failure.

Examples

To send a condor_ vacate command to two named machines:

% condor_vacate  robin cardinal

To send the condor_ vacate command to a machine within a pool of machines other than the local pool, use the -pool option. The argument is the name of the central manager for the pool. Note that one or more machines within the pool must be specified as the targets for the command. This command sends the command to a the single machine named cae17 within the pool of machines that has condor.cae.wisc.edu as its central manager:

% condor_vacate -pool condor.cae.wisc.edu -name cae17

Author

Condor Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Copyright

Copyright © 1990-2003 Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. No use of the Condor Software Program is authorized without the express consent of the Condor Team. For more information contact: Condor Team, Attention: Professor Miron Livny, 7367 Computer Sciences, 1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706-1685, (608) 262-0856 or miron@cs.wisc.edu.

U.S. Government Rights Restrictions: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of The Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable, Condor Team, Attention: Professor Miron Livny, 7367 Computer Sciences, 1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706-1685, (608) 262-0856 or miron@cs.wisc.edu.

See the Condor Version 6.6.0 Manual for additional notices.