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 <h1><a name="top">SLURM Troubleshooting Guide</a></h1>

 <p>This guide is meant as a tool to help system administrators
 or operators troubleshoot SLURM failures and restore services.
 The <a href="faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> document
 may also prove useful.</p>

 <ul>
 <li><a href="#resp">SLURM is not responding</a></li>
 <li><a href="#sched">Jobs are not getting scheduled</a></li>
 <li><a href="#completing">Jobs and nodes are stuck in COMPLETING state</a></li>
 <li><a href="#nodes">Notes are getting set to a DOWN state</a></li>
 <li><a href="#network">Networking and configuration problems</a></li>
 <br>
 <li><b>Bluegene system specific questions</b></li>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-block-error">Why is a block in an error state</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-block-norun">How to make it so no jobs will run
 on a block</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-block-check">Static blocks in <i>bluegene.conf</i>
 file not loading</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-block-free">How to free a block manually</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-error-state">How to set a block in an error
 state manually</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-error-state2">How to set a sub base partition
 which doesn't have a block already created in an error
 state manually</a></li>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-block-create">How to make a <i>bluegene.conf</i>
 file that will load in SLURM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </ul>


 <h2><a name="resp">SLURM is not responding</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Execute "<i>scontrol ping</i>" to determine if the primary
 and backup controllers are responding.

 <li>If it responds for you, this could be a <a href="#network">networking
 or configuration problem</a> specific to some user or node in the
 cluster.</li>

 <li>If not responding, directly login to the machine and try again
 to rule out <a href="#network">network and configuration problems</a>.</li>

 <li>If still not responding, check if there is an active slurmctld
 dameon by executing "<i>ps -el | grep slurmctld</i>".</li>

 <li>If slurmctld is not running, restart it (typically as user root
 using the command "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").
 You should check the log file (<i>SlurmctldLog</i> in the
 <i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication of why it failed.
 If it keeps failing, you should contact the slurm team for help at
 <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

 <li>If slurmctld is running but not responding (a very rare situation),
 then kill and restart it (typically as user root using the commands
 "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>" and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").</li>

 <li>If it hangs again, increase the verbosity of debug messages
 (increase <i>SlurmctldDebug</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file)
 and restart.
 Again check the log file for an indication of why it failed.
 At this point, you should contact the slurm team for help at
 <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

 <li>If it continues to fail without an indication as to the failure
 mode, restart without preserving state (typically as user root
 using the commands "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>"
 and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm startclean</i>").
 Note: All running jobs and other state information will be lost.</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>


 <h2><a name="sched">Jobs are not getting scheduled</a></h2>

 <p>This is dependent upon the scheduler used by SLURM.
 Executing the command "<i>scontrol show config | grep SchedulerType</i>"
 to determine this.
 For any scheduler, you can check priorities of jobs using the
 command "<i>scontrol show job</i>".</p>

 <ul>
 <li>If the scheduler type is <i>builtin</i>, then jobs will be executed
 in the order of submission for a given partition.
 Even if resources are available to initiate jobs immediately,
 it will be deferred until no previously submitted job is pending.</li>

 <li>If the scheduler type is <i>backfill</i>, then jobs will generally
 be executed in the order of submission for a given partition with one
 exception: later submitted jobs will be initiated early if doing so
 does not delay the expected execution time of an earlier submitted job.
 In order for backfill scheduling to be effective, users jobs should
 specify reasonable time limits.
 If jobs do not specify time limits, then all jobs will receive the
 same time limit (that associated with the partition), and the ability
 to backfill schedule jobs will be limited.
 The backfill scheduler does not alter job specifications of required
 or excluded nodes, so jobs which specify nodes will substantially
 reduce the effectiveness of backfill scheduling.
 See the <a href="faq.html#backfill">backfill documentation</a>
 for more details.</li>

 <li>If the scheduler type is <i>wiki</i>, this represents
 <a href="http://www.clusterresources.com/pages/products/maui-cluster-scheduler.php">
 The Maui Scheduler</a> or
 <a href="http://www.clusterresources.com/pages/products/moab-cluster-suite.php">
 Moab Cluster Suite</a>.
 Please refer to its documentation for help.</li>
 </ul>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>


 <h2><a name="completing">Jobs and nodes are stuck in COMPLETING state</a></h2>

 <p>This is typically due to non-killable processes associated with the job.
 SLURM will continue to attempt terminating the processes with SIGKILL, but
 some jobs may stuck performing I/O and non-killable.
 This is typically due to a file system problem and may be addressed in
 a couple of ways.</p>
 <ol>
 <li>Fix the file system and/or reboot the node. <b>-OR-</b></li>
 <li>Set the node to a DOWN state and then return it to service
 ("<i>scontrol update NodeName=&lt;node&gt; State=down Reason=hung_proc</i>"
 and "<i>scontrol update NodeName=&lt;node&gt; State=resume</i>").
 This permits other jobs to use the node, but leaves the non-killable
 process in place.
 If the process should ever complete the I/O, the pending SIGKILL
 should terminate it immediately.</li>
 </ol>

 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="nodes">Notes are getting set to a DOWN state</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Check the reason why the node is down using the command
 "<i>scontrol show node &lt;name&gt;</i>".
 This will show the reason why the node was set down and the
 time when it happened.
 If there is insufficient disk space, memory space, etc. compared
 to the parameters specified in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file then
 either fix the node or change <i>slurm.conf</i>.</li>

 <li>If the reason is "Not responding", then check communications
 between the control machine and the DOWN node using the command
 "<i>ping &lt;address&gt;</i>" being sure to specify the
 NodeAddr values configured in <i>slurm.conf</i>.
 If ping fails, then fix the network or addresses in <i>slurm.conf</i>.</li>

 <li>Next, login to a node that SLURM considers to be in a DOWN
 state and check if the slurmd daemon is running with the command
 "<i>ps -el | grep slurmd</i>".
 If slurmd is not running, restart it (typically as user root
 using the command "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").
 You should check the log file (<i>SlurmdLog</i> in the
 <i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication of why it failed.
 You can get the status of the running slurmd daemon by
 executing the command "<i>scontrol show slurmd</i>" on
 the node of interest.
 Check the value of "Last slurmctld msg time" to determine
 if the slurmctld is able to communicate with the slurmd.
 If it keeps failing, you should contact the slurm team for help at
 <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

 <li>If slurmd is running but not responding (a very rare situation),
 then kill and restart it (typically as user root using the commands
 "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>" and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").</li>

 <li>If still not responding, try again to rule out
 <a href="#network">network and configuration problems</a>.</li>

 <li>If still not responding, increase the verbosity of debug messages
 (increase <i>SlurmdDebug</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file)
 and restart.
 Again check the log file for an indication of why it failed.
 At this point, you should contact the slurm team for help at
 <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

 <li>If still not responding without an indication as to the failure
 mode, restart without preserving state (typically as user root
 using the commands "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>"
 and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm startclean</i>").
 Note: All jobs and other state information on that node will be lost.</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="network">Networking and configuration problems</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Check the controller and/or slurmd log files (<i>SlurmctldLog</i>
 and <i>SlurmdLog</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication
 of why it is failing.</li>

 <li>Check for consistent <i>slurm.conf</i> and credential files on
 the node(s) experiencing problems.</li>

 <li>If this is user-specific problem, check that the user is
 configured on the controller computer(s) as well as the
 compute nodes.
 The user doesn't need to be able to login, but his user ID
 must exist.</li>

 <li>Check that a consistent version of SLURM exists on all of
 the nodes (execute "<i>sinfo -V</i>" or "<i>rpm -qa | grep slurm</i>").
 If the first two digits of the version number match it should
 work fine, but version 1.1 commands will not work with
 version 1.2 daemons or vise-versa.</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-block-error">Bluegene:
 Why is a block in an error state</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Check the controller log file (<i>SlurmctldLog</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i>
 file) for an indication of why it is failing. (grep for update_block:)</li>
 <li>If the reason was something that happened to the system like a
 failed boot or a nodecard going bad or something like that you will
 need to fix the problem and then
 <a href="#bluegene-block-free">manually set the block to free</a>.</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-block-norun">Bluegene: How to make it so no jobs
 will run on a block</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li><a href="#bluegene-error-state">Set the block state to be in error
 manually</a>.</li>
 <li>When you are ready to run jobs again on the block <a
 href="#bluegene-block-free">manually set the block to free</a>.</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-block-check">Bluegene: Static blocks in
 <i>bluegene.conf</i> file not loading</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Run "<i>smap -Dc</i>"</li>
 <li>When it comes up type "<i>load /path/to/bluegene.conf</i>".</li>
 <li>This should give you some reasons why which block it is having
 problems loading.</li>
 <li>Note the blocks in the <i>bluegene.conf</i> file must be in the same
 order smap created them or you may encounter some problems loading the
 configuration.</li>
 <li>If you need help creating a loadable <i>bluegene.conf</i> file <a
 href="#bluegene-block-create">click here</a></li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-block-free">Bluegene: How to free a block(s)
 manually</a></h2>
 <ul>
 <li><b>Using sfree</b></li>
 <ol>
 <li>To free a specifc block run "<i>sfree -b BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
 <li>To free all the blocks on the system run "<i>sfree -a</i>".</li>
 </ol>
 <li><b>Using scontrol</b></li>
 <ol>
 <li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=FREE BlockName=BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
 </ol>
 </ul>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-error-state">Bluegene: How to set a block in
 an error state manually</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=ERROR BlockName=BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-error-state2">Bluegene: How to set a sub base partition
 which doesn't have a block already created in an error
 state manually</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=ERROR subBPName=IONODE_LIST</i>".</li>
 IONODE_LIST is a list of the ionodes you want to down in a certain base
 partition i.e. bg000[0-3] will down the first 4 ionodes in base
 partition 000.
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <h2><a name="bluegene-block-create">Bluegene: How to make a
 <i>bluegene.conf</i> file that will load in SLURM</a></h2>

 <ol>
 <li>See the <a href="bluegene.html#bluegene-conf">Bluegene admin guide</a></li>
 </ol>
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

 <p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 3 February 2012</p>

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	<h1><a name="top">SLURM Troubleshooting Guide</a></h1>

	<p>This guide is meant as a tool to help system administrators
	or operators troubleshoot SLURM failures and restore services.
	The <a href="faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> document
	may also prove useful.</p>

	<ul>
	<li><a href="#resp">SLURM is not responding</a></li>
	<li><a href="#sched">Jobs are not getting scheduled</a></li>
	<li><a href="#completing">Jobs and nodes are stuck in COMPLETING state</a></li>
	<li><a href="#nodes">Notes are getting set to a DOWN state</a></li>
	<li><a href="#network">Networking and configuration problems</a></li>
	<br>
	<li><b>Bluegene system specific questions</b></li>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-block-error">Why is a block in an error state</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-block-norun">How to make it so no jobs will run
	on a block</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-block-check">Static blocks in <i>bluegene.conf</i>
	file not loading</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-block-free">How to free a block manually</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-error-state">How to set a block in an error
	state manually</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-error-state2">How to set a sub base partition
	which doesn't have a block already created in an error
	state manually</a></li>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-block-create">How to make a <i>bluegene.conf</i>
	file that will load in SLURM</a></li>
	</ul>
	</ul>


	<h2><a name="resp">SLURM is not responding</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Execute "<i>scontrol ping</i>" to determine if the primary
	and backup controllers are responding.

	<li>If it responds for you, this could be a <a href="#network">networking
	or configuration problem</a> specific to some user or node in the
	cluster.</li>

	<li>If not responding, directly login to the machine and try again
	to rule out <a href="#network">network and configuration problems</a>.</li>

	<li>If still not responding, check if there is an active slurmctld
	dameon by executing "<i>ps -el \| grep slurmctld</i>".</li>

	<li>If slurmctld is not running, restart it (typically as user root
	using the command "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").
	You should check the log file (<i>SlurmctldLog</i> in the
	<i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication of why it failed.
	If it keeps failing, you should contact the slurm team for help at
	<a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

	<li>If slurmctld is running but not responding (a very rare situation),
	then kill and restart it (typically as user root using the commands
	"<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>" and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").</li>

	<li>If it hangs again, increase the verbosity of debug messages
	(increase <i>SlurmctldDebug</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file)
	and restart.
	Again check the log file for an indication of why it failed.
	At this point, you should contact the slurm team for help at
	<a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

	<li>If it continues to fail without an indication as to the failure
	mode, restart without preserving state (typically as user root
	using the commands "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>"
	and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm startclean</i>").
	Note: All running jobs and other state information will be lost.</li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>


	<h2><a name="sched">Jobs are not getting scheduled</a></h2>

	<p>This is dependent upon the scheduler used by SLURM.
	Executing the command "<i>scontrol show config \| grep SchedulerType</i>"
	to determine this.
	For any scheduler, you can check priorities of jobs using the
	command "<i>scontrol show job</i>".</p>

	<ul>
	<li>If the scheduler type is <i>builtin</i>, then jobs will be executed
	in the order of submission for a given partition.
	Even if resources are available to initiate jobs immediately,
	it will be deferred until no previously submitted job is pending.</li>

	<li>If the scheduler type is <i>backfill</i>, then jobs will generally
	be executed in the order of submission for a given partition with one
	exception: later submitted jobs will be initiated early if doing so
	does not delay the expected execution time of an earlier submitted job.
	In order for backfill scheduling to be effective, users jobs should
	specify reasonable time limits.
	If jobs do not specify time limits, then all jobs will receive the
	same time limit (that associated with the partition), and the ability
	to backfill schedule jobs will be limited.
	The backfill scheduler does not alter job specifications of required
	or excluded nodes, so jobs which specify nodes will substantially
	reduce the effectiveness of backfill scheduling.
	See the <a href="faq.html#backfill">backfill documentation</a>
	for more details.</li>

	<li>If the scheduler type is <i>wiki</i>, this represents
	<a href="http://www.clusterresources.com/pages/products/maui-cluster-scheduler.php">
	The Maui Scheduler</a> or
	<a href="http://www.clusterresources.com/pages/products/moab-cluster-suite.php">
	Moab Cluster Suite</a>.
	Please refer to its documentation for help.</li>
	</ul>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>


	<h2><a name="completing">Jobs and nodes are stuck in COMPLETING state</a></h2>

	<p>This is typically due to non-killable processes associated with the job.
	SLURM will continue to attempt terminating the processes with SIGKILL, but
	some jobs may stuck performing I/O and non-killable.
	This is typically due to a file system problem and may be addressed in
	a couple of ways.</p>
	<ol>
	<li>Fix the file system and/or reboot the node. <b>-OR-</b></li>
	<li>Set the node to a DOWN state and then return it to service
	("<i>scontrol update NodeName=<node> State=down Reason=hung_proc</i>"
	and "<i>scontrol update NodeName=<node> State=resume</i>").
	This permits other jobs to use the node, but leaves the non-killable
	process in place.
	If the process should ever complete the I/O, the pending SIGKILL
	should terminate it immediately.</li>
	</ol>

	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="nodes">Notes are getting set to a DOWN state</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Check the reason why the node is down using the command
	"<i>scontrol show node <name></i>".
	This will show the reason why the node was set down and the
	time when it happened.
	If there is insufficient disk space, memory space, etc. compared
	to the parameters specified in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file then
	either fix the node or change <i>slurm.conf</i>.</li>

	<li>If the reason is "Not responding", then check communications
	between the control machine and the DOWN node using the command
	"<i>ping <address></i>" being sure to specify the
	NodeAddr values configured in <i>slurm.conf</i>.
	If ping fails, then fix the network or addresses in <i>slurm.conf</i>.</li>

	<li>Next, login to a node that SLURM considers to be in a DOWN
	state and check if the slurmd daemon is running with the command
	"<i>ps -el \| grep slurmd</i>".
	If slurmd is not running, restart it (typically as user root
	using the command "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").
	You should check the log file (<i>SlurmdLog</i> in the
	<i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication of why it failed.
	You can get the status of the running slurmd daemon by
	executing the command "<i>scontrol show slurmd</i>" on
	the node of interest.
	Check the value of "Last slurmctld msg time" to determine
	if the slurmctld is able to communicate with the slurmd.
	If it keeps failing, you should contact the slurm team for help at
	<a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

	<li>If slurmd is running but not responding (a very rare situation),
	then kill and restart it (typically as user root using the commands
	"<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>" and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm start</i>").</li>

	<li>If still not responding, try again to rule out
	<a href="#network">network and configuration problems</a>.</li>

	<li>If still not responding, increase the verbosity of debug messages
	(increase <i>SlurmdDebug</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file)
	and restart.
	Again check the log file for an indication of why it failed.
	At this point, you should contact the slurm team for help at
	<a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a>.</li>

	<li>If still not responding without an indication as to the failure
	mode, restart without preserving state (typically as user root
	using the commands "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm stop</i>"
	and then "<i>/etc/init.d/slurm startclean</i>").
	Note: All jobs and other state information on that node will be lost.</li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="network">Networking and configuration problems</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Check the controller and/or slurmd log files (<i>SlurmctldLog</i>
	and <i>SlurmdLog</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i> file) for an indication
	of why it is failing.</li>

	<li>Check for consistent <i>slurm.conf</i> and credential files on
	the node(s) experiencing problems.</li>

	<li>If this is user-specific problem, check that the user is
	configured on the controller computer(s) as well as the
	compute nodes.
	The user doesn't need to be able to login, but his user ID
	must exist.</li>

	<li>Check that a consistent version of SLURM exists on all of
	the nodes (execute "<i>sinfo -V</i>" or "<i>rpm -qa \| grep slurm</i>").
	If the first two digits of the version number match it should
	work fine, but version 1.1 commands will not work with
	version 1.2 daemons or vise-versa.</li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="bluegene-block-error">Bluegene:
	Why is a block in an error state</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Check the controller log file (<i>SlurmctldLog</i> in the <i>slurm.conf</i>
	file) for an indication of why it is failing. (grep for update_block:)</li>
	<li>If the reason was something that happened to the system like a
	failed boot or a nodecard going bad or something like that you will
	need to fix the problem and then
	<a href="#bluegene-block-free">manually set the block to free</a>.</li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="bluegene-block-norun">Bluegene: How to make it so no jobs
	will run on a block</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li><a href="#bluegene-error-state">Set the block state to be in error
	manually</a>.</li>
	<li>When you are ready to run jobs again on the block <a
	href="#bluegene-block-free">manually set the block to free</a>.</li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="bluegene-block-check">Bluegene: Static blocks in
	<i>bluegene.conf</i> file not loading</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Run "<i>smap -Dc</i>"</li>
	<li>When it comes up type "<i>load /path/to/bluegene.conf</i>".</li>
	<li>This should give you some reasons why which block it is having
	problems loading.</li>
	<li>Note the blocks in the <i>bluegene.conf</i> file must be in the same
	order smap created them or you may encounter some problems loading the
	configuration.</li>
	<li>If you need help creating a loadable <i>bluegene.conf</i> file <a
	href="#bluegene-block-create">click here</a></li>
	</ol>
	<p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>

	<h2><a name="bluegene-block-free">Bluegene: How to free a block(s)
	manually</a></h2>
	<ul>
	<li><b>Using sfree</b></li>
	<ol>
	<li>To free a specifc block run "<i>sfree -b BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
	<li>To free all the blocks on the system run "<i>sfree -a</i>".</li>
	</ol>
	<li><b>Using scontrol</b></li>
	<ol>
	<li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=FREE BlockName=BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
	</ol>
	</ul>
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	<h2><a name="bluegene-error-state">Bluegene: How to set a block in
	an error state manually</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=ERROR BlockName=BLOCKNAME</i>".</li>
	</ol>
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	<h2><a name="bluegene-error-state2">Bluegene: How to set a sub base partition
	which doesn't have a block already created in an error
	state manually</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>Run "<i>scontrol update state=ERROR subBPName=IONODE_LIST</i>".</li>
	IONODE_LIST is a list of the ionodes you want to down in a certain base
	partition i.e. bg000[0-3] will down the first 4 ionodes in base
	partition 000.
	</ol>
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	<h2><a name="bluegene-block-create">Bluegene: How to make a
	<i>bluegene.conf</i> file that will load in SLURM</a></h2>

	<ol>
	<li>See the <a href="bluegene.html#bluegene-conf">Bluegene admin guide</a></li>
	</ol>
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	<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 3 February 2012</p>

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