<div>We've tried the new configuration (unset resources_default.ncpus and unset resources_max.ncpus; from from queues and server levels as well) in the last few days and here are the results:</div>
<div>* For the first time we were able to see that jobs are backfilled! It never happend before, and this is a major improvment. Though we saw it only in one of our queues (named 'b_que') it might have happend in other queues as well (we couln'd verify it yet).</div>
<div>* But - the 'insufficient idle procs available' problem is still there. For example, at the moment showq shows that there are plenty of non-busy processors ('65 of 84 Processors Active'), but checkjob says for queued jobs that:</div>
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<div>checking job 228665</div>
<div>State: Idle<br>Creds: user:b group:b class:b_que qos:hi<br>WallTime: 00:00:00 of 00:05:00<br>SubmitTime: Tue Jan 29 19:47:04<br> (Time Queued Total: 00:07:49 Eligible: 00:07:16)</div>
<div>Total Tasks: 1</div>
<div>Req[0] TaskCount: 1 Partition: ALL<br>Network: [NONE] Memory >= 0 Disk >= 0 Swap >= 0<br>Opsys: [NONE] Arch: [NONE] Features: [NONE]<br>Dedicated Resources Per Task: PROCS: 1 MEM: 512M</div>
<div><br>IWD: [NONE] Executable: [NONE]<br>Bypass: 0 StartCount: 0<br>PartitionMask: [ALL]<br>Flags: RESTARTABLE</div>
<div>PE: 1.00 StartPriority: 1007<br>job cannot run in partition DEFAULT (idle procs do not meet requirements : 0 of 1 procs found)<br>idle procs: 12 feasible procs: 0</div>
<div><br>:(</div>
<div>What should I check next?</div>
<div>Thanks! Itay.</div>
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