[Moabusers] node lock consumables

[Brock Palen]

Documentation request:

I appears if you make a node locked license like so:

NODECFG[nyx801] GRES=norman:4

You can request it with torque like so:

#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1,software=norman:1

Just like any floating consumable resource This is wonderful, its  
less ambiguous to use  'software'  vs 'gres'  (though gres is great  
for strange things like 'dvd'  'bandwidth'  etc like in your examples  
on page:

http://www.clusterresources.com/products/mwm/docs/ 
12.4consumablegres.shtml

I think other users would like to know that you can use  
the ,software=software:copies  syntax also.

Just a suggestion!

Also what if a I have a 'pool'  of nodes that are licensed for  
software and that software is managed by the license manager,  can I  
use the syntax

GLOBAL UPDATETIME=1183740060 STATE=idle ARES=cplex:16 CRES=cplex:20

And replace the 'GLOBAL'  node with   'nyx801'  ?   Would moab  
understand that?  Thanks!

Brock Palen
Center for Advanced Computing
brockp at umich.edu
(734)936-1985