gd_condorsubmit

Submits a job through a Globus resource to a Condor pool.

Syntax

handle = gd_condorsubmit(classAD,RSLstruct,host)

handle = gd_condorsubmit(classAD,RSLstruct,host,filesystem)

Description

handle = gd_condorsubmit(classAD,RSLstruct,host) returns a string handle containing the Globus job handle for a successfully submitted job. Where classAD is a structure describing the job to be submitted to the Condor pool, the structure, RSLstruct describes the command used to submit the job to the Condor pool, and host is a string describing the Globus resource to be used. The argument host can have one of the following formats:

- hostname

- hostname:port

- hostname/service

- hostname:port/service

handle = gd_condorsubmit(classAD,RSL,host,filesystem) as above where the argument filesystem defines the filesystem on host. When filesystem = 'NFS' a shared filesystem is assumed, otherwise a non-NFS filesystem is assumed.

Input arguments

classAD The classAD structure contains a description of the requirements of the job to be submitted to the Condor pool. The fields of the structure specify the attributes of the Condor classAD file that is used to submit the job. The valid fields include:

executable	The name of the executable to be submitted to the Condor pool
requirements	A string specifying the requirements from the machine upon which to the job should be run. These requirements may include: Operating system: OpSys Architecture: Arch Memory: Memory
arguments	The arguments to the executable
transfer_input_files	A string containing a comma separated list of files to be submitted with executable
output	The filename to pipe the output from the job
error	The filename to pipe the error from the job
log	The filename to which to write the Condor log
universe	A string specifying the type of Condor job to be run. Possible values include: STANDARD VANILLA MPI JAVA

Other possible fields in the classAD structure include all of the valid classADs attributes. These attributes are documented at the Condor project homepage (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/).

RSLstruct The RSLstruct structure contains the RSL attributes which specifies the command used to submit the job to the Condor pool. The required fields include:

executable	The path to the 'condor_submit' executable on host
arguments	The name of the Condor classAD file produced by gd_condorsubmit
directory	The name of the working directory on host

Examples

The following example demonstrates the submission of a Linux and a Windows job to a Condor pool via the Globus server 'server.domain.com'. The Linux job is described by the structure classAD_Linux, and the Windows job is described by the structure classAD_Windows.

%Specify classAD_Linux

classAD_Linux.requirements = 'Arch == "INTEL" && OpSys == "LINUX"';

classAD_Linux.executable = 'sleep.sh';

classAD_Linux.output = 'sleep.output';

classAD_Linux.error = 'sleep.error';

classAD_Linux.log = 'sleep.log';

classAD_Linux.universe = 'VANILLA';

classAD_Linux.transferfiles = 'ONEXIT';

classAD_Linux.should_transfer_files = 'YES';

classAD_Linux.when_to_transfer_output = 'ON_EXIT';

classAD_Linux.arguments = '1m';

% Specify classAD_Windows

classAD_Windows.requirements = 'Arch == "INTEL" && OpSys == "WINNT51"';

classAD_Windows.environment = 'path=c:\windows\system32';

classAD_Windows.executable = 'printname.bat';

classAD_Windows.output = 'printname.output';

classAD_Windows.error = 'printname.error';

classAD_Windows.log = 'printname.log';

classAD_Windows.universe = 'VANILLA';

classAD_Windows.transferfiles = 'ALWAYS';

classAD_Windows.should_transfer_files = 'YES';

classAD_Windows.when_to_transfer_output = 'ON_EXIT';

classAD_Windows.transfer_input_files = 'file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt';

% Specify RSL

rsl.executable = '/usr/local/condor/bin/condor_submit';

rsl.arguments = 'myJob.sub';

rsl.directory = '/home/<USER>/';

rsl.stdout = 'myJob.stdout';

rsl.stderr = 'myJob.stderr';

% Make the Condor job submission

handle_Linux = gd_condorsubmit(classAD_Linux,rsl,'server.domain.com');

handle_Windows = gd_condorsubmit(classAD_Windows,rsl,'server.domain.com');

Notes

A valid proxy certificate is required to use this function.