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NAME
condor_dagman - HTCondor Manual
meta scheduler of the jobs submitted as the nodes of a DAG or DAGs
SYNOPSIS
condor_dagman -f -t -l . -help
condor_dagman -version
condor_dagman -f -l . -csdversion version_string [-debug level] [-dryrun] [-maxidle
numberOfProcs] [-maxjobs numberOfJobs] [-maxpre NumberOfPreScripts] [-maxpost
NumberOfPostScripts] [-maxhold NumberOfHoldScripts] [-usedagdir ] -lockfile filename
[-waitfordebug ] [-autorescue 0|1] [-dorescuefrom number] [-load_save filename]
[-allowversionmismatch ] [-DumpRescue ] [-verbose ] [-force ] [-notification value]
[-suppress_notification ] [-dont_suppress_notification ] [-dagman DagmanExecutable]
[-outfile_dir directory] [-update_submit ] [-import_env ] [-include_env Variables]
[-insert_env Key=Value] [-priority number] [-DontAlwaysRunPost ] [-AlwaysRunPost ]
[-DoRecovery ] [-dot] -dag dag_file [-dag dag_file_2 ... -dag dag_file_n ]
DESCRIPTION
condor_dagman is a meta scheduler for the HTCondor jobs within a DAG (directed acyclic
graph) (or multiple DAGs). In typical usage, a submitter of jobs that are organized into a
DAG submits the DAG using condor_submit_dag. condor_submit_dag does error checking on
aspects of the DAG and then submits condor_dagman as an HTCondor job. condor_dagman uses
log files to coordinate the further submission of the jobs within the DAG.
All command line arguments to the DaemonCore library functions work for condor_dagman.
When invoked from the command line, condor_dagman requires the arguments -f -l . to appear
first on the command line, to be processed by DaemonCore. The csdversion must also be
specified; at start up, condor_dagman checks for a version mismatch with the
condor_submit_dag version in this argument. The -t argument must also be present for the
-help option, such that output is sent to the terminal.
Arguments to condor_dagman are either automatically set by condor_submit_dag or they are
specified as command-line arguments to condor_submit_dag and passed on to condor_dagman.
The method by which the arguments are set is given in their description below.
condor_dagman can run multiple, independent DAGs. This is done by specifying multiple -dag
a rguments. Pass multiple DAG input files as command-line arguments to condor_submit_dag.
Debugging output may be obtained by using the -debug level option. Level values and what
they produce is described as
• level = 0; never produce output, except for usage info
• level = 1; very quiet, output severe errors
• level = 2; normal output, errors and warnings
• level = 3; output errors, as well as all warnings
• level = 4; internal debugging output
• level = 5; internal debugging output; outer loop debugging
• level = 6; internal debugging output; inner loop debugging; output DAG input file lines
as they are parsed
• level = 7; internal debugging output; rarely used; output DAG input file lines as they
are parsed
OPTIONS
-help Display usage information and exit.
-version
Display version information and exit.
-csdversion VersionString
Sets the version of condor_submit_dag command used to submit the DAGMan
workflow. Used to help identify version mismatching.
-debug level
An integer level of debugging output. level is an integer, with values of 0-7
inclusive, where 7 is the most verbose output. This command-line option to
condor_submit_dag is passed to condor_dagman or defaults to the value 3.
-dryrun
Inform DAGMan to do a dry run. Where the DAG is ran but node jobs are not
actually submitted.
-maxidle NumberOfProcs
Sets the maximum number of idle procs allowed before condor_dagman stops
submitting more node jobs. If this option is omitted then the number of idle
procs is limited by the configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_JOBS_IDLE which
defaults to 1000. To disable this limit, set NumberOfProcs to 0. The
NumberOfProcs can be exceeded if a nodes job has a queue command with more than
one proc to queue. i.e. queue 500 will submit all procs even if NumberOfProcs is
250. In this case DAGMan will wait for for the number of idle procs to fall
below 250 before submitting more jobs to the condor_schedd.
-maxjobs NumberOfClusters
Sets the maximum number of clusters within the DAG that will be submitted to
HTCondor at one time. Each cluster is associated with one node job no matter how
many individual procs are in the cluster. NumberOfClusters is a non-negative
integer. If this option is omitted then the number of clusters is limited by the
configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_JOBS_SUBMITTED which defaults to 0
(unlimited).
-maxpre NumberOfPreScripts
Sets the maximum number of PRE scripts within the DAG that may be running at one
time. NumberOfPreScripts is a non-negative integer. If this option is omitted,
the number of PRE scripts is limited by the configuration variable
DAGMAN_MAX_PRE_SCRIPTS which defaults to 20.
-maxpost NumberOfPostScripts
Sets the maximum number of POST scripts within the DAG that may be running at
one time. NumberOfPostScripts is a non-negative integer. If this option is
omitted, the number of POST scripts is limited by the configuration variable
DAGMAN_MAX_POST_SCRIPTS which defaults to 20.
-maxhold NumberOfHoldScripts
Sets the maximum number of HOLD scripts within the DAG that may be running at
one time. NumberOfHoldscripts is a non-negative integer. If this option is
omitted, the number of HOLD scripts is limited by the configuration variable
DAGMAN_MAX_HOLD_SCRIPTS, which defaults to 0 (unlimited).
-usedagdir
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to run each specified DAG as if the
directory containing that DAG file was the current working directory. This
option is most useful when running multiple DAGs in a single condor_dagman.
-lockfile filename
Names the file created and used as a lock file. The lock file prevents execution
of two of the same DAG, as defined by a DAG input file. A default lock file
ending with the suffix .dag.lock is passed to condor_dagman by
condor_submit_dag.
-waitfordebug
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to wait at startup until someone
attaches to the process with a debugger and sets the wait_for_debug variable in
main_init() to false.
-autorescue 0|1
Whether to automatically run the newest rescue DAG for the given DAG file, if
one exists (0 = false, 1 = true).
-dorescuefrom number
Forces condor_dagman to run the specified rescue DAG number for the given DAG. A
value of 0 is the same as not specifying this option. Specifying a nonexistent
rescue DAG is a fatal error.
-load_save filename
Specify a file with saved DAG progress to re-run the DAG from. If given a path
DAGMan will attempt to read that file following that path. Otherwise, DAGMan
will check for the file in the DAG's save_files sub-directory.
-allowversionmismatch
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to allow a version mismatch between
condor_dagman itself and the .condor.sub file produced by condor_submit_dag (or,
in other words, between condor_submit_dag and condor_dagman). WARNING! This
option should be used only if absolutely necessary. Allowing version mismatches
can cause subtle problems when running DAGs.
-DumpRescue
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to immediately dump a Rescue DAG and
then exit, as opposed to actually running the DAG. This feature is mainly
intended for testing. The Rescue DAG file is produced whether or not there are
parse errors reading the original DAG input file. The name of the file differs
if there was a parse error.
-verbose
(This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) Cause condor_submit_dag to give
verbose error messages.
-force (This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) Require condor_submit_dag to overwrite
the files that it produces, if the files already exist. Note that dagman.out
will be appended to, not overwritten. If new-style rescue DAG mode is in effect,
and any new-style rescue DAGs exist, the -force flag will cause them to be
renamed, and the original DAG will be run. If old-style rescue DAG mode is in
effect, any existing old-style rescue DAGs will be deleted, and the original DAG
will be run. See the HTCondor manual section on Rescue DAGs for more
information.
-notification value
This argument is only included to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs. Sets the e-mail notification for DAGMan
itself. This information will be used within the HTCondor submit description
file for DAGMan. This file is produced by condor_submit_dag. The notification
option is described in the condor_submit manual page.
-suppress_notification
Causes jobs submitted by condor_dagman to not send email notification for
events. The same effect can be achieved by setting the configuration variable
DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION to True. This command line option is independent of
the -notification command line option, which controls notification for the
condor_dagman job itself. This flag is generally superfluous, as
DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION defaults to True.
-dont_suppress_notification
Causes jobs submitted by condor_dagman to defer to content within the submit
description file when deciding to send email notification for events. The same
effect can be achieved by setting the configuration variable
DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION to False. This command line flag is independent of
the -notification command line option, which controls notification for the
condor_dagman job itself. If both -dont_suppress_notification and
-suppress_notification are specified within the same command line, the last
argument is used.
-dagman DagmanExecutable
(This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) Allows the specification of an
alternate condor_dagman executable to be used instead of the one found in the
user's path. This must be a fully qualified path.
-outfile_dir directory
(This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) Specifies the directory in which the
.dagman.out file will be written. The directory may be specified relative to the
current working directory as condor_submit_dag is executed, or specified with an
absolute path. Without this option, the .dagman.out file is placed in the same
directory as the first DAG input file listed on the command line.
-update_submit
(This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) This optional argument causes an
existing .condor.sub file to not be treated as an error; rather, the .condor.sub
file will be overwritten, but the existing values of -maxjobs, -maxidle,
-maxpre, and -maxpost will be preserved.
-import_env
(This argument is included only to be passed to condor_submit_dag if lazy submit
file generation is used for nested DAGs.) This optional argument causes
condor_submit_dag to import the current environment into the environment command
of the .condor.sub file it generates.
-include_env Variables
This optional argument takes a comma separated list of enviroment variables to
add to .condor.sub getenv environment filter which causes found matching
environment variables to be added to the DAGMan manager jobs environment.
-insert_env Key=Value
This optional argument takes a delimited string of Key=Value pairs to explicitly
set into the .condor.sub files environment macro. The base delimiter is a
semicolon that can be overriden by setting the first character in the string to
a valid delimiting character. If multiple -insert_env flags contain the same
Key then the last occurances Value will be set in the DAGMan jobs environment.
-priority number
Sets the minimum job priority of node jobs submitted and running under this
condor_dagman job.
-DontAlwaysRunPost
This option causes condor_dagman to not run the POST script of a node if the PRE
script fails.
-AlwaysRunPost
This option causes condor_dagman to always run the POST script of a node, even
if the PRE script fails.
-DoRecovery
Causes condor_dagman to start in recovery mode. This means that it reads the
relevant job user log(s) and catches up to the given DAG's previous state before
submitting any new jobs.
-dot Run condor_dagman up until the point when a DOT file is produced.
-dag filename
filename is the name of the DAG input file that is set as an argument to
condor_submit_dag, and passed to condor_dagman.
EXIT STATUS
condor_dagman will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and it will exit
with the value 1 (one) upon failure.
EXAMPLES
condor_dagman is normally not run directly, but submitted as an HTCondor job by running
condor_submit_dag. See the condor_submit_dag manual page for examples.
AUTHOR
HTCondor Team
COPYRIGHT
1990-2024, Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Apr 14, 2024 CONDOR_DAGMAN(1)