4.12 Nitro Application Template

The Nitro Application Template lets you specifying settings and the task file for creating Nitro jobs.

4.12.1 Available Fields

The available fields used for creating/editing the Nitro application template are grouped into five areas. Specifically:

Expand an area to view its fields. This section provides information on these different areas and their associated fields. See 4.4.4 Field Information and Actions for information on using the fields.

4.12.1.A Application Description

This area lets you provide a description for your application template. Use this area to tell users any necessary information to use or access this template. This field provides multiple options for styling and formatting, among other ways to make your description more detailed.

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4.12.1.B Basic Settings

This area, as well as the Advanced Settings area, contains Moab-specific input for the job. This area breaks the basic setting information into functional groups. The following images are examples of the functional groups.

  • Basic Job – contains settings for basic information like the name assigned to jobs created with this template and the submission script used to submit jobs.
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    If the Template Type for the application template is set to Job Array, the Basic Job Settings area also contains settings for job indexes.

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  • Time Management – contains delay start and job duration settings.

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  • Credentials – settings for specifying job ownership, resource usage, policy enforcement, etc. See 1.1 Credential Overview for more information.

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  • Resources – contains architecture, memory, and core settings.
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  • Data Management – settings for job execution directory, output, and error reporting.

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4.12.1.C Advanced Settings

This area contains advanced inputs to Moab that can be requested for the job, such as whether to include Moab environment variables at job submission time.

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When enabled, the User Priority field requires the Moab ENABLENEGJOBPRIORITY server parameter set to "TRUE". This Moab parameter should have been set when Viewpoint was installed. See Moab Parameters in the Moab Workload Manager Reference Guide for more information on this parameter.

4.12.1.D Node Policy Settings

This area specifies node request, access, and allocation policies for jobs created with this template.

The following image is an example of the Node Policies Settings area.

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4.12.1.E Nitro Inputs

This area lets you specify the task file to be used when creating Nitro jobs. You can also add any custom settings to your template.

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