Altair Control™ User Guide

2022.1.0

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Configure the Workload Manager
Configure WLM server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Establish Access Controls
Manage Clusters
Configure the Workload Manager
Monitor and Manage an HPC Cluster
Configure and Manage Allocations
Run a Simulation
Analyze HPC Resource Usage
Configure and Manage Cloud Bursting
Node Management
Real-time Dashboard
Log out of Control

2022.1.0

Altair Control™ User Guide

What's New
New features available with Altair Control™.
Get Started
Use Control to monitor and manage your HPC clusters.
Tutorials
Learn more about Control by watching a product video.
Establish Access Controls
Add users and assign them roles to grant and restrict access to the various features of Control.
Manage Clusters
Add, update, or delete HPC clusters.
Configure the Workload Manager
Configure WLM server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.
- View the Current Workload Manager Configuration
  View the current Workload Manager server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.
- Manage Workload Manager Server Settings
  Make changes to settings to modify the behavior of the Workload Manager Server.
- Manage Queues
  Add, change, and delete execution and routing queues.
- Manage Custom Resources
  Add, change or delete custom resources.
- Manage Server Defaults
  Specify the default execution queue and default arguments that are added to any job submission or deletion request.
- Manage Resource Defaults
  Add, edit or delete resource defaults.
- Manage Server Limits
  Set Workload Manager Server limits for maximum subjobs per job, maximum size of a job script, and maximum number of vnodes that can be provisioned.
- Manage Resource Usage Limits
  Add, edit or delete resource usage limits.
- Manage Server Security Settings
  Grant PBS Manager and Operator privileges, specify whether users can query the status of jobs owned by another user, and specify how usernames are treated across all machines in a HPC cluster.
- Manage Scheduling Parameters
  Make changes to settings to modify the behavior of the Workload Manager Scheduler.
- Manage Hooks
  Configure when the Python Interpreter should be restarted for Hooks.
Monitor and Manage an HPC Cluster
Monitor jobs and nodes to understand what your HPC system is doing and improve performance.
Configure and Manage Allocations
Configure allocation periods, clusters and service units and manage allocation budgets, accounts, and transactions.
Run a Simulation
Run a simulation to perform what-if analysis to determine the most productive way to scale and configure an HPC.
Analyze HPC Resource Usage
View HPC resource usage charts and simulation results.
Configure and Manage Cloud Bursting
Burst HPC cluster nodes in the cloud when the demand for computing capacity spikes.
Node Management
The Node Management page enables you to monitor, filter, add and configure nodes quickly through an easy to use interface.
Real-time Dashboard
The real-time dashboard in Control (currently in preview release stage), provides live data in a single page to view several aspects about the overall operation of a cluster.
Log out of Control
Logout once your work is complete.

Altair Control™ User Guide

2022.1.0

Home
Configure the Workload Manager
Configure WLM server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Establish Access Controls
Manage Clusters
Configure the Workload Manager
Monitor and Manage an HPC Cluster
Configure and Manage Allocations
Run a Simulation
Analyze HPC Resource Usage
Configure and Manage Cloud Bursting
Node Management
Real-time Dashboard
Log out of Control

Configure the Workload Manager

Configure WLM server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.

Before you can configure a WLM, you must add the cluster.

View the Current Workload Manager Configuration
View the current Workload Manager server and scheduler settings, queues, resources, defaults and limits.
Manage Workload Manager Server Settings
Make changes to settings to modify the behavior of the Workload Manager Server.
Manage Queues
Add, change, and delete execution and routing queues.
Manage Custom Resources
Add, change or delete custom resources.
Manage Server Defaults
Specify the default execution queue and default arguments that are added to any job submission or deletion request.
Manage Resource Defaults
Add, edit or delete resource defaults.
Manage Server Limits
Set Workload Manager Server limits for maximum subjobs per job, maximum size of a job script, and maximum number of vnodes that can be provisioned.
Manage Resource Usage Limits
Add, edit or delete resource usage limits.
Manage Server Security Settings
Grant PBS Manager and Operator privileges, specify whether users can query the status of jobs owned by another user, and specify how usernames are treated across all machines in a HPC cluster.
Manage Scheduling Parameters
Make changes to settings to modify the behavior of the Workload Manager Scheduler.
Manage Hooks
Configure when the Python Interpreter should be restarted for Hooks.

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