2016.09 Update 8.1

New Features and Enhancements

Products Internal Number Case Number Description

NetworkComputer 7755 Improved the NC GUI responsiveness when 50k jobs are submitted.

NetworkComputer

7547

Products	Internal Number	Description
NetworkComputer	7755	Improved the NC GUI responsiveness when 50k jobs are submitted.
NetworkComputer	7547	Added ability for the administrator to configure the maximum environment size for job submissions. This is done via the $VOVDIR/local/vncrun.config.tcl file, using the following configuration variable: `set VOV_JOB_DESC(maxEnvSize) 10000` The value is specified in bytes. Note that the maximum property length limit, prop.maxStringSize, that can be defined in the SWD/policy.tcl file, can also act as a limit when using the snapshot property for job submissions (nc run -ep).
NetworkComputer	7715	A limited-release capability, nc info -legacy, is provided to generate nc info output in the older format (prior to 2016.09). The behavior of this command can be customized via a Tcl file at .../local/vncinfo.config.tcl based on environment variable, username, project name, etc. by doing 'set NCINFO(legacy) 1' under the desired conditions. Example `: if { [vtk_logname] eq "george" } { set NCINFO(legacy) 1 }`

Added ability for the administrator to configure the maximum environment size for job submissions. This is done via the $VOVDIR/local/vncrun.config.tcl file, using the following configuration variable:

set VOV_JOB_DESC(maxEnvSize) 10000

The value is specified in bytes. Note that the maximum property length limit, prop.maxStringSize, that can be defined in the SWD/policy.tcl file, can also act as a limit when using the snapshot property for job submissions (nc run -ep).

NetworkComputer

7715

A limited-release capability, nc info -legacy, is provided to generate nc info output in the older format (prior to 2016.09). The behavior of this command can be customized via a Tcl file at .../local/vncinfo.config.tcl based on environment variable, username, project name, etc. by doing 'set NCINFO(legacy) 1' under the desired conditions.

Example

:
if { [vtk_logname] eq "george" } {
    set NCINFO(legacy) 1 
}

Resolved Issues

Products	Internal Number	Description
LicenseAllocator	7751	Added NRU job detection in LA, so this information can be used by vovreconciled to add the used tokens back to the job's grabbed tokens list.
NetworkComputer	7383	Start time, end time, and duration values are now validated in a call to vtk_slave_reserve to prevent values of 0 from being applied to a reservation. This prevents confusing reservation property entries in the /system/slaves/reservations FairShare group, if enabled. Slave reservation expirations and cancellations are now logged in the server log, even if the reservation expires while the slave is down. Slave properties, which store reservations for persistence, are now enabled by default for NetworkComputer instances.
NetworkComputer	7455	Documentation for update live_keepfor_jobs.tcl (job persistency) has been improved.
NetworkComputer	7601	Added ability to specify a replacement pattern and string for host names obtained by LM parsers. This is configured by adding the following line to the SWD/config/parser.cfg file: `set PARSER(hostReplace) {{PATTERN} {REPLACEMENT}}` where PATTERN is a case-sensitive regular expression pattern, and REPLACEMENT is the string with which to replace the pattern.
NetworkComputer	7741	Fixed SNAPSHOT property expansion in web pages for cases where the environment was large enough to be split across multiple SNAPSHOT properties.