Stop workload from running on a scavenged host

You must be a cluster administrator to enable host scavenging.

Restriction:

Host scavenging is a feature for use with Platform Symphony.

There are three ways to stop workload from running on a scavenged host:

  • A cluster administrator closes a host. Any running workload is allowed to run until it has finished. New workload cannot be assigned. Slots become unavailable for allocation by EGO.

  • A cluster administrator closes a host and the resource is reclaimed. Any running workload is terminated after a grace period. New workload cannot be assigned. Slots become unavailable for allocation by EGO.

  • The scavenging agent closes the host after a predefined threshold is reached. If fastrelease is enabled, any running workload is terminated without a grace period. If fastrelease is not enabled, any running workload is terminated after a grace period. By default, fastrelease is not enabled. Once the scavenging agent closes the host, new workload cannot be assigned. Slots become unavailable for allocation by EGO.

Note:

If the Platform Symphony workload manager fails to terminate the running workload and return the host within the defined grace period, then EGO forcefully terminates the workload activity before reclaiming the host.

  1. Navigate to Resources > Monitor/Control Hosts > Hosts (List View).
  2. For the host you wish to close, click Actions and then select Close.

    You are asked if you want to reclaim workload running on this host before closing it. If you want the work to stop running on this host immediately, select the reclaim option.

  3. Remove the hosts from any scavenge resource groups.