azurehpc/examples/simple_hpc_pbs_rgs

Build a PBS compute cluster with a Windows visualization node and HP RGS for visualization

Visualisation: config.json

This example will create an HPC cluster with a CentOS 7.6 headnode running PBS Pro 19.1 exporting a 4TB NFS space and multiple CentOS 7.6 HB60rs compute nodes; and a Windows visualization node with HP RGS.

NOTE:

• MAKE SURE you have followed the steps in prerequisite before proceeding here
• MAKE SURE you have the HP RGS installer and license file uploaded in the Azure Storage blob location mentioned in setup_win_rgs.sh. You will need to provide the storage account name while initializing the config file (apps_storage_account).

First initialise a new project. AZHPC provides the azhpc-init command that will help here. Running with the -s parameter will show all the variables that need to be set, e.g.

azhpc-init -c $azhpc_dir/examples/simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -d simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -s

The variables can be set with the -v option where variables are comma separated. The -d option is required and will create a new directory name for you.

azhpc-init -c $azhpc_dir/examples/simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -d simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -v resource_group=azhpc-cluster,win_password=[password or secret.azhpc-vault.winadmin-secret],apps_storage_account=appstorageaccount

(Optional) If you would like to change the location and vm_type
azhpc-init -c $azhpc_dir/examples/simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -d simple_hpc_pbs_rgs -v location=southcentralus,resource_group=azhpc-cluster,win_password=[password or secret.azhpc-vault.winadmin-secret],apps_storage_account=appstorageaccount,vm_type=Standard_HB60rs

Create the cluster

cd simple_hpc_pbs_rgs
azhpc-build

Allow ~10 minutes for deployment.

To check the status of the VMs run

azhpc-status

Connect to the headnode and check PBS and NFS

$ azhpc-connect -u hpcuser headnode
Fri Jun 28 09:18:04 UTC 2019 : logging in to headnode (via headnode6cfe86.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com)
[hpcuser@headnode ~]$ pbsnodes -avS
vnode           state           OS       hardware host            queue        mem     ncpus   nmics   ngpus  comment
--------------- --------------- -------- -------- --------------- ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ---------
compuc407000003 free            --       --       10.2.4.8        --            224gb      60       0       0 --
compuc407000002 free            --       --       10.2.4.7        --            224gb      60       0       0 --
[hpcuser@headnode ~]$ sudo exportfs -v
/share/apps     <world>(sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,sec=sys,rw,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash)
/share/data     <world>(sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,sec=sys,rw,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash)
/share/home     <world>(sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,sec=sys,rw,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash)
/mnt/resource/scratch
                <world>(sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,sec=sys,rw,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash)
[hpcuser@headnode ~]$

To check the state of the cluster you can run the following commands
azhpc-connect -u hpcuser headnode
qstat -Q
pbsnodes -avS
df -h

Remote Visualization

To verify setup connect to the viznode using RDP (get the RDP file for nvnode from the Azure Portal)

• Username: hpcadmin
• Password:

Check that Y: and Z: drives are mapped to the NFS server

Note : Y: and Z: drives appears as disconnected while they are not.

Setup RGS receiver on your local desktop or laptop and from their connect to the remote visualization node using :42966.