FEP+ Job Settings Dialog Box

The Job Settings dialog box is used to specify settings that are used when starting jobs from Maestro. Settings are stored for each application (with a few exceptions).

To open this dialog box, click the Job Settings button in the Job Toolbar,

or click the arrow next to this button and choose Job Settings.

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FEP+ Job Settings Dialog Box Features

Master Job section

This section provides options for controlling various aspects of the running of the job.

Job text box

Enter a name for the job. Job names cannot contain spaces or nonprinting characters.

When a job is started, a subdirectory of the working directory is created using the job name (depending on the application), for writing job files in. Job files are named with the job name as the first part (stem or prefix) of the file names.

The initial name shown is a standard name for the application, which might include calculation settings. A standard name that contains settings is updated when the settings change. You can modify a standard name; if you do and it still retains some settings, the name is updated if the settings change. You can also replace the entire job name.

When a standard name or modified standard name is used, the job name is made unique by appending an integer. This is done by checking for job directories or files in the current working directory. However, if you replace the job name to create a custom job name, the name might no longer be unique, and it is not automatically made unique. In that case, a warning is posted before any files are overwritten.

After a job is submitted, a new job name is automatically created for the next job from the current job name, by appending an integer or incrementing the integer. This is done for custom job names as well as standard or modified names.

CPU Host option menu

This option menu displays all the CPU hosts defined in the $SCHRODINGER/schrodinger.hosts file, with the number of CPUs available on the host in parentheses. To run the selected job on a remote host, choose the host from this menu. For distributed jobs, this host is the one where the driver of a distributed job is run.

The host localhost means the host on which you are running Maestro. If you run a job locally, Maestro automatically reduces the priority of the job so that it does not compete with Maestro for resources. To change this behavior, set the SCHRODINGER_NICE environment variable (see Job Control Environment Variables (JOB CONTROL IS DEPRECATED)).

Maximum simultaneous FEPsubjobs text box

Specify the maximum number of FEPsubjobs that can be run simultaneously. This setting helps to ensure that a host is not overloaded with a large number of subjobs, all competing for resources.

Subjob section

This section provides options for controlling various aspects of the running of the job.

GPU Host option menu

This option menu displays all the GPU hosts defined in the $SCHRODINGER/schrodinger.hosts file, with the number of GPUs available on the host in parentheses. This host type is usually a subhost, with a driver running on a CPU host.

If the host has more than one GPU, the GPUs are assigned automatically by the scheduler. You cannot assign individual GPUs to run a job.

Total N GPUs text box

Specify the maximum number of GPUs to use to run the subjobs. The maximum number is limited by the number of GPU units on the host you choose.

Action buttons

There are several actions you can take after making settings, by clicking one of these buttons:

  • Run—Save the settings for this job type, and start the current job. If a job requires a GPU host but no GPU host is available in the hosts file, this button is disabled.
  • OK—Save the settings for this job type, but do not start the job.
  • Cancel—Discard the changes made to the settings.

The Help button is also in this set.

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