MDS (multidimensional scheduling) section
The MDS (multidimensional scheduling) section of the application profile contains configuration for your resource plan, and allows you to define slot definitions for multidimensional scheduling. This section must contain at least one SlotDefinition element. Additionally, indicate which SlotDefinition is the default to be used for session level multidimensional scheduling support.
<MDS planName="MDSPlan1">
<SlotDefinitions>
<SlotDefinition name="cpu_intensive" default="true">
<Metric name="ncpus">4</Metric>
<Metric name="maxmem">250</Metric>
</SlotDefinition>
<SlotDefinition name="memory_intensive">
<Metric name="ncpus">0.5</Metric>
<Metric name="maxmem">4000</Metric>
</SlotDefinition>
</SlotDefinitions>
</MDS>Description: Defines the multidimensional resource plan.
Description: Specifies the name of the multidimensional resource plan.
Where used: MDS
Required or optional: Required
Valid values: Any multidimensional resource plan name that you have defined. This can be a string of no more than 64 characters long containing only alphanumeric characters, underscore characters (_), and hyphens (-).
Description: Defines each slot definition within the multidimensional resource plan.
default
<SlotDefinition name="cpu_intensive" default="true">Where used: .
Required or optional: Required.
Valid values: true or false
name (for slot definition)
Description: Specifies the name of the slot definition within the multidimensional resource plan. In the example MDS section within this topic, there two slot definition names defined: cpu_intensive and memory_intensive. At least one slotDefinition must be defined.
Where used: .
Required or optional: Required. At least one slotDefinition must be defined.
Valid values: A string of no more than 32 characters long containing only alphanumeric characters, underscore characters (_), and hyphens (-). It cannot begin with a hyphen. For example, cpu_intensive or memory_intensive are valid.
name (for resource metric)
Description: Specifies the name of the resource metric defined in your multidimensional resource plan. IBM® Spectrum Symphony supports four predefined resource metrics: maxmem, maxswp, maxtmp, and ncpus. Additionally, you can use a custom defined metric.
Where used:
Required or optional: Required
Valid values: A string of no more than 255 characters, containing only alphanumeric characters, underscore characters (_). It cannot begin with an integer. Also specify the value of each metric, using integers or decimals up to two decimal places. For example, <Metric name="ncpus">4</Metric>, <Metric name="ncpus">0.5</Metric>, and <Metric name="ncpus">2.25</Metric> are valid.