SLURM Examples for ACCRE

⭐ START HERE: Basic Examples (Updated October 2025)

NEW USERS: Go to the basic-examples/ directory first! See https://help.accre.vanderbilt.edu/index.php?title=Overview for the most up to date information.

These examples use current ACCRE configuration and are recommended for all users:

• ✅ Current partitions (batch, batch_gpu, interactive, interactive_gpu)
• ✅ Proper setup_accre_software_stack usage
• ✅ Current GPU types and syntax
• ✅ Up-to-date module loading

Quick start:

cd basic-examples/
cat README.md
# Edit script to add your account name, then:
sbatch 01_basic_batch.slurm

⚠️ IMPORTANT: All job scripts require #SBATCH --account=your_account_name. Find your account with: sacctmgr show user $USER

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✅ Updated Examples (Safe to Use)

The following directories contain verified, up-to-date examples:

• basic-examples/ (⭐ START HERE) - Comprehensive examples for new users

📦 Archived Examples

archived-examples/ contains severely outdated examples that need updating before use. These examples are missing setup_accre_software_stack and may use deprecated module names or partition names. See the archived-examples/README.md for details.

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SLURM Commands Reference

• slurm-commands.sh: contains lots of examples of SLURM commands and how to customize the output of each command

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Current Example Directories

To submit any script:

sbatch SCRIPT_NAME.slurm

Make sure to change the email if you want to submit these scripts.

✅ Verified Current Examples

• basic-examples/ (⭐ START HERE) - Up-to-date examples for new users with current ACCRE configuration. Includes:
  • Basic batch (CPU) jobs
  • GPU jobs with correct partition and gres syntax
  • Job arrays
  • Python example scripts
  • Comprehensive README

📦 Archived Examples

• archived-examples/ - Contains examples that need updating before use (mpi-job, openmp-job, pthread-job, julia-job, epilog, job-array2, srun, memory-optimization). See archived-examples/README.md for details on what needs fixing.