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Quick reference for users migrating from the old PBS/Torque system to Slurm. Command Equivalents PBS/Torque Slurm Description qsub job.sh sbatch job.sh Submit a job qsub -I srun --pty bash Interactive session qstat squeue View jobs qstat -u username squeue -u ...

Common errors and solutions for job submission and cluster usage. Job Submission Errors No partition specified srun: error: Unable to allocate resources: No partition specified or system default partition Always specify a partition. Run check_my_partitions to...

Required security software for TAU workstations and servers. NAC — Forescout Network Access Control client required for connecting to the TAU network. ForeScoutSecureConnector_64_visible_daemon.tar.gz Installation tar -zxvf ForeScoutSecureConnector_64_visible_...

External tools and resources to help with TAU HPC usage. HPC Helper Toolkit An AI-powered toolkit to help with common HPC tasks including QOS configuration, job submission, and more. HPC Helper Toolkit for TAU

PowerPortal is a web interface for the TAU HPC cluster. It lets you submit batch jobs to Slurm, monitor running and completed jobs, browse output files, and launch GUI applications — all without using the command line. What you can do Submit jobs — fill out a ...

PowerPortal uses your TAU university credentials — the same username and password you use for TAU email and other university systems. Steps Go to https://powerportal.tau.ac.il. Enter your TAU username (e.g. jsmith) and password. Click Sign in. Your session st...

After logging in you land on the Jobs page. The navigation bar at the top is present on every page. Navigation bar Item What it does Jobs View your running and completed jobs. Staff can also see all jobs on the cluster. Submit Job Open the job submission form....

The submit form is the main way to run jobs on the cluster. Open it from Submit Job in the navbar. Every field maps directly to an sbatch option — PowerPortal builds the submission for you. Required fields Field What it sets Job name A label for your job. Appe...

The job script is the shell code your job runs on the compute node. Paste it into the Script / Command field on the submission form — commands only, nothing else. What PowerPortal adds automatically The submit form shows two read-only lines above the editor: #...

A job array runs the same script multiple times in parallel, each with a different index. Use it to process many inputs with identical resource requirements — for example, running the same analysis on 100 different samples. Setting up an array Enter the array ...

MPI jobs run a single program across multiple processes, potentially spanning several nodes. Use the Tasks and Tasks per node fields to configure the MPI layout. Fields to set Field sbatch equivalent When to use Nodes --nodes Number of nodes to allocate. Tasks...

The Jobs page shows all jobs associated with your account. Open it by clicking Jobs in the navbar. Tabs My Active Jobs — jobs submitted under your username, both active and recently completed. Cluster Queue — every job currently on the cluster, visible to staf...

Every Slurm job moves through a series of states from submission to completion. The current state is shown in the State column on the Jobs page. Common states State Meaning PENDING Waiting in the queue. The job has not started yet. See below for common reasons...

You can cancel any of your jobs that are in PENDING or RUNNING state. Cancelling a running job stops it immediately — any output written so far is kept, but the job will not complete. How to cancel Go to the Jobs page. Click the job row to open the detail pane...

PowerPortal lets you browse your home directory and view job output files directly in the browser — no need to SSH into the cluster. Opening the output viewer Go to the Jobs page and click a job row to open the detail panel. Click View Output or View Error. Th...

Templates save job configurations so you do not have to re-enter every field each time you submit. There are two kinds: base templates provided by HPC staff, and personal templates you create yourself. Base templates Base templates are created and maintained b...

Personal templates are private to your account. Create them from the submission form or directly from the Templates page. Creating a template From the submission form Fill in the submission form as you normally would. Click Save as template instead of (or befo...