PBS Professional 2021.1 Now Available!

Scott Campbell_21662
Scott Campbell_21662
Altair Employee
edited March 2021 in Altair HPCWorks

I am happy to announce that PBS Professional 2021.1.0 is now available!

 

This release brings many exciting new features, including:

 Core job scheduling/resource management:
    NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine device support
    SELinux/MLS support for specialized systems with diverse data classifications
    Reservation enhancements for increased flexibility and fault tolerance
    Container integration enhancements for increased control and security
    Ability to limit running subjobs per array

Budgets:
    Failover support & documentation
    Encryption of internal Budget traffic
    REST interface implemented for Budget API
    Significant additional platform support

Cloud Bursting:
    Pre-emptible Instances for Azure & GCP (joining existing AWS capability)
    Configure HyperThread on/off for burst instances (AWS)
    Ability to use IAM role for bursting (AWS)

Simulate:
    First GA release, no longer presented as beta
    New post processing options:
        pbs_stat integration
            Job priority evaluations from snapshots
            Job run order and start/end times from Simulation output
    Tracejob for Simulate output

 

The release and documentation are now live on the PBS Professional User Area, Altair Connect, and Altair One Marketplace.