Getting results before a job has completed?

[Liam Martin]

I am running a deformetrica analysis right now, but due to maintenance to the server that it is running on it will be automatically cancelled tomorrow at 11:45 am EST. Due to how long it has taken I do not think that it will complete prior to it being stopped. I was wondering if there was any way to save the files that it has already gone through so that the time that I have spent on it is not completely wasted. Thank you for any help that you can provide.

Best, 

Liam

[Liam Martin]

Or better yet is there a way to pause the run while keeping the run intact so that it can survive the server shut down for maintenance? 

[Alexandre Bône]

Hello Liam, 

Thank you for your interest. 

The option you are looking for is the "state-file" one (see https://gitlab.com/icm-institute/aramislab/deformetrica/-/wikis/3_user_manual/3.4_optimization_parameters_xml_file). 

It should allow you to resume your computation from the last checkpoint. The frequency of these checkpoints is controlled by the "save-every-n-iters" parameter (100 by default). 

Best, 

Alex 

[Liam Martin]

Alex,

Would this option need to be in the current runs optimization parameters xml file or would I need to restart the code with this option checked?

Best,

Liam

[Alexandre Bône]

Liam, 

You will need to restart the code using this option in order to provide a path to the "deformetrica-state.p" file that has been (hopefully) created for your current run. 

Best, 

Alex 

[Liam Martin]

Alex,

Thank you so much for your help.

Best,

Liam