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Common Issues

1. Submission failure due to DOS/UNIX format issues​

# sbatch: error: Batch script contains Dos line breaks
# sbatch: error: instead ofexpected UNIX line breaks

As shown in the error above, the solution is to convert the text from DOS format to UNIX format.

module load dos2unix
dos2unix file
# Replace 'file' with the actual file to be converted, then resubmit this file using sbatch

2. Why is there a delay when submitting a job with sufficient nodes?​

This is because Slurm performs scheduling, and occasional normal wait times are expected.

3. Submission error​

sbatch: error may be due to core configuration or incorrect job partition settings
#### Incorrect partition specified. Use 'sinfo' to view available queues. If multiple queues exist, contact the liaison for confirmation.
sbatch: error: invalid partition specified: debff
sbatch: error: Batch job submission failed: Invalid partition name specified
##### Incorrect core configuration. Maximum 56 cores per node. Total cores = number of nodes * cores per node.
sbatch: error: Batch job submission failed: Requested node configuration is not available