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: Arc User Guide Arc is the primary High Performance Computing (HPC) system at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) that can be used for running data in... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/DesigningAndRunningParallelPrograms 2025-10-31T16:03:39Z

Importance of Parallel Programming High Performance Computing (HPC) systems — such as Arc — are clusters composed of many interconnected nodes, each equipped with... (last changed by ZhiweiWang)

ZhiweiWang https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/LoggingIntoARC 2025-10-09T18:37:19Z

Logging Into Arc from a Linux or Mac Desktop/Laptop You can connect to Arc using your myUTSA ID (abc123) and an SSH client or terminal. Two factor authentication ... (last changed by ZhiweiWang)

ZhiweiWang https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/MonitoringBatchJobs 2025-10-08T20:39:38Z

Managing submitted batch jobs on Arc involves monitoring, controlling, and troubleshooting your jobs using Slurm commands. Below is a concise guide on how to do ... (last changed by ZhiweiWang)

ZhiweiWang https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/RunningApplicationsInteractivelyAndSubmittingBatchJobs 2025-10-08T16:17:54Z

Running Applications Interactively Running applications interactively on Arc allows you to test, debug, or run graphical or command line programs directly on a co... (last changed by ZhiweiWang)

ZhiweiWang https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/MigratingDataToArc 2025-10-07T15:50:25Z

Migrating Data From Arc to the Isilon archival storage The Isilon storage system serves as secondary, archival storage for research data. It is accessible from bo... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/UsingVectorEnginesOnArc 2024-10-28T21:35:25Z

Using NEC SX Aurora Vector Engines On Arc This guide provides an overview of the NEC SX Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engines (VE) nodes available on the Arc HPC Cluster.... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/ApplicationCheckpointingAndRestartOnArc 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Checkpointing is the process of saving the execution state of an application such that this saved state can be used to continue the execution at a later time. Typ... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/ArcFairUsePolicy 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Arc Fair Use Policy Active Jobs Compute nodes are not shared among multiple users. Instead, when a user grabs a compute node, they will be the only user allowed ... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/FOSWikiVersion-LoggingIntoArcAndSubmittingJobs 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Table of Contents LOGGING INTO ARC. 1 ACCESSING COMPUTE NODES ON ARC. 1 RUNNING JOBS INTERACTIVELY WITH THE SRUN COMMAND.. 3 SUBMITTING BATCH JOBS WITH THE SBATCH... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/Faculty 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

How to request an account on Arc for Faculty Faculty members who wish to have an account on Arc must submit their request via the form at https://utsa.az1.qualtri... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/GettingHelp 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Getting Help Submit a Service Request Follow this link to access your ServiceNow portal. At the homepage, select the Research tile and select the category for ... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/LoggingIntoArcAndSubmittingJobs 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Table of Contents LOGGING INTO ARC. 1 ACCESSING COMPUTE NODES ON ARC. 1 RUNNING JOBS INTERACTIVELY WITH THE SRUN COMMAND.. 3 SUBMITTING BATCH JOBS WITH THE SBATCH... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/MonitoringYourJobs 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Monitoring your jobs Using the squeue Command Check the status of all jobs on Arc using the squeue command (this is just an example compute names may be differe... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/PythonVMsInAnaconda 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

If you need to install your own programs/modules in python you can do it via creating vms. Some programs may need specific versions of modules to work correctly a... (last changed by AdminUser)

AdminUser https://hpcsupport.utsa.edu/foswiki/bin/view/WebDocumentation/RestartScriptGenerationExample 2024-10-28T21:35:24Z

Here's a simple example of a checkpointing program being run with a slurm job script that will automatically generate a restart script for when you need to restar... (last changed by AdminUser)

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