Remove accounting_storage/filetxt as an option.

Bug 9145

NEWS

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Removed "regression" script from testsuite. Please use regression.py.
  -- Avoid communication issues if TreeWidth greatly exceeds the node count
     for a job.
+ -- accounting_storage/filetxt has been removed as an option.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 20.02.4
 ==========================

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ HIGHLIGHTS
     libraries and later updating your Slurm release, thereby breaking the
     embedded libslurm.so.<version> link in those OpenMPI libraries that were
     inherited from libpmi.so.
+ -- accounting_storage/filetxt has been removed as an option.  Please consider
+    using accounting_storage/slurmdbd as an alternative.
 
 CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGES (see man appropriate man page for details)
 =====================================================================

configure

@@ -25104,7 +25104,7 @@ $as_echo "${x_ac_deprecated=no}" >&6; }
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile auxdir/Makefile contribs/Makefile contribs/cray/Makefile contribs/cray/csm/Makefile contribs/cray/slurmsmwd/Makefile contribs/lua/Makefile contribs/mic/Makefile contribs/nss_slurm/Makefile contribs/pam/Makefile contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/Makefile contribs/perlapi/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL contribs/perlapi/libslurmdb/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurmdb/perl/Makefile.PL contribs/seff/Makefile contribs/torque/Makefile contribs/openlava/Makefile contribs/sgather/Makefile contribs/sgi/Makefile contribs/sjobexit/Makefile contribs/pmi/Makefile contribs/pmi2/Makefile doc/Makefile doc/man/Makefile doc/man/man1/Makefile doc/man/man3/Makefile doc/man/man5/Makefile doc/man/man8/Makefile doc/html/Makefile doc/html/configurator.html doc/html/configurator.easy.html etc/Makefile src/Makefile src/api/Makefile src/bcast/Makefile src/common/Makefile src/database/Makefile src/layouts/Makefile src/layouts/power/Makefile src/layouts/unit/Makefile src/lua/Makefile src/sacct/Makefile src/sacctmgr/Makefile src/sreport/Makefile src/salloc/Makefile src/sbatch/Makefile src/sbcast/Makefile src/sattach/Makefile src/scancel/Makefile src/scontrol/Makefile src/sdiag/Makefile src/sinfo/Makefile src/slurmctld/Makefile src/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/common/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmstepd/Makefile src/slurmdbd/Makefile src/slurmrestd/Makefile src/slurmrestd/ops/Makefile src/sprio/Makefile src/squeue/Makefile src/srun/Makefile src/srun/libsrun/Makefile src/sshare/Makefile src/sstat/Makefile src/strigger/Makefile src/sview/Makefile src/plugins/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/ibmaem/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/ipmi/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/rapl/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/rsmi/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/xcc/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/ofed/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/lustre/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/hdf5/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/hdf5/sh5util/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/influxdb/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/none/Makefile src/plugins/auth/Makefile src/plugins/auth/jwt/Makefile src/plugins/auth/munge/Makefile src/plugins/auth/none/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/common/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/generic/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/common/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/lua/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/none/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/syslog/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/user_defaults/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/none/Makefile src/plugins/cred/Makefile src/plugins/cred/munge/Makefile src/plugins/cred/none/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/rrd/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/none/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/generic/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/nvml/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/rsmi/Makefile src/plugins/gres/Makefile src/plugins/gres/common/Makefile src/plugins/gres/gpu/Makefile src/plugins/gres/nic/Makefile src/plugins/gres/mic/Makefile src/plugins/gres/mps/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/linux/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/lua/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/script/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/cncu/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/none/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/all_partitions/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/defaults/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/logging/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/lua/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/partition/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/pbs/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/require_timelimit/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/throttle/Makefile src/plugins/launch/Makefile src/plugins/launch/slurm/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/account/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/group/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/none/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/user/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/knl_cray/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/knl_generic/Makefile src/plugins/power/Makefile src/plugins/power/common/Makefile src/plugins/power/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/power/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/partition_prio/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/qos/Makefile src/plugins/priority/Makefile src/plugins/priority/basic/Makefile src/plugins/priority/multifactor/Makefile src/plugins/prep/Makefile src/plugins/prep/script/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/pgid/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/linuxproc/Makefile src/plugins/route/Makefile src/plugins/route/default/Makefile src/plugins/route/topology/Makefile src/plugins/sched/Makefile src/plugins/sched/backfill/Makefile src/plugins/sched/builtin/Makefile src/plugins/sched/hold/Makefile src/plugins/select/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_common/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_res/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_tres/Makefile src/plugins/select/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/select/linear/Makefile src/plugins/select/other/Makefile src/plugins/site_factor/Makefile src/plugins/site_factor/none/Makefile src/plugins/slurmctld/Makefile src/plugins/slurmctld/nonstop/Makefile src/plugins/switch/Makefile src/plugins/switch/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/switch/generic/Makefile src/plugins/switch/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/cray_shasta/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/pmi2/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/pmix/Makefile src/plugins/task/Makefile src/plugins/task/affinity/Makefile src/plugins/task/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/task/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/task/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/Makefile src/plugins/topology/3d_torus/Makefile src/plugins/topology/hypercube/Makefile src/plugins/topology/node_rank/Makefile src/plugins/topology/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/tree/Makefile testsuite/Makefile testsuite/expect/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/slurm_protocol_pack/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/slurmdb_pack/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/bitstring/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile auxdir/Makefile contribs/Makefile contribs/cray/Makefile contribs/cray/csm/Makefile contribs/cray/slurmsmwd/Makefile contribs/lua/Makefile contribs/mic/Makefile contribs/nss_slurm/Makefile contribs/pam/Makefile contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/Makefile contribs/perlapi/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL contribs/perlapi/libslurmdb/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurmdb/perl/Makefile.PL contribs/seff/Makefile contribs/torque/Makefile contribs/openlava/Makefile contribs/sgather/Makefile contribs/sgi/Makefile contribs/sjobexit/Makefile contribs/pmi/Makefile contribs/pmi2/Makefile doc/Makefile doc/man/Makefile doc/man/man1/Makefile doc/man/man3/Makefile doc/man/man5/Makefile doc/man/man8/Makefile doc/html/Makefile doc/html/configurator.html doc/html/configurator.easy.html etc/Makefile src/Makefile src/api/Makefile src/bcast/Makefile src/common/Makefile src/database/Makefile src/layouts/Makefile src/layouts/power/Makefile src/layouts/unit/Makefile src/lua/Makefile src/sacct/Makefile src/sacctmgr/Makefile src/sreport/Makefile src/salloc/Makefile src/sbatch/Makefile src/sbcast/Makefile src/sattach/Makefile src/scancel/Makefile src/scontrol/Makefile src/sdiag/Makefile src/sinfo/Makefile src/slurmctld/Makefile src/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/common/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmstepd/Makefile src/slurmdbd/Makefile src/slurmrestd/Makefile src/slurmrestd/ops/Makefile src/sprio/Makefile src/squeue/Makefile src/srun/Makefile src/srun/libsrun/Makefile src/sshare/Makefile src/sstat/Makefile src/strigger/Makefile src/sview/Makefile src/plugins/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/ibmaem/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/ipmi/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/rapl/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/rsmi/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_energy/xcc/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/ofed/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_interconnect/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/lustre/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_filesystem/none/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/hdf5/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/hdf5/sh5util/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/influxdb/Makefile src/plugins/acct_gather_profile/none/Makefile src/plugins/auth/Makefile src/plugins/auth/jwt/Makefile src/plugins/auth/munge/Makefile src/plugins/auth/none/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/common/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/Makefile src/plugins/burst_buffer/generic/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/common/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/lua/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/none/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/syslog/Makefile src/plugins/cli_filter/user_defaults/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/core_spec/none/Makefile src/plugins/cred/Makefile src/plugins/cred/munge/Makefile src/plugins/cred/none/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/rrd/Makefile src/plugins/ext_sensors/none/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/generic/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/nvml/Makefile src/plugins/gpu/rsmi/Makefile src/plugins/gres/Makefile src/plugins/gres/common/Makefile src/plugins/gres/gpu/Makefile src/plugins/gres/nic/Makefile src/plugins/gres/mic/Makefile src/plugins/gres/mps/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/linux/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/elasticsearch/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/lua/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/script/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/cncu/Makefile src/plugins/job_container/none/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/all_partitions/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/defaults/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/logging/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/lua/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/partition/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/pbs/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/require_timelimit/Makefile src/plugins/job_submit/throttle/Makefile src/plugins/launch/Makefile src/plugins/launch/slurm/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/account/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/group/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/none/Makefile src/plugins/mcs/user/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/knl_cray/Makefile src/plugins/node_features/knl_generic/Makefile src/plugins/power/Makefile src/plugins/power/common/Makefile src/plugins/power/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/power/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/partition_prio/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/qos/Makefile src/plugins/priority/Makefile src/plugins/priority/basic/Makefile src/plugins/priority/multifactor/Makefile src/plugins/prep/Makefile src/plugins/prep/script/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/pgid/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/linuxproc/Makefile src/plugins/route/Makefile src/plugins/route/default/Makefile src/plugins/route/topology/Makefile src/plugins/sched/Makefile src/plugins/sched/backfill/Makefile src/plugins/sched/builtin/Makefile src/plugins/sched/hold/Makefile src/plugins/select/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_common/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_res/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_tres/Makefile src/plugins/select/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/select/linear/Makefile src/plugins/select/other/Makefile src/plugins/site_factor/Makefile src/plugins/site_factor/none/Makefile src/plugins/slurmctld/Makefile src/plugins/slurmctld/nonstop/Makefile src/plugins/switch/Makefile src/plugins/switch/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/switch/generic/Makefile src/plugins/switch/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/cray_shasta/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/pmi2/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/pmix/Makefile src/plugins/task/Makefile src/plugins/task/affinity/Makefile src/plugins/task/cgroup/Makefile src/plugins/task/cray_aries/Makefile src/plugins/task/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/Makefile src/plugins/topology/3d_torus/Makefile src/plugins/topology/hypercube/Makefile src/plugins/topology/node_rank/Makefile src/plugins/topology/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/tree/Makefile testsuite/Makefile testsuite/expect/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/slurm_protocol_pack/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/slurmdb_pack/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/bitstring/Makefile"
 
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -26448,7 +26448,6 @@ do
     "src/plugins/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile" ;;
-    "src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile" ;;

configure.ac

@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 src/plugins/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile
-		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile

doc/html/accounting.shtml

@@ -69,11 +69,8 @@ used to store that information.</p>
 
 <p>Storing the accounting information into text files is
 very simple. Just configure the appropriate plugin (e.g.
-<i>AccountingStorageType=accounting_storage/filetxt</i> and/or
 <i>JobCompType=jobcomp/filetxt</i>) and then specify the
-pathname of the file (e.g.
-<i>AccountingStorageLoc=/var/log/slurm/accounting</i> and/or
-<i>JobCompLoc=/var/log/slurm/job_completions</i>).
+pathname of the file (e.g. <i>JobCompLoc=/var/log/slurm/job_completions</i>).
 Use the <i>logrotate</i> or similar tool to prevent the
 log files from getting too large.
 Send a SIGUSR2 signal to the <i>slurmctld</i> daemon

doc/html/accounting_storageplugins.shtml

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ The major type must be "accounting_storage."
 The minor type can be any suitable name
 for the type of accounting package. We currently use
 <ul>
-<li><b>filetxt</b> &mdash; Information written to a text file.
 <li><b>mysql</b> &mdash; Store information in a mysql database (using
   the InnoDB storage engine).
 <li><b>slurmdbd</b> &mdash; Send information to the Slurm Database
@@ -1009,8 +1008,6 @@ used.
 <dl>
 <dt><span class="commandline">AccountingStorageType</span>
 <dd>Specifies which plugin should be used.
-<dt><span class="commandline">AccountingStorageLoc</span>
-<dd>Let the plugin the name of the logfile/database name to use.
 <dt><span class="commandline">AccountingStorageHost</span>
 <dd>Let the plugin know the host where the database is.
 <dt><span class="commandline">AccountingStoragePort</span>

doc/html/configurator.easy.html.in

@@ -455,8 +455,6 @@ Used with the Job Accounting Gather Slurm can store the accounting information i
 Select one value for <B>AccountingStorageType</B>:<BR>
 <input type="radio" name="accounting_storage_type" value="none" checked> <B>None</B>:
 No job accounting storage<BR>
-<input type="radio" name="accounting_storage_type" value="filetxt"> <B>FileTxt</B>:
-Write job accounting to a text file (records limited information)<BR>
 <input type="radio" name="accounting_storage_type" value="slurmdbd"> <B>SlurmDBD</B>:
 Write job accounting to Slurm DBD (database daemon) which can securely
 save the data from many Slurm managed clusters into a common database<BR>