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Microsoft has released an update for HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP4 to fixes an issue where a failed node prep task would result in the entire job being cancelled and marked 'failed.'



This update fixes an issue where a failed node prep task would result in all pending tasks being cancelled and the job being marked as 'failed.' After applying this update, if a node preparation tasks fails that node will be excluded from the job, and pending tasks will be scheduled to the remaining nodes.

Supported operating systems: Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2

An HPC Pack 2008 R2 / HPC Server 2008 R2 cluster
HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 4 must be installed
  HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP4 Fix for Node Preparation Tasks Failing Jobs