diff --git a/docs/v23/troubleshooting/common-issues.md b/docs/v23/troubleshooting/common-issues.md index d818cb3d..53db1462 100644 --- a/docs/v23/troubleshooting/common-issues.md +++ b/docs/v23/troubleshooting/common-issues.md @@ -550,6 +550,21 @@ This means that the `condor_job_router_info` (note this is not the CE version), 2. You have installed HTCondor in a non-standard location that is not in your `PATH`. 3. The `condor_job_router_info` tool itself wasn't available until Condor-8.2.3-1.1 (available in osg-upcoming). +### Troubleshooting removed jobs + +As there are two copies of a job in the CE, understanding the root cause of a removed job requires a bit of +sleuthing. Given a specific job ID in the CE logs, first find the job ad in the history with the `condor_ce_history` +tool, and check the value of the `GridJobID` attribute: + +``` console +user@host $ condor_ce_history -af GridJobId +``` + +If the `GridJobId` is *undefined*, the client gridmanager removed the job, and you need to contact the +administrator of that client gridmanager to determine why. + +If `GridJobID` is not undefined, and is set to some value, then the CE gridmanager did the removal. + Getting Help ------------