SCM AMS¶

AMS 2023.103 from the 2023r1 software stack¶

See https://www.scm.com/doc/Documentation/index.html for AMS documentation.

1. Load necessary modules:

module load 2023r1
module load ams

2. Add your license file:

Create a directory for your license file:

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.ams

Copy you license file to the correct location:

/home/$USER/.ams/license.txt

and keep it private:

chmod 600 /home/$USER/.ams/license.txt

3. Create AMS directories

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.scm/python  # AMS python modules
mkdir -p /scratch/$USER/ams_scratch  # AMS temporary files

4. To submit a job:

Submission script:

#SBATCH --job-name="scm-ams-adf"
#SBATCH --time=01:00:00
#SBATCH --partition=compute
#SBATCH --ntasks=4
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=1G
#SBATCH --account=research-<faculty>-<department>

module load 2023r1
module load ams

$AMSBIN/ams << eor
<your job definition here>
eor

Pay attention to the following:

AMS is commercial software. The license owner must pay for and set up a floating license: https://www.scm.com/doc/Installation/Installation.html#floating-license.