License Hosting

Please note that this feature is currently in beta and not enabled by default. Please contact your organization’s Solution Architect or Account Executive to enable access. There is no charge to use this feature while it is in beta. Customers can use the Rescale platform to securely self-host software licenses that can then be accessed…

Rescale VPN Setup Workflow

Connect Rescale with your on-premise resources This document will guide you through the preparation work and the steps to establish a VPN connection to the customer’s on-premise network. Contents Introduction Establishing a VPN connection enables Rescale servers to communicate with customer corporate networks. Communication with customer corporate networks is common to connect Rescale to a…

Running Custom Code On Rescale

You can run your own software, including MPI codes, on the Rescale platform byusing the Bring Your Own analysis options. These options are accessible when you create a New Job on the Rescale platform using the Configure Software Settings options (you must be logged in to access this page). The Bring Your Own options shown…

License Proxy

Many software on Rescale require licenses to run. Some ISVs provide options for on-demand licensing, while others provide some other type of short-term licensing. Even so, users of these software may choose to use their existing licenses to optimize their utilization. Rescale offers two different modes to connect between on-premises license server and Rescale: License…

Best Practices FAQ

This page provides important information regarding the use of the Rescale platform. The following recommendations are intended to assist you in streamlining your work flow, determining success criteria, and identifying errors. Please note that some of the recommendations provided here are more relevant to CFD/CAE work flows than other applications. Submitting a Job Steps Description…

Checkpointing to Save Job Progress

Saving Checkpoints for Long Simulations What is Checkpointing? Checkpointing is the process of saving necessary data from a running simulation, usually implemented either to restart a job or as a safe point in case of system failure. Good Practices for Checkpointing Plan Ahead Software based checkpointing and restart procedures Checkpoint Relevant Information only Monitoring Simulation…

High Performance Storage

Rescale’s High Performance Storage offering allows you to maintain a central persistent file storage in the cloud. With storage devices, you can fully manage a file system comparable to an NFS (Network File System) with high read/write throughput that is accessible from any cluster for compute, post-processing or visualization. This offers even more flexibility for…

License Proxy – IP Forwarding

A step-by-step guide for Rescale customers to setup a license proxy using IP forwarding mode on the Rescale admin page. IP forwarding is a quick and easy-to-configure way of allowing Rescale to access your on-premise licenses for batch jobs and desktops. It involves rerouting packets sent to one IP address and port to another. It…

Assessing Log Files

Assessing the log files helps to determine if the work flow has been successfully completed. Assists in determining proper success criteria and understanding for expected vs. realistic performance Provides for fixed goal posts for performance comparison Expectations and success criteria can be measured Helps in determining the appropriate version and software settings used process_output.log process_output.log…

Dashboard

The Company Admin page Dashboard will present a summary of usage to the users. Click on the drop down on the top left of your screen. From the drop down, click on Admin . This will take you to the Admin Portal. Note that only users with Admin privileges will have access to these pages….