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Increasing the number of tasks per GPU in BOINC

This process needs to be done per project.

Use GPU-Z to see that the GPU Load is under 100% https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz

In BOINC’s data directory, find the short name of the project’s application in the client_state.xml file. For Windows, the data directory is C:\ProgramData\boinc.

type client_state.xml | findstr "app_name"

In the project’s data directory, create a app_config.xml file. For Windows, the projects’ directory is C:\ProgramData\boinc\project.

<app_config>
<app>
<name>GetDecics</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.49</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

Use the list of names gathered from above to determine the appropriate name to use in the name field.

Enter a value for GPU usage between 0.1 – 1.0. A value of 0.5 indicates each task can use up to 0.5 of a GPU. Likewise for CPU usage.

In BOINC manager, click Options | Read config files to activate the new settings.

BOINC linux install notes

for ubuntu… i needed to

sudo chmod g+r /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg

as well as sudo usermod -a -G boinc $USER

optional step, if you’re using a boinc account manager, the syntax for sending the password is single quotes if you have a complex password. it took me many hours to figure this out.

boinccmd --join_acct_mgr bam.boincstats.com actng 'Passw0rd!!!'

(change your username from actng to your username. no, Passw0rd!!! isn’t my password but yes that is considered complex enough to warranty single quotes around or it won’t work.)

after waiting you can try boinccmd --get_tasks to check if tasks are downloaded/uninitialized or executing

Windows Server 2022 upgrade notes

Upgraded Windows Server 2019 to Server 2022 today. I RDP’ed in and mounted iso and setup from within windows. It downloads some updates and performs some installation steps within windows. Took 10-20 minutes to get to 100% then you have to click a button for it to restart. At that point the RDP session terminates obviously. Plug in monitor and keyboard. The restart takes quite a while with nothing on the screen. Eventually windows logon screen is showed and you set up the country etc.

Evaluation Version doesn’t support in place upgrades
The option to keep files/settings is greyed out when upgrading from Windows Server 2019 Eval to Windows Server 2022 Eval.
The only option available is to keep nothing.
To do in place upgrades while retaining files/settings, you must have a fully licensed Windows Server.

Set Computer Name and DNS suffix

Set timezone

Set IP address
Install Hyper V Manager
Setup vswitch VLAN ID
Set static IP and default gateway on vswitch nic
Default gateway was prefilled/greyed out but going in a second time shows a blank default gateway.

Allow Core Network Diagonistics in Firewall to enable ping echos
Edit rule to specify which subnets to respond to, by default it’s only local subnet

Enable RDP
Allow Remote Connections to this computer

Install BOINC
Exit BOINC
Copy boinc data folder contents to c:\programdata\boinc
Restart BOINC
Do sychronization
Confirm tasks and host list