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.HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP4 Fix for Node Preparation Tasks Failing Jobs
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
