callback_backup_and_restore: Callback to back up and restore the training state
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callback_backup_and_restore

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Callback to back up and restore the training state

Description

Callback to back up and restore the training state

Usage

callback_backup_and_restore(backup_dir, ...)

Arguments

`backup_dir`	String, path to store the checkpoint. e.g. `backup_dir = normalizePath('./backup')` This is the directory in which the system stores temporary files to recover the model from jobs terminated unexpectedly. The directory cannot be reused elsewhere to store other files, e.g. by `BackupAndRestore` callback of another training, or by another callback (`ModelCheckpoint`) of the same training.
`...`	For backwards and forwards compatibility

Details

BackupAndRestore callback is intended to recover training from an interruption that has happened in the middle of a fit(model) execution, by backing up the training states in a temporary checkpoint file (with the help of a tf.train.CheckpointManager), at the end of each epoch. Each backup overwrites the previously written checkpoint file, so at any given time there is at most one such checkpoint file for backup/restoring purpose.

If training restarts before completion, the training state (which includes the Model weights and epoch number) is restored to the most recently saved state at the beginning of a new fit() run. At the completion of a fit() run, the temporary checkpoint file is deleted.

Note that the user is responsible to bring jobs back after the interruption. This callback is important for the backup and restore mechanism for fault tolerance purpose, and the model to be restored from an previous checkpoint is expected to be the same as the one used to back up. If user changes arguments passed to compile or fit, the checkpoint saved for fault tolerance can become invalid.

Note:

This callback is not compatible with eager execution disabled.
A checkpoint is saved at the end of each epoch. After restoring, fit() redoes any partial work during the unfinished epoch in which the training got restarted (so the work done before the interruption doesn't affect the final model state).
This works for both single worker and multi-worker modes. When fit() is used with tf.distribute, it supports tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy, tf.distribute.MultiWorkerMirroredStrategy, tf.distribute.TPUStrategy, and tf.distribute.experimental.ParameterServerStrategy.