| Job Monitoring Commands |
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| Command | Description |
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| qsub [batch_script] |
Submits batch script to the queue. The output of qsub will be a jobid |
| qdel [jobid] |
Deletes a job from the queue |
| qhold [jobid] |
Puts a job on hold in the queue. |
| qrls [jobid] |
Releases a job from hold. |
| qalter |
Allows user to change attributes of submitted job. |
| qmove [new_queue][jobid] |
Allows user to move job to new queue |
| qstat -a |
Lists jobs in submission order (more useful than qstat without options) Also takes -u and -f [jobid]> options |
| qstat -f [jobid] |
Produce a detailed report for the job. Note: if used on the login node from which the job was submitted then [jobid] need only contain the numerical portion of the job id. If used on a different login node then [jobid] must contain the full id, such as qstat -f 494525.cvrsvc09-ib |
| qs |
NERSC provided wrapper which shows jobs in priority order. Takes -u username and -w options. |
| apstat |
Shows the number of up nodes and idle nodes and a list of current pending and running jobs. apstat -r command displays all the nodes reservations. |
| showq |
List jobs in priority order in three categories: active jobs, eligible jobs and blocked jobs. This command lists jobs in priority order. showq -i lists details of all eligible jobs. |
| showstart |
Takes a jobid as its argument and displays an estimate start time of a job based on current reservations (number of jobs and requested time) |
| checkjob jobid |
Takes a jobid as its argument and displays the current job state and whether nodes are available to run the job currently. |
| xtnodestat |
shows the current allocation and status of the system's nodes and gives information about each running job. The output displays the position of each node in the network |
