LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 101

C HAPTER

Working with Queues

Contents

◆ Queue States on page 101

◆ Viewing Queue Information on page 102

◆ Control Queues on page 104

◆ Add and Remove Queues on page 107

◆ Manage Queues on page 109

◆ Handling Job Exceptions in Queues on page 110

Queue States

Queue states, displayed by bqueues, describe the ability of a queue to accept and

start batch jobs using a combination of the following states:

◆ Open: queues accept new jobs

◆ Closed: queues do not accept new jobs

◆ Active: queues start jobs on available hosts

◆ Inactive: queues hold all jobs

Queue state can be changed by an LSF administrator or

root.

Queues can also be activated and inactivated by run windows and dispatch

windows (configured in

lsb.queues, displayed by bqueues -l).

bqueues -l displays Inact_Adm when explicitly inactivated by an Administrator

(

badmin qinact), and Inact_Win when inactivated by a run or dispatch window.

State Description

Open:Active Accepts and starts new jobs—normal processing

Open:Inact Accepts and holds new jobs—collecting

Closed:Active Does not accept new jobs, but continues to start

jobs—draining

Closed:Inact Does not accept new jobs and does not start jobs—all activity is

stopped