LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Understanding Job States
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Understanding Job States
The bjobs command displays the current state of the job.
Normal job states
Most jobs enter only three states:
Suspended job states
If a job is suspended, it has three states:
State transitions
A job goes through a series of state transitions until it eventually completes its task,
fails, or is terminated. The possible states of a job during its life cycle are shown in
the diagram.
Pending jobs
A job remains pending until all conditions for its execution are met. Some of the
conditions are:
◆ Start time specified by the user when the job is submitted
◆ Load conditions on qualified hosts
◆ Dispatch windows during which the queue can dispatch and qualified hosts can
accept jobs
Job state Description
PEND Waiting in a queue for scheduling and dispatch
RUN Dispatched to a host and running
DONE Finished normally with a zero exit value
Job state Description
PSUSP Suspended by its owner or the LSF administrator while in PEND state
USUSP Suspended by its owner or the LSF administrator after being
dispatched
SSUSP Suspended by the LSF system after being dispatched