Job status (qstat)

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To see all jobs on Charlie (running and queued), use the qstat -a command (/opt/pbs/bin/qstat). It will generate a table with the job id, name, user, and resource requests (nodes, cpus/tsk, memory, time).

Option

Description

-1

Add as last argument to keep each job to one line (used with -n and -s)

-a

Show additional information, including requested resources

-f <job id>

Show full information about job

-J

Limit status information to job arrays.

-n

Show node that job is running on (if used with -a, use -n after -a)

-p

Show percentage complete instead of time used column (cannot be used with -a)

-q

Show all queues and the total requested resources for all jobs in each queue (do not use with other options)

-s

Show job start time, node, cpus, and memory for running jobs. Use with -1 to display output on one line per job

-t

Show status information for jobs, job arrays, and sub‐ jobs

-T

Show estimated start time instead of elapsed time

-u <username>

Show jobs for a specific user

-w

Use wider fields (up to 8 characters wide instead of 4)

-x

Show status information for finished and moved jobs

The status column uses one letter to represent the status of a job. Use the table below to as a reference.

Status

Description

E

Exiting after having run

F

Finished

H

Held

Q

Queued

R

Running

S

Suspended (contact admin to resume)

W

Waiting for submitter-assigned start time to be reached

X

Completed execution or has been deleted

Examples

# Show job status and requested resources
qstat -a

# In addition to qstat -a output, shows which node a job is running on
qstat -an1

# Show all queues and the total requested resources for all jobs in each queue
qstat -q

# Show all jobs for user hbigelow
qstat -u hbigelow

# Show all information for job with job id 123456
qstat -f 123456

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