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

    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

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.