Control jobs in job groups

Stop jobs (bstop)

Procedure

  1. To suspend jobs in a job group, run bstop -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bstop -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being stopped
  2. To suspend all jobs in a job group, use job ID 0 (zero).
    bstop -g /risk_group/consolidate 0
    Job <107> is being stopped 
    Job <108> is being stopped
    Job <109> is being stopped

Resume jobs (bresume)

Procedure

  1. To resume suspended jobs in a job group, run bresume -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bresume -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being resumed
  2. To resume all jobs in a job group, use job ID 0 (zero).
    bresume -g /risk_group 0 
    Job <109> is being resumed 
    Job <110> is being resumed 
    Job <112> is being resumed

Terminate jobs (bkill)

About this task

The command bkill only kills jobs in the job group you specify. It does not kill jobs in lower-level job groups in the path.

Procedure

  1. To terminate jobs in a job group, run bkill -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bkill -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being terminated
  2. To terminate all jobs in a job group, run job ID 0 (zero).
    bkill -g /risk_group 0 
    Job <1413> is being terminated 
    Job <1414> is being terminated 
    Job <1415> is being terminated 
    Job <1416> is being terminated

Delete job groups (bgdel)

Before you begin

The job group cannot contain any jobs.

Procedure

To remove a job group, run bgdel.
For example:
bgdel /risk_group
Job group /risk_group is deleted.

The job group /risk_group and all its subgroups are deleted.