Setting a job array slot limit at submission

Procedure

Use the bsub command to set a job slot limit at the time of submission.

To set a job array job slot limit of 100 jobs for a job array of 1000 jobs:

bsub -J "job_array_name[1000]%100" myJob

Setting a job array slot limit after submission

Procedure

Use the bmod command to set a job slot limit after submission.

For example, to set a job array job slot limit of 100 jobs for an array with job ID 123:

bmod -J "%100" 123

Changing a job array job slot limit

About this task

Changing a job array job slot limit is the same as setting it after submission.

Procedure

Use the bmod command to change a job slot limit after submission.

For example, to change a job array job slot limit to 250 for a job array with job ID 123:

bmod -J "%250" 123

Viewing a job array job slot limit

Procedure

To view job array job slot limits use the -A and -l options of bjobs. The job array job slot limit is displayed in the Job Name field in the same format in which it was set.

For example, the following output displays the job array job slot limit of 100 for a job array with job ID 123:

bjobs -A -l 123
Job <123>, Job Name <myArray[1-1000]%100>, User <user1>, Project <default>, Sta
                      tus <PEND>, Queue <normal>, Job Priority <20>, Command <my
                      Job> 
Wed Feb 29 12:34:56 2010: Submitted from host <hostA>, CWD <$HOME>;    
 
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NJOBS PEND DONE RUN EXIT SSUSP USUSP PSUSP   
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