Absolute priority scheduling

When absolute priority scheduling (APS) is enabled in the submission queue:

  • The APS value at the submission cluster:

    • The APS value will affect the job forwarding order for new incoming jobs, but not for jobs that have already been forwarded (that is, the job is still pending at the execution cluster)

    • The APS value does not affect the job order at the remote cluster. Job order is determined by the local policies at the remote cluster.

    • bmod -aps does not apply to the send-jobs queue

    • bjobs -aps shows the job order and APS value at the local cluster

  • The APS value at the execution cluster:

    • The APS value at receiving queue will affect remote job execution at the execution cluster

    • The APS value at the execution cluster will not be sent back to the submission cluster