Ada:Batch Job Submission

Job Submission

Once you have your job file ready, it is time to submit your job. You can submit your job to LSF with the following command:

[ NetID@ada ~]$ bsub < MyJob.LSF
Verifying job submission parameters...
Verifying project account...
     Account to charge:   123456789123
         Balance (SUs):      4824.7811
         SUs to charge:         5.0000
Job <12345> is submitted to default queue <sn_regular>.

After a job has been submitted, you may want to check on its progress or cancel it. Below is a list of the most used job monitoring and control commands for jobs on Terra.

Ada (LSF) Job Monitoring and Control Commands

Function	Command	Example
Submit a job	bsub < [script_file]	bsub < MyJob.LSF
Cancel/Kill a job	bkill [Job_ID]	bkill 101204
Check summary status of a single job	bjobs [job_id]	bjobs 101204
Check summary status of all jobs for a user	bjobs -u [user_name]	bjobs -u adaUser1
Check detailed status of a single job	bjobs -l [job_id]	bjobs -l 101204
Modify job submission options	bmod [bsub_options] [job_id]	bmod -W 2:00 101204

For more information on any of the commands above, please see their respective man pages.

 [ NetID@ada ~]$ man bmod