pbs_submit_workers(1)

NAME

pbs_submit_workers - submit work_queue_worker to a PBS cluster.

SYNOPSIS

pbs_submit_workers [options] <servername> <port> <num-workers>

DESCRIPTION

pbs_submit_workers schedules the execution of work_queue_worker(1) on the PBS batch system through its job submission interface, qsub. The number of work_queue_worker scheduled and run is given by the num-workers argument.

The servername and port arguments specify the hostname and port number of the manager for the work_queue_worker to connect. These two arguments become optional when the auto mode option is specified for work_queue_worker.

OPTIONS

-M
name)Name of the preferred manager for worker.
-c <cores>
Set the number of cores each worker should use (0=auto). (default=1)
-C <catalog>
Set catalog server for work_queue_worker to <catalog>. <catalog> format: HOSTNAME:PORT.
-C <catalog>
Set catalog server for work_queue_worker to <catalog>. <catalog> format: HOSTNAME:PORT.
-t <seconds>
Abort work_queue_worker after this amount of idle time (default=900s).
-d <subsystem>
Enable debugging on worker for this subsystem (try -d all to start).
-w <size>
Set TCP window size
-i <time>
Set initial value for backoff interval when worker fails to connect to a manager. (default=1s)
-b <time>
Set maxmimum value for backoff interval when worker fails to connect to a manager. (default=60s)
-z <size>
Set available disk space threshold (in MB). When exceeded worker will clean up and reconnect. (default=100MB)
-A <arch>
Set architecture string for the worker to report to manager instead of the value in uname.
-O <os>
Set operating system string for the worker to report to manager instead of the value in uname.
-s <path>
Set the location for creating the working directory of the worker.
-j <>
Use job array to submit workers.
-p <parameters>
PBS qsub parameters.
--scratch-dir=<path>
Set the scatch directory location created on the local machine. (default=${USER}-workers)
-h
Show help message.

EXIT STATUS

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

Submit 10 worker instances to run on PBS and connect to a specific manager:

pbs_submit_workers manager.somewhere.edu 9123 10

Submit 10 work_queue_worker instances to run on PBS in auto mode with their preferred project name set to Project_A and abort timeout set to 3600 seconds:

pbs_submit_workers -a -t 3600 -M Project_A 10