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pbs_server_attributes(7B)	      PBS	     pbs_server_attributes(7B)

NAME
       pbs_server_attributes - pbs server attributes

DESCRIPTION
       Server attributes can be	read by	any client; privilege is not required.
       Most server attributes are alterable by a privileged client, run	 by  a
       user  with administrator	or operator privilege.	Certain	attributes re-
       quire the user to have full administrator privilege.  The following  is
       a list of the server attributes.

	 accounting_keep_days
		This  defines the number of days that accounting files will be
		kept.  Default value: unset - pbs_server will never delete ac-
		counting files Format: integer

	 acl_group_sloppy
		This  is  a  default value for the queue attribute of the same
		name.  Format: boolean,	"TRUE",	"True",	"true",	"Y", "y", "1",
		"FALSE", "False", "false", "N",	"n", "0"; default value: false
		= disabled.

	 acl_host_enable
		Attribute which	when  true  directs  the  server  to  use  the
		acl_hosts  access control lists.  Requires full	manager	privi-
		lege to	 set  or  alter.   Format:  boolean,  "TRUE",  "True",
		"true",	 "Y",  "y",  "1", "FALSE", "False", "false", "N", "n",
		"0"; default value: false = disabled.

	 acl_hosts
		List of	hosts which may	request	 services  from	 this  server.
		This  list  contains the network name of the hosts.  Local re-
		quests,	i.e. from the server's host itself, are	aways accepted
		even  if  the  host  is	not included in	the list.  See section
		10.1, Authorization, in	the PBS	External Reference  Specifica-
		tion.	Requires full manager privilege	to set or alter.  For-
		mat: "[+|-]hostname.domain[,...]"; default value: all hosts.

	 acl_logic_or
		This is	a default value	for the	queue attribute	 of  the  same
		name.  Format: boolean,	"TRUE",	"True",	"true",	"Y", "y", "1",
		"FALSE", "False", "false", "N",	"n", "0"; default value: false
		= disabled.

	 acl_user_enable
		Attribute which	when true directs the server to	use the	server
		level acl_users	access list.  Requires full manager  privilege
		to  set	or alter.  Format: boolean (see	acl_group_enable); de-
		fault value: disabled.

	 acl_users
		List of	users allowed or denied	the ability to	make  any  re-
		quests	of  this  server.  See section 10.1, Authorization, in
		the PBS	External Reference Specification.  If  acl_user_enable
		is  set	 to true, only users listed in acl_users may submit to
		or execute jobs	in the queue.  Requires	full manager privilege
		to  set	 or  alter.  Format: "[+|-]user[@host][,...]"; default
		value: all users allowed.

	 acl_roots
		List of	super users who	may submit to and execute jobs at this
		server.	  If  the job execution	id would be zero (0), then the
		job owner, root@host, must be listed in	 this  access  control
		list	  or	 the	 job	 is	rejected.      Format:
		"[+|-]user[@host][,...]"; default value: no root jobs allowed.

	 allow_node_submit
		Allow  job  submissions	 from  compute	nodes  regardless   of
		ruserok().   Requires  full manager privilege to set or	alter.
		Format:	boolean; default value:	disabled.

	 allow_proxy_user
		Specifies users	can proxy from one user	to another. Proxy  re-
		quests	will be	either validated by ruserok() or by the	sched-
		uler.  Format: boolean;	default	value: false.

	 auto_node_np
		Automatically configure	a node's np value based	on  the	 ncpus
		value from the status update.  Requires	full manager privilege
		to set or alter.  Format: boolean; default value: disabled.

	 clone_batch_delay
		Number of seconds to delay between cloning a batch for	a  job
		array.	Format:	integer; default value:	1.

	 clone_batch_size
		Number	of  jobs to clone in a batch for a job array.  Format:
		integer; default value:	256.

	 credential_lifetime
		The number of a	seconds	that a client connection may stay con-
		nected without re-authenticating. Default is 3600 seconds.

	 comment
		A text string which may	be set by the scheduler	or other priv-
		ileged client to  provide  information	to  the	 batch	system
		users.	Format:	any string; default value: none.

	 default_node
		A  node	 specification	to  use	 if there is no	other supplied
		specification.	This attribute is only used by servers where a
		nodes file exist in the	server_priv directory providing	a list
		of nodes to the	server.	 If the	nodes  file  does  not	exist,
		this  attribute	 is  not set by	default	and is ignored if set.
		The default value allows for jobs  to  share  a	 single	 node.
		Format:	a node specification string; default value: 1#shared.

	 default_queue
		The  queue  which  is the target queue when a request does not
		specify	a queue	name.  Format: a queue	name;  default	value:
		none, must be set to an	existing queue.

	 down_on_error
		Set  a	node's state to	"down" if MOM reports a	message	begin-
		ning with the  string  "ERROR".	  This	might  interfere  with
		moab's	node  error handling.  See the HEALTH CHECK section in
		pbs_mom(8B).  This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature and may  be  re-
		moved in the future.  Format: boolean; default value: false.

	 disable_server_id_check
		Makes  it so the user for the job doesn't have to exist	on the
		server.	The user must still exist on all the compute nodes  or
		the  job will fail when	it tries to execute.  Format: boolean;
		default	value: false

	 extra_resc
		Add additional string-type job resources.  They	have no	effect
		within	TORQUE	and are	only advisible to the scheduler.  They
		can not	be used	for resources_default/min/max.	Format:	 list;
		default	value: none.

	 job_force_cancel_time
		If  configured,	 number	 of seconds after a delete where a job
		will be	purged by the server. If not configured, no such thing
		happens.  Format: integer; default value: not used.

	 job_nanny
		Enables	 the  "job  deletion  nanny" feature.  All job cancels
		will create a repeating	task that will resend KILL signals  if
		the  initial  job  cancel failed.  Further job cancels will be
		rejected with the message "job cancel in  progress."  This  is
		useful for temporary failures with a job's execution node dur-
		ing a job delete request.  It is possible that the  job	 nanny
		might interfere	with job restarts, migrations, and checkpoint-
		ing.  Format: boolean; default value: false.

	 job_start_timeout
		Specifies the pbs_server to pbs_mom TCP	socket timeout in sec-
		onds that is used when the pbs_server sends a job start	to the
		pbs_mom.  It is	useful when the	mom  has  extra	 overhead  in-
		volved	in starting jobs.  If not specified then the tcp_time-
		out value is used.

	 job_stat_rate
		Moderates how often job	stat  requests	will  be  issued  from
		pbs_server  to	the  MOM  daemons.   If	 poll_jobs is unset or
		false,	then  all  jobs	  that	 haven't   been	  updated   in
		job_stat_rate	seconds	 will  trigger	a  stat	 request.   If
		poll_jobs is  true,  then  all	jobs  will  be	updated	 every
		job_stat_rate.
		 (see  poll_jobs)  On active clusters, 60 or 120 might be rea-
		sonable.   Default  value:  45	seconds	  (PBS_RESTAT_JOB   in
		server_limits.h) Minimum value:	4 seconds  (PBS_JOBSTAT_MIN in
		server_limits.h)

	 keep_completed
		Number of seconds to retain completed jobs  in	the  C	state.
		This  is  overridden  by  the execution	queue attribute	of the
		same name.  Format: integer; default value: 0.

	 kill_delay
		The amount of the time delay between the  sending  of  SIGTERM
		and  SIGKILL  when  a qdel command is issued against a running
		job.  This is overridden by the	execution queue	 attribute  of
		the  same name.	Format:	integer	seconds; default value:	2 sec-
		onds.

	 lock_file
		Specifies the name and location	of the lock file used  to  de-
		termine	which high availability	server should be active.
		If a full path is specified, it	is used	verbatim by TORQUE. If
		a relative path	is  specified,	TORQUE	will  prefix  it  with
		$TORQUE_HOME/server_priv.    Format:  string;  default	value:
		$TORQUE_HOME/server_priv/server.lock

	 lock_file_update_time
		Specifies how often (in	seconds) the thread  will  update  the
		lockfile.  (for	 threaded  high	availability) Format: integer;
		default	value: 3

	 lock_file_check_time
		Specifies how often (in	seconds) a  high  availability	server
		will  check  to	 see if	it should become active. (for threaded
		high availability) Must	be greater than	lock_file_update_time.
		Format:	integer; default value:	9

	 log_events
		A  bit	string	which  specifies  the type of events which are
		logged,	see the	section	on Event Logging in chapter 3  of  the
		ERS.  Format: integer; default value: 511, all events.

	 log_file_max_size
		If  this  is  set to a value > 0 then pbs_server will roll the
		current	log file to logfile.1 when its size is greater than or
		equal  to the value of log_file_max_size. This value is	inter-
		preted as kilobytes.

	 log_file_roll_depth
		If this	is set to a value >=1  and  log_file_max_size  is  set
		then  pbs_server  will	continue rolling the log files to log-
		file.log_file_roll_depth.

	 log_keep_days
		If this	is set then logs older than X days will	be removed  by
		the server.  Format: integer; default value: not enforced;

	 log_level
		Controls the verbosity of server logs.	This value ranges from
		0 to 7 with 7 representing maximum verbosity.	Format:	 inte-
		ger; default value: 0, minimum verbosity.

	 mail_body_fmt
		Override the default format for	the body of outgoing mail mes-
		sages. A number	of printf-like format  specifiers  and	escape
		sequences can be used:

	 \n	new line

	 \t	horizontal tab

	 \\	backslash

	 \'	single quote

	 \"	double quote

	 %d	details	concerning the message

	 %h	PBS host name

	 %i	PBS job	identifier

	 %j	PBS job	name

	 %m	long reason for	message

	 %r	short reason for message

	 %%	a single %

	 Format:  a  printf-like  format  string;  Default value: "PBS Job Id:
	 %i\nJob Name:	 %j\nExec host:	 %h\n%m\n%d\n".

	 mail_domain
		Override the default domain for	outgoing  mail	messages.   If
		set,  emails will be addressed to "euser@mail_domain".	If un-
		set, the job's Job_Owner attribute will	be used.   If  set  to
		"never",  TORQUE  will	never  send  emails.  Format: a	domain
		name; Default value: none.

	 mail_from
		Set the	From: header for all outgoing emails from  pbs_server.
		Format:	an email address; Default value: "adm".

	 mail_subject_fmt
		Override  the  default format for the subject of outgoing mail
		messages. A number of printf-like format specifiers and	escape
		sequences can be used:

	 \n	new line

	 \t	horizontal tab

	 \\	backslash

	 \'	single quote

	 \"	double quote

	 %d	details	concerning the message

	 %h	PBS host name

	 %i	PBS job	identifier

	 %j	PBS job	name

	 %m	long reason for	message

	 %r	short reason for message

	 %%	a single %

	 Format: a printf-like format string; Default value: "PBS JOB %i".

	 mail_uid
		The  uid  from	which  server generated	mail is	sent to	users.
		Format:	integer	uid; default value: 0 for root.

	 managers
		List of	users granted batch administrator privileges.  Format:
		user@host.sub.domain[,user@host.sub.domain...].	   The	 host,
		sub-domain, or domain name may be wild carded by the use of an
		* character,  see the description of user access control lists
		in chapter 10.1.1 of the ERS.  Requires	full manager privilege
		to set or alter.  Default value: root on the local host.

	 max_job_array_size
		Specifies  the	maximum	 number	of jobs	that can be in any re-
		quested	job array. Arrays requesting more jobs than configured
		will be	rejected.  Format: integer; default value: Unlimited.

	 max_slot_limit
		No  array  can request a slot limit greater than 10. Any array
		that does not request a	slot limit receives a  slot  limit  of
		10. Using the example above, slot requests greater than	10 are
		rejected.  A slot limit	is the maximum number of jobs from  an
		array  that  can  run  concurrently.  Format: integer; default
		value: Unlimited.

	 max_running
		The maximum number of jobs allowed to be selected  for	execu-
		tion  at  any  given time.  Advisory to	the Scheduler, not en-
		forced by the server.  Format: integer.

	 max_user_run
		The maximum number of jobs owned by a single user that are al-
		lowed  to be running from this queue at	one time.  This	attri-
		bute is	advisory to the	Scheduler, it is not enforced  by  the
		server.	 Format: integer; default value: none.

	 max_group_run
		The  maximum  number  of  jobs	owned by any users in a	single
		group that are allowed to be running from this	queue  at  one
		time.	This attribute is advisory to the Scheduler, it	is not
		enforced by the	server.	 Format: integer; default value: none.

	 mom_job_sync
		Enables	the "job sync on MOM" feature.	 When MOMs send	a sta-
		tus  update, and it includes a list of jobs, server will issue
		job deletes for	any jobs that don't actually  exist.   Format:
		boolean; default value:	true.

	 next_job_number
		This  hidden  attribute	 is used to allow a manager to set the
		value of the next job  ID  via	qmgr.  This  attribute	should
		rarely be modified. Some sites may find	it useful if they need
		to recreate their pbs_server database (perhaps due to a	format
		change between major TORQUE versions) and they keep a database
		of job information indexed by the job ID. The  manager	should
		be  careful to avoid setting the value to something that would
		allow the next job number  to  conflict	 with  a  job  already
		queued,	 however Torque	will handle this in a sane manner: the
		job submission will be rejected	and the	next job  number  will
		be incremented.

	 net_counter
		Lists  the 3 numbers representing the number of	connections in
		the last 5 seconds, 30 seconds,	and 60	seconds.   This	 is  a
		read-only attribute.  Format: string; default value: none.

	 no_mail_force
		This  attribute	 can  be  set  by a manager via	qmgr. When set
		true, Torque will not force mail to be sent to the  user  when
		the jobs mail_points is	set to "n".  User will not receive no-
		tice of	job failures or	deletions.  Format:  boolean;  default
		value: false.

	 node_check_rate
		In  OpenPBS,  this was the rate	at which pbs_server would poll
		each node.  In TORQUE, nodes periodically send updates without
		solicitation  from  pbs_server;	 this attribute	is now used as
		the maximum number of seconds allowed without an update	before
		pbs_server  will consider the node down.  Format: integer; de-
		fault value: 150

	 node_ping_rate
		Specifies the maximum interval (in seconds) between successive
		pings sent from	the pbs_server daemon to the pbs_mom daemon to
		determine node/daemon health.  Format: integer;	default	value:
		300

	 node_pack
		Controls  how  multiple	processor nodes	are allocated to jobs.
		If this	attribute is set to true, jobs will be assigned	to the
		multiple  processor  nodes  with  the  fewest free processors.
		This packs jobs	into the fewest	possible nodes leaving	multi-
		ple  processor	nodes free for jobs which need many processors
		on a node.  If set to false,  jobs will	 be  scattered	across
		nodes  reducing	conflicts over memory between jobs.  If	unset,
		the jobs are packed on nodes in	the order that the  nodes  are
		declared  to  the  server (in the nodes	file).	Default	value:
		unset -	assigned to nodes as nodes  in	order  that  were  de-
		clared.

	 node_suffix
		Adds  a	 domainname  to	node names before IP lookups.  Format:
		string;	default	value: none.

	 np_default
		np_default allows the administrator to	unify  the  number  of
		processors  (np)  on  all  nodes. The value can	be dynamically
		changed. A value of 0 tells pbs_server to use the value	of  np
		found  in the nodes file. The maximum value is 32767.  Format:
		integer; default value:	not used.

	 operators
		List of	users granted batch operator  privileges.   Format  of
		the list is identical with managers above.  Requires full man-
		ager privilege to set or alter.	 Default value:	 root  on  the
		local host.

	 owner_purge
		Allows	job  owners  to	forcibly purge their own jobs from the
		server.	This short-circuits the	normal flow of events  and  is
		hightly	discouraged.  Default value: unset

	 poll_jobs
		Controls how pbs_server	will send job status requests to MOMs.
		When unset or false, statjob requests from  clients  (ie:  qs-
		tat(1B)	 or  the scheduler) may	trigger	job status requests to
		MOMs and and must wait until the MOMs have  replied;  this  is
		suitable  for  small  to  medium  sized	clusters.  When	set to
		true, pbs_server will send periodic job	status requests;  this
		is  suitable  for  busy	 clusters  with	 lots of jobs, lots of
		clients, qstat(1B) is too slow,	or your	scheduler  times  out.
		(see job_stat_rate) Default value: TRUE

	 query_other_jobs
		The setting of this attribute controls if general users, other
		than the job owner, are	allowed	to query the status of or  se-
		lect the job.  Format: boolean (see acl_host_enable); Requires
		full manager privilege to set or alter.	 default value:	 false
		- users	may not	query or select	jobs owned by other users.

	 resources_available
		The list of resource and amounts available to jobs run by this
		server.	 The sum of the	resource of each type used by all jobs
		running	 by  this server cannot	exceed the total amount	listed
		here.  Advisory	to the Scheduler, not enforced by the  server.
		Format:	"resources_available.resource_name=value[,...]".

	 resources_cost
		The  cost factors of various types of resources.  These	values
		are used in determining	the order of releasing members of syn-
		chronous  job sets, see	the section on Synchronize Job Starts.
		For the	most part, these value are purely arbitrary  and  have
		meaning	only in	the relative values between systems.  The cost
		of the resources requested by a	job is the sum of the products
		of  the	 various  resources_cost  s and	the amount of each re-
		source requested by the	job.  It is not	necessary to assign  a
		cost  for  each	 possible  resource, only those	which the site
		wishes to be considered	in synchronous job  scheduling.	  For-
		mat:	"resources_cost.resource_name=value[,...]";    default
		value: none, cost of resource is not computed.

	 resources_default
		The list of default resource values that are set as limits for
		a job executing	on this	server when the	job does not specify a
		limit, and there is no queue default.  Format:	"resources_de-
		fault.resource_name=value[,...]"; default value: no limit.

	 resources_max
		The  maximum amount of each resource which can be requested by
		a single job executing on this server if there is  not	a  re-
		sources_max  valued defined for	the queue in which the job re-
		sides.	Format:	"resources_max.resource_name=value[,...]"; de-
		fault value: infinite usage.

	 sched_version
		A  string specifying the scheduler version.  Schedulers	should
		check this string when starting	and not	become active  if  the
		wrong string is	found.	This is	ignored	by pbs_server.

	 scheduler_iteration
		The  time,  in	seconds, between iterations of attempts	by the
		batch server to	schedule jobs.	On each	iteration, the	server
		examines the available resources and runnable jobs to see if a
		job can	be initiated.  This examination	also occurs whenever a
		running	 batch	job  terminates	 or a new job is placed	in the
		queued state in	an execution queue.  Format: integer  seconds;
		default	 value:	 10  minutes,  set  by {PBS_SCHEDULE_CYCLE} in
		server_limits.h.

	 scheduling
		Controls if the	server will request job	scheduling by the  PBS
		job  scheduler.	  If true, the scheduler will be called	as re-
		quired;	if false, the scheduler	will not be called and no  job
		will be	placed into execution unless the server	is directed to
		do so by an operator or	administrator.	Setting	 or  resetting
		this  attribute	 to  true  results in an immediate call	to the
		scheduler.  For	more information, see the section Scheduler  -
		Server	Interaction  in	 the PBS Administrator Guide.  Format:
		boolean	(see acl_host_enable); default value: value of -a  op-
		tion when server is invoked, if	-a is not specified, the value
		is recovered from the prior server run.	 If it has never  been
		set, the value is "false".

	 server_name
		The name of the	server which is	the same as the	host name.  If
		the hostname resolves to an external IP	address, then set this
		to a name that resolves	to the internal	IP.

	 submit_hosts
		A  list	 of  hostnames	allowed	 to  submit jobs to this batch
		server regardless of ruserok().

	 system_cost
		An arbitrary value factored into the resource cost of any  job
		managed	by this	server for the purpose of selecting which mem-
		ber of synchronous set is released first,  see	resources_cost
		and  section  3.2.2,  Synchronize Job Starts.  [default	value:
		none, cost of resource is not computed]

	 tcp_timeout
		Specifies the pbs_server to pbs_mom TCP	socket timeout in sec-
		onds.  Format: integer;	default	value: 6.

       The  following  attributes  are	read-only,  they are maintained	by the
       server and cannot be changed by a client.

	 pbs_version
		The release version number of the server.

	 resources_assigned
		The total amount of certain types of  resources	 allocated  to
		running	jobs.

	 server_state
		The current state of the server:

		Active The server is running and will invoke the job scheduler
		       as required to schedule jobs for	execution.

		Idle   The server is running  but  will	 not  invoke  the  job
		       scheduler.

		Scheduling
		       The  server  is running and there is an outstanding re-
		       quest to	the job	scheduler.

		Terminating
		       The server is terminating.  No additional jobs will  be
		       scheduled.

		Terminating, Delayed
		       The  server is terminating in delayed mode.  The	server
		       will not	run any	new jobs and will  shutdown  when  the
		       last currently executing	job completes.

	 state_count
		The  total  number  of jobs managed by the server currently in
		each state.

	 total_jobs
		The total number of jobs currently managed by the server.

SEE ALSO
       the PBS ERS, qmgr(1B), pbs_resources(7B)

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