Job Defaults and Per Job Limits

10.0 General Job Administration > Job Defaults and Per Job Limits

10.6 Job Defaults and Per Job Limits

10.6-A Job Defaults

Job defaults can be specified on a per queue basis. These defaults are specified using the CLASSCFG parameter. The following table shows the applicable attributes:

Attribute	Format	Example
DEFAULT.FEATURES	comma-delimited list of node features	CLASSCFG[batch] DEFAULT.FEATURES=fast,io Jobs submitted to class batch will request nodes features fast and io.
DEFAULT.WCLIMIT	[[[DD:]HH:]MM:]SS	CLASSCFG[batch] DEFAULT.WCLIMIT=1:00:00 Jobs submitted to class batch will request one hour of walltime by default.

10.6-B Per Job Maximum Limits

Job maximum limits can be specified on a per queue basis. These defaults are specified using the CLASSCFG parameter. The following table shows the applicable attributes:

Attribute	Format	Example
MAX.WCLIMIT	[[[DD:]HH:]MM:]SS	CLASSCFG[batch] MAX.WCLIMIT=1:00:00 Jobs submitted to class batch can request no more than one hour of walltime.

10.6-C Per Job Minimum Limits

Furthermore, minimum job defaults can be specified with the CLASSCFG parameter. The following table shows the applicable attributes:

Attribute	Format	Example
MIN.PROC	<integer>	CLASSCFG[batch] MIN.PROC=10 Jobs submitted to class batch can request no less than ten processors.