HFSS15: Monitoring ANSYS EM PBS Batch Jobs

The suggestions below may be used for ANSYS EM Batch jobs run under PBS.

PBS qstat Command

The PBS qstat command may be used to display information on jobs and queues. In this section, several qstat command line options that may be used to monitor job progress are described.

The qstat -a command displays information about all jobs in the system.

The qstat -r command displays information about all running jobs in the system.

The qstat -s command resembles the qstat -r command; the only difference is that a comment from the scheduler or batch administrator is also shown for each job.

The qstat -au userid command displays information about all jobs owned by user userid.

The qstat -f jobid command displays all available information about the job with id jobid.

See the PBS manual pages for more information.

ANSYS EM -monitor Command Line Option for PBS

The ANSYS EM -monitor command line option enables batch job output to the standard output and standard error streams. The warning, info, and progress messages are sent to the standard output stream. The error and fatal messages are sent to the standard error stream.

The PBS scheduler redirects the standard output and standard error streams of batch jobs to files specified in the qsub -o [hostname:]pathname and the -e [hostname:]pathname command line options, respectively. If either option is not specified, then the associated stream is redirected to the default file pathname for that stream.

The qsub -j join option controls whether the standard error stream for the job will be merged with the standard output stream for the job. A join value of oe indicates that the interleaved standard output and standard error will be sent to the standard output file or stream. A join value of oe indicates that the interleaved standard output and standard error will be sent to the standard error file or stream. A join value of n indicates that the standard ouput and standard error streams will not be joined. If the qsub -j join option is not specified, then the standard error and standard output streams will not be joined.

A user can monitor the progress of a job by checking the standard output file for progress, info and warning messages, and checking the standard error file for error and fatal messages.