Taken from PBS Professional Admin Guide

The Configuration Parameters can be found at /var/spool/pbs/mom_priv/config

$restrict_user <value>

• Controls whether users not submitting jobs have access to this machine. When True, only those users running jobs are allowed access.
• Format: Boolean
• Default: off

$restrict_user_exceptions <user_list>

• List of users who are exempt from access restrictions applied by $restrict_user. Maximum number of names in list is 10.
• Format: Comma-separated list of usernames; space allowed after comma

$restrict_user_maxsysid <value>

• Allows system processes to run when $restrict_user is enabled. Any user with a numeric user ID less than or equal to value is exempt from restrictions applied by $restrict_user.
• Format: Integer
• Default: 999

Example

To restrict user access to those running jobs, add:

$restrict_user True

To specify the users who are allowed access whether or not they are running jobs, add:

$restrict_user_exceptions User1, User2

To allow system processes to run, specify the maximum numeric user ID by adding:

$restrict_user_maxsysid 999

If you are required to restart the daemons of PBS-Professional, do the following at each of the license server

# /etc/init.d/altairlmxd restart

At the client side,

# service pbsworks-pa restart 

If you need to change the Job Attributes AND change the queue in a single command, it will fail

% qalter -l walltime=12:00:00 -q myOldQueue JobID

Step 1: Change the Attribute like walltime

% qalter -l walltime=06:00:00 jobid

Step 2: Move the to a new Queue

% qmove myNewQueue JobID

One of the quickest way to install the PBS Professional Queue is take 1 queue and modify the example

At your node holding the PBS Scheduler

# qmgr -c "print queue @default"

.....
.....
# Create and define queue q64
#
create queue q64
set queue q64 queue_type = Execution
set queue q64 Priority = 100
set queue q64 resources_max.ncpus = 256
set queue q64 resources_max.walltime = 500:00:00
set queue q64 resources_default.charge_rate = 0.04
set queue q64 default_chunk.Qlist = q64
set queue q64 max_run_res.ncpus = [u:PBS_GENERIC=256]
set queue q64 enabled = True
set queue q64 started = True
#
.....
.....

Copy out the information and pipe it into a file

# qmgr -c "print queue q64" > q64_new_queue

Edit the File and save it

# Create and define queue q64_new_queue
#
create queue q64_new_queue
#
set queue q64_new_queue queue_type = Execution
set queue q64_new_queue Priority = 100
set queue q64_new_queue resources_max.ncpus = 256
set queue q64_new_queue resources_max.walltime = 500:00:00
set queue q64_new_queue resources_default.charge_rate = 0.04
set queue q64_new_queue default_chunk.Qlist = q64
set queue q64_new_queue max_run_res.ncpus = [u:PBS_GENERIC=256]
set queue q64_new_queue enabled = True
set queue q64_new_queue started = True
#

Pipe it back to qmgr

# qmgr < q64_new_queue

You should be able to see the new queue

...
...

# Create and define queue q64_new_queue
#
create queue q64_new_queue
#
set queue q64_new_queue queue_type = Execution
set queue q64_new_queue Priority = 100
set queue q64_new_queue resources_max.ncpus = 256
set queue q64_new_queue resources_max.walltime = 500:00:00
set queue q64_new_queue resources_default.charge_rate = 0.04
set queue q64_new_queue default_chunk.Qlist = q64
set queue q64_new_queue max_run_res.ncpus = [u:PBS_GENERIC=256]
set queue q64_new_queue enabled = True
set queue q64_new_queue started = True
#
...
...

If you are intending to run the same program with the different input files, it is best you use Jobs Array instead of creating separate programs for the input files which is tedious. It is very easy

Amending the Submission Scripts (Part 1)

To create an arrays jobs, you have to use the -J option on the PBS Scripts. For 10 sub-jobs, you do the following

#PBS -J 1-10

Amending the Submission Scripts (Part 2)

If your input files are concatenated with a running number. For example, if your input file is data1.gjf, data2.gjf, data3.gjf, data4.gjf, data5.gjf ….. data10.gjf

inputfile=data$PBS_ARRAY_INDEX.gjf

Submitting the Jobs

a. To submit the jobs, just

% qsub yoursubmissionscript.pbs

Checking Jobs

b. You will notice that after you qstat, you will notice that your jobs bas a “B”

% qstat -u user1
544198[].node1 Gaussian-09e user1 0 B q32

You have to do a “-t” or “-Jt”

% qstat -t 544198[]

% qstat -t 544198[]
Job id Name User Time Use S Queue
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------- - -----
544198[].node1 Gaussian-09e user1 0 B q32
544198[54].node1 Gaussian-09e user1 00:40:21 R q32
544198[55].node1 Gaussian-09e user1 00:15:25 R q32

To delete the Sub Jobs

% qdel "544198[5]"

Step 1: Proceed to the Head Node (Scheduler)

Once you have the Job ID you wish to investigate, go to the Head Node and do. The “-n” is the number of days to search logs at

% tracejob -n 10 jobID

From the tracejob, you will be able to take a peek which node the job landed. Next you can go the node in question and find information from the mom_logs

% vim /var/spool/pbs/mom_logs/thedateyouarelookingat

For example,

% vim /var/spool/pbs/mom_logs/20201211

Using Vim, search for the Job ID

? yourjobID

You should be able to get a good hint of what has happened. In my case is that my nvidia drivers are having issues.

Maximum Number of Running Jobs a user can submit to a particular queue (512 cores in this example)

qmgr -c "set queue your_queue_name max_run_res.ncpus = [u:PBS_GENERIC=512]"

Minimum Number of Running Jobs a user can submit to a particular queue ( 4 cores in this example)

qmgr -c "set queue your_queue_name resources_min.ncpus=4"