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Host Order: Select hosts in a certain preferential order

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Restrictions
Restrictions
Restrictions

A restriction is really defined as a "filter" for hosts based upon information in the queuing algorithm; the values are one or more cluster names. In the priority/cluster queuing system, one specifies their restrictions by directory structure format:

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Allows hosts in /hello or /goodbye:

  • /hello || /goodbye

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Hosts
Hosts
Hosts

Qube allows users to specify a list of hosts, for the job to run on. This is a comma-delimited list of hostnames.

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Example
% qbsub --omithosts "qb001,qb002" command

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HostGroups
HostGroups
Host Groups

Qube allows the administrator to organize the farm into clusters or host groups. These groups have no hierarchy, and hosts are allowed membership in multiple groups. In order to restrict a job to a specific set of hosts, the user may specify in the 'group' field of the job, which groups they want the job restricted to.

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Example
% qbsub --omitgroups "vfx,character" command

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HostOrder
HostOrder
Host Order

By default Qube chooses any host in the list of hosts which qualify. If given a choice, a job is allowed to prefer a particular host based upon its attributes. This is established using the Qube resources and priorities defined earlier in the Requirements section of this document.
Syntax:

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