drmaa_jobcontrol(3)

NAME
drmaa_job_ps, drmaa_control, - Monitor and control jobs

SYNOPSIS
#include "drmaa.h"

int drmaa_job_ps(
    const char *job_id,
    int *remote_ps,
    char *error_diagnosis,
    size_t error_diag_len
);

int drmaa_control(
    const char *jobid,
    int action,
    char *error_diagnosis,
    size_t error_diag_len
);

DESCRIPTION
The drmaa_job_ps() function returns the status of the Grid Engine job job_id into the integer pointed to by remote_ps. Possible return values are

    DRMAA_PS_UNDETERMINED        job status cannot be determined
    DRMAA_PS_QUEUED_ACTIVE       job is queued and active
    DRMAA_PS_SYSTEM_ON_HOLD      job is queued and in system hold
    DRMAA_PS_USER_ON_HOLD        job is queued and in user hold
    DRMAA_PS_USER_SYSTEM_ON_HOLD job is queued and in user and system hold
    DRMAA_PS_RUNNING             job is running
    DRMAA_PS_SYSTEM_SUSPENDED    job is system suspended
    DRMAA_PS_USER_SUSPENDED      job is user suspended
    DRMAA_PS_DONE                job finished normally
    DRMAA_PS_FAILED              job finished, but failed

Jobs' user hold and user suspend states can be controlled via For affecting system hold and system suspend states the appropriate Grid Engine interfaces must be used.

  drmaa_control()
The drmaa_control() function applies control operations on Grid Engine jobs. jobid may contain either an Grid Engine jobid or `DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ALL' to refer to all jobs submitted during the DRMAA session opened using Legal values for action and their meanings are:

    DRMAA_CONTROL_SUSPEND        suspend the job
    DRMAA_CONTROL_RESUME         resume the job,
    DRMAA_CONTROL_HOLD           put the job on-hold
    DRMAA_CONTROL_RELEASE        release the hold on the job
    DRMAA_CONTROL_TERMINATE      kill the job

The DRMAA suspend/resume operations are equivalent to the use of `-s <jobid>' and `-us <jobid>' options with Grid Engine The DRMAA hold/release operations are equivalent to the use of Grid Engine and The DRMAA terminate operation is equivalent to the use of Grid Engine Only user hold and user suspend can be controlled via For affecting system hold and system suspend states the appropriate Grid Engine interfaces must be used.

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

GE_ROOT
    Specifies the location of the Grid Engine standard configuration files.

GE_CELL
    If set, specifies the default Grid Engine cell to be used. To address a Grid Engine cell Grid Engine uses (in the order of precedence):

        The name of the cell specified in the environment variable GE_CELL, if it is set.

        The name of the default cell, i.e. default.

GE_DEBUG_LEVEL
    If set, specifies that debug information should be written to stderr. In addition the level of detail in which debug information is generated is defined.

GE_QMASTER_PORT
    If set, specifies the tcp port on which is expected to listen for communication requests. Most installations will use a services map entry instead to define that port.

RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, drmaa_job_ps(), and drmaa_control() return DRMAA_ERRNO_SUCCESS. Other values indicate an error. Up to error_diag_len characters of error related diagnosis information is then provided in the buffer, error_diagnosis.

ERRORS
The drmaa_job_ps(), and drmaa_control() will fail if:

  DRMAA_ERRNO_INTERNAL_ERROR
Unexpected or internal DRMAA error, like system call failure, etc.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_DRM_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE
Could not contact DRM system for this request.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_AUTH_FAILURE
The specified request was not processed successfully due to authorization failure.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_ARGUMENT
The input value for an argument is invalid.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_NO_ACTIVE_SESSION
Failed because there is no active session.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_NO_MEMORY
Failed allocating memory.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_JOB
The specified job does not exist.

The drmaa_control() will fail if:

  DRMAA_ERRNO_RESUME_INCONSISTENT_STATE
The job is not suspended. The resume request will not be processed.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_SUSPEND_INCONSISTENT_STATE
The job is not running and thus cannot be suspended.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_HOLD_INCONSISTENT_STATE
The job cannot be moved to a hold state.

  DRMAA_ERRNO_RELEASE_INCONSISTENT_STATE
The job is not in a hold state.

SEE ALSO