misersubmit(1)                                                misersubmit(1)



NAME
     miser_submit - submit a job to a miser queue

SYNOPSIS
     misersubmit -q qname  -f file command

     misersubmit -q qname  -o c=CPUs,m=memory,t=time command

DESCRIPTION
     The miser_submit command is used to submit a job (the command) to a
     miser(1) queue.  A job is an application that will be scheduled by miser.
     Any application that does not change its session ID or change its process
     group ID can be submitted to a miser queue. For an application to be
     properly submitted to a miser(1) queue, it needs to specify its resource
     schedule. A resource schedule is a list of resource specifications,
     called segments, that define the resource requirements of a particular
     job. A resource specification is a tuple of CPUs, memory and wall clock
     time. Currently miser(1) only supports resource schedules consisting of
     one segment. A segment also has additional optional fields that specify
     how the job is to be scheduled.  These are defined in miser_submit(4).

     An application is said to be scheduled by miser(1), if it can find a
     block of time/space in the resources managed by the specified queue to
     schedule each segment of the application's resource schedule.  If miser
     can find such a block, then a schedule is returned to the user. The
     schedule is a list of start and end times for each segment of the
     resource schedule. The end times are guaranteed by miser, in other words,
     either the application will have terminated by then or the application
     will be terminated.  Miser's default scheduling policy will do a first
     fit of each segment of the schedule in the specified queue.

     The schedule returned by miser(1) reflects the system's guarantee of
     resources; during the time specified by miser, the application will be
     allocated the physical resources requested. However, unless the
     application has requested STATIC scheduling (see miser_submit(4)), the
     application will be allowed to run before its designated time if there
     are resources available. The time it runs before it actually runs is a
     bonus and is not counted against the actual time it has been scheduled to
     run.

     The format of the schedule returned by miser_submit is a table that lists
     the batch ID, segment ID, multiple, priority, exception condition, wall
     clock time, completion date, CPUs allocated and memory allocated for each
     segment. The batch ID is used by miser(1), various miser commands, and
     the kernel to communicate about a specific job.  It is equivalent to the
     process group ID.  The segment ID identifies the current segment in the
     resource schedule list.  The priority is an additional field provided for
     use by scheduling policies. The wall clock time is the product of CPU
     time and the number of CPUs. The completion date is when miser(1) has
     scheduled the segment to terminate. The CPUs allocated and the memory
     allocated list the resources reserved for that segment.




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misersubmit(1)                                                misersubmit(1)



OPTIONS
     -q qname
          Specifies the queue against which to schedule the application. The
          user must have execute permissions on the queue definition file to
          schedule an application against the resources of a particular queue.
          The queue name must be a valid queue name.

      -o c=CPUs,m=mem,t=time
          Specifies a block of resources from the command line. The CPUs must
          be some integer up to the maximum number of CPUs available to the
          queue being scheduled against. The memory consists of an integer
          followed by a unit of k for kilobyte, m for megabyte or g for
          gigabyte. The memory requested cannot exceed the total memory
          available to the queue. If no unit is specified, the default is
          bytes.  The time can be specified either by an integer followed by a
          unit specifier of h for hours, m for minutes or s for seconds, or by
          a string of the form hh:mm.ss. An integer with no units is assumed
          to be seconds.

     -f file
          This file specifies a list of resource segments. Using the file
          allows greater control over the scheduling parameters of a
          particular job.

RESTRICTIONS
     An application scheduled by miser(1) cannot change its process group or
     session ID. If it tries to, an error is returned.

     An application that is scheduled by miser(1) cannot change its priority,
     or bind itself to a particular CPU.

SEE ALSO
     miser(5), miser(1), miser(4), miser_submit(4), miser_jinfo(1),
     miser_qinfo(1), miser_move(1), miser_reset(1).





















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