sge_schedule (5) Linux Manual Page
sge_schedule – format of the xxQS_NAMExx schedule file
Description
The schedule file is written by the qmaster when MONITOR=1 is set in the params item of
Note that the file tends to grow rapidly, and should be truncated/rotated, e.g. with logrotate(1). Also it should probably be placed on local disk, not an NFS-mounted filesystem, for instance, because of the large number of small writes it typically gets – e.g. make a symbolic link into the qmaster spool area (assuming that is local).
See for a tool to process the data and produce information on reservations.
Format
A line containing
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indicates the start of a scheduling interval. It is followed by lines showing the resource usage considered for the interval. They contain the following fields, delimited by ‘:‘.
job id- The numeric job id;
task id- The task id (1 for serial jobs);
reason- The for listing the utilization. One of the following, depending on the job’s state:
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RUNNING- Running before the interval;
SUSPENDED- Suspended before the interval;
MIGRATING- To be preempted/migrated (currently unused);
STARTING- To be started;
RESERVING- Having resources reserved through advance or normal resource reservation.
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start time- Start of resource utilization, in seconds after the epoch;
end time- End of resource utilization, as above;
level- The level at which resources are considered. One of:
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Q- Queue;
H- Host;
G- Global;
P- Parallel environment.
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object name- Name of the relevant queue, host, parallel environment, or "global";
resource name- Complex name in use or being reserved;
utilization- Amount of the named complex.
Files
$SGE_ROOT/$SGE_$CELL/common/schedule