5.14. Notes on job operations

Availability of commands and required options vary depending on the job status. This section shows whether operations on jobs are possible depending on the job status and job type.

See also

The meanings of the symbols in the table are as follows.

Possible : Operations on jobs are possible

Impossible : Cannot operate on jobs

- : The job will never be in that state

For bulk jobs and step jobs, the two-tiered cell has the following meaning:

Upper row: Operations for bulk jobs and step jobs (specify the job ID as the operation target)

Lower row: Operation for bulk job or sub job of step job (specify sub job ID as operation target)

A cell that is not double-tiered is common to both bulk jobs, step jobs, and their sub jobs.

5.14.1. Delete job (pjdel)

For job deleting ( pjdel ) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master-worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible
REJECT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
QUEUED	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible
RUNNING-A	Possible	- Possible (sub job)	- Possible (sub job)	Possible
RUNNING-P	Impossible *	- Impossible * (sub job)	Impossible *	Impossible *
RUNNING	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible
RUNNING-E	Impossible *	- Impossible * (sub job)	Impossible *	Impossible *
RUNOUT	Impossible	Possible Impossible (sub job)	- Impossible (sub job)	Possible
CANCEL	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
ERROR	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
EXIT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
HOLD	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPEND	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPENDED	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
RESUME	Possible	Possible	Possible	-

Note

(^*) If specified --enforce option, it is possible to control. However the authority is required to specify --enforce option.

5.14.2. Job hold (pjhold)

For job holding ( pjhold) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master-worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
REJECT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
QUEUED	Possible	Possible	Possible	Impossible
RUNNING-A	Possible *1	- Possible *1 (sub job)	- Possible *1 (sub job)	Impossible
RUNNING-P	Impossible *2	- Impossible *2 (sub job)	Impossible *2	Impossible
RUNNING	Possible *1	Possible *3 Possible *1 (sub job)	Possible *1	Impossible
RUNNING-E	Impossible *2	- Impossible *2 (sub job)	Impossible *2	Impossible
RUNOUT	Impossible	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
CANCEL	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
ERROR	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
EXIT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
HOLD	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
SUSPEND	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPENDED	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
RESUME	Possible	Possible	Possible	-

Note

(^*1) If specifying --norestart option of pjsub command when submitting job or sub job, cannot control.

(^*2) If specify --enforce option, it is possible to control. However the authority is required to specify --enforce option.

(^*3) This applies to sub jobs in the bulk job that can be pinned. Ignores sub jobs that cannot be fixed.

5.14.3. Unpin a job (pjrls)

For job canceling the job hold, (pjrls) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master-worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
REJECT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
QUEUED	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING-A	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
RUNNING-P	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING	Impossible	Possible *1 Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING-E	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNOUT	Impossible	Possible *1 Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
CANCEL	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
ERROR	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
EXIT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
HOLD	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPEND	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
SUSPENDED	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
RESUME	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-

Note

(^*1) This applies to sub jobs in the bulk job that can be unpinned. Ignores sub jobs that cannot be unpinned.

5.14.4. Wait for job (pjwait)

For job waiting (pjwait) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master-worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
REJECT	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
QUEUED	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
RUNNING-A	Possible	- Possible(sub job)	- Possible(sub job)	Possible *1
RUNNING-P	Possible	- Possible(sub job)	Possible	Possible *1
RUNNING	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
RUNNING-E	Possible	- Possible(sub job)	Possible	Possible *1
RUNOUT	Possible	Possible	- Possible(sub job)	Possible *1
CANCEL	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
ERROR	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
EXIT	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible *1
HOLD	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPEND	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
SUSPENDED	Possible	Possible	Possible	-
RESUME	Possible	Possible	Possible	-

Note

(^*1) pjwait command does not wait for interactive job ending and closes normally without any notice.

5.14.5. Send signal to job (pjsig)

For sending signal to job (pjsig) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master-worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
REJECT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
QUEUED	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING-A	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
RUNNING-P	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible
RUNNING-E	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNOUT	Impossible	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
CANCEL	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
ERROR	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
EXIT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
HOLD	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
SUSPEND	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
SUSPENDED	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
RESUME	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-

5.14.6. Job parameter change (pjalter)

For job parameter change ( pjalter) is as followings.

Job status	Normal job, master worker type job	Bulk job	Step job	Interactive job
ACCEPT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
REJECT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
QUEUED	Possible	Possible Impossible(sub job)	Possible *1	Impossible
RUNNING-A	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
RUNNING-P	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
RUNNING-E	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible	Impossible
RUNOUT	Impossible	Impossible	- Impossible(sub job)	Impossible
CANCEL	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
ERROR	Possible	Possible Impossible(sub job)	Possible *1	-
EXIT	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible
HOLD	Possible	Possible Impossible(sub job)	Possible *1	-
SUSPEND	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
SUSPENDED	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-
RESUME	Impossible	Impossible	Impossible	-

Note

(^*1) The resource unit name cannot be changed for operations on sub jobs.

(^*2) If the administrator has permitted the setting in the job operation management function, you can only change the elapsed time limit value for the running job. However, you can only change the age limit with the end user’s rights.