pbs_professional(7B)

πŸ“¦ version 23.06.06-unstable-2026-04, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

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okay so this is pbs_professional(7B), aka PBS Professional β€” the PBS Professional workload management system, and honestly? iconic. 🫢


✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

PBS Professional is an HPC workload manager and job scheduler. PBS schedules jobs onto systems with the resources they need, according to the policy you specify. It runs on most major platforms. πŸ‘‘

Wanna peek at the official stuff? See www.pbsworks.com and https://pbspro.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PBSPro/overview.

🌟 Primary Commands 🌟

  • init.d/pbs β€” starts, stops, or restarts the PBS daemons on the local machine. This one is typically placed in /etc/init.d so PBS starts up automatically. See the pbs.8B man page. πŸ’…
  • qmgr β€” the administrator’s interface for configuring and managing PBS. See the qmgr.8B man page. πŸŽ€
  • qstat β€” the administrator’s and job submitter’s tool for checking server, queue, and job status. See the qstat.1B man page. πŸ”₯
  • qsub β€” the job submitter’s tool for submitting jobs to PBS. See the qsub.1B man page. πŸ¦‹

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

pbs_mom(8B), pbs_server(8B), pbs_sched(8B), pbs_comm(8B)


and that’s the whole vibe, bestie β€” brought to you by Local, dated 6 May 2020, and the manual page pbs_professional(7B). πŸ’œβœ¨

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