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Appendix K: torque.cfg File

Appendix K: torque.cfg File

The torque.cfg file should be placed in the TORQUE home directory (i.e., /var/spool/torque). Below is a list of torque.cfg parameters

CLIENTRETRY

<INT>

0

Seconds between retry attempts to talk to pbs_server

   

DEFAULTCKPT

<STRING>

None

Default value for job's checkpoint attribute

   

FAULT_TOLERANT_BY_DEFAULT

<BOOLEAN>

false

Sets all jobs to fault tolerant by default. See qsub -f for more information on fault tolerance.

   

QSUBHOST

<HOSTNAME>

none

Specify the hostname where pbs_mom will find qsub for interactive jobs.

   

QSUBSENDUID

N/A

None

Integer for jobs's PBS_O_UID variable. Specifying the parameter name anywhere in the config file enables the feature. Removing the parameter name disables the feature.

   

QSUBSLEEP

<INT>

0

Specifies time to sleep when running qsub command, used to prevent users from overwhelming the scheduler.

   
RERUNNABLEBYDEFAULT
<BOOLEAN>
TRUE
Specifies if a job is rerunnable by default. Setting this to false causes the rerunnable attribute value to be false unless the users specifies otherwise with the qsub -r option.. New in TORQUE 2.4.
   

SERVERHOST

<STRING>

localhost

If set, the server will open socket connections and communicate with client commands and other services using the specified network interface. (useful with multi-homed hosts, i.e., nodes with multiple network adapters)

   

SUBMITFILTER

<STRING>

/usr/local/sbin/torque_submitfilter

Specifies the location of the submit filter used to pre-process job submission.

   

VALIDATEGROUP

None

None

qsub option: Validate submit user's group

   

VALIDATEPATH

<BOOLEAN>

TRUE

Validate local existence of '-d' working directory

Example:

torque.cfg:
QSUBSLEEP              2
SERVERHOST             orion15

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