Qmgr is the main application used to manage PBS Torque. This is used to create queues, modify queue settings, and print the configuration. Please review the man page or the link for information about this command. Any changes implemented using this command are permanent and are written to the running configuration file.

user@polyp1:~$ qmgr -c "print queue batch"
user@polyp1:~$ qmgr -c "p q batch"
#
# Create queues and set their attributes.
#
#
# Create and define queue batch
#
create queue batch
set queue batch queue_type = Execution
set queue batch resources_max.walltime = 01:00:00
set queue batch resources_default.mem = 2gb
set queue batch resources_default.ncpus = 1
set queue batch resources_default.nodes = 1
set queue batch resources_default.pmem = 2gb
set queue batch resources_default.vmem = 2gb
set queue batch resources_default.walltime = 01:00:00
set queue batch enabled = True
set queue batch started = True

qstat

mjm519@polyp1:~$ qstat -q

server: polyp1

Queue            Memory CPU Time Walltime Node  Run Que Lm  State
---------------- ------ -------- -------- ----  --- --- --  -----
MOSEK              --      --       --      --    0   0 48   E R
AMPL               --      --       --      --    0   0  8   E R
long               --      --    72:00:00   --    0   0 30   E R
gpu                --      --       --      --    0   0  4   E R
verylong           --      --    240:00:0   --    0   0 20   E R
medium             --      --    04:00:00   --    0   0 10   E R
coraverylong       --      --       --      --    0   0 --   E R
special            --      --    72:00:00   --    0   0 24   E R
batch              --      --    01:00:00   --    0   0 --   E R
short              --      --    02:00:00   --    0   0 --   E R
urgent             --      --       --      --    0   0 --   D S
background         --      --       --      --    0   0 --   E R
mediumlong         --      --    24:00:00   --    0   0 60   E R
                                               ----- -----
                                                   0     0
mjm519@polyp1:~$ qstat -Q
Queue              Max    Tot   Ena   Str   Que   Run   Hld   Wat   Trn   Ext T   Cpt
----------------   ---   ----    --    --   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- -   ---
MOSEK               48      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
AMPL                 8      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
long                30      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
gpu                  4      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
verylong            20      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
medium             100      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
coraverylong         0      0    no    no     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
special             24      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
batch                0      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
short                0      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
urgent               0      0    no    no     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
background           0      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0
mediumlong          60      0   yes   yes     0     0     0     0     0     0 E     0

qalter

qalter <job number> <change to the queued job>

The line below changes the node specification for job id 1398668

                      qalter 1398668 -l nodes=polyp14:ppn=1

qdel

qhold

qmove

qrun