Add a Routing Queue

Create a routing queue to route jobs.

1. Click the Configure tab.
2. Choose the HPC to configure.

   
   
   Figure 1. Choose an HPC

3. Click Queues from the PBS Professional menu located on the left-hand side of the web page.
4. Click .

   
   
   Figure 2. Queues

5. For Name, enter a name for the queue.
   The queue name can be comprised of numbers, letters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-"), but must have a leading alphabetic. It must also be 15 characters or less.
6. For Type, choose Route.
7. For Priority, set the queue's priority.
   The valid range for a queue's priority is -1024 to 1023. A higher value for priority means the queue has greater priority.
8. Click Modify to set the Route Destination.
   1. Choose a queue from the list to set the routing queue's destination.
   2. Optional: Click to add another Route Destination.

      
      
      Figure 3. Add Another Route Destination

   3. Choose a queue from the list to set an additional routing destination.
   4. Repeat steps 8.b and 8.c to add additional route destinations.
9. For FRO, choose one of the following options:
   • Enable the FRO check box to specify that the queue should accept only jobs that are routed from a routing queue.
   • Disable the FRO check box to allow jobs to be moved into execution queues via the qmove command, by hooks, from routing queues, and by being submitted to execution queues.
10. For En., choose one of the following options:
    • Enable the En. check box to allow the queue to accept jobs, meaning that jobs can be enqueued in the queue.
    • Disable the En. check box to disallow the queue from accepting jobs.
11. For St., choose one of the following options:
    • Enable the St. check box to start the queue, allowing the jobs in the queue to be executed.
    • Disable the St. check box to stop the queue, disallowing jobs in the queue from running.
12. Click to add the queue.