Control job execution with bstop, bresume, and bkill

Use LSF commands to suspend (bstop), resume (bresume), and kill (bkill) jobs.

bstop command

To suspend a running job, use the bstop command and specify the job ID:

% bstop 1266
Job <1266> is being stopped

If the job was running when it was stopped, the bjobs command shows USUSP status for job 1266:

% bjobs
JOBID USER      STAT  QUEUE     FROM_HOST   EXEC_HOST   JOB_NAME    SUBMIT_TIME
1266  user1     USUSP normal    hosta       hostb       sleep 60    Jun 5 17:39:58

Job owners can suspend only their own jobs. LSF administrators can suspend any job.

bresume command

To resume a suspended job, use the bresume command.

% bresume 1266
Job <1266> is being resumed

If the job resumes immediately, the bjobs command shows RUN status for job 1266:

% bjobs
JOBID USER      STAT  QUEUE     FROM_HOST   EXEC_HOST   JOB_NAME    SUBMIT_TIME
1266  user1     RUN   normal    hosta       hostb       sleep 60    Jun 5 17:39:58

Job owners can resume only their own jobs. LSF administrators can resume any job.

bkill command

To kill a job, use the bkill command, which sends a signal to the specified jobs. For example, if the job owner or the LSF administrator runs the following command, job 1266 is killed:

% bkill 1266
Job <1266> is being terminated