ARCHIVED: Common Moab scheduler commands

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Frequently used Moab job scheduler commands include:

Moab command	Function
`showq`	Display the jobs in the Moab job queue. (Jobs may be in a number of states; "running" and "idle" are the most common.)
`checkjob jobid`	Check the status of a job (`jobid`). For verbose mode, add `-v` (for example, `checkjob -v jobid`).
`showstart jobid`	Show an estimate of when your job (`jobid`) might start.
`mdiag -f`	Show fairshare information.
`checknode node_name`	Check the status of a node (`node_name`).
`showres`	Show current reservations.
`showbf`	Show intervals and node counts presently available for backfill jobs.

Note:

In older versions of Moab, use diagnose -f instead of mdiag -f to view fairshare information.

For more Moab commands and their descriptions, see the Adaptive Computing Scheduler Commands page.