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Converting MOAB (Roar) Submission Scripts to Slurm (Roar Collab)

The scheduler on Roar Collab, Slurm, uses submit files and commands that are structured similarly to those used by MOAB/Torque, the scheduler on the Roar cluster. 

To...MOAB/Torque CommandSlurm Equivalent
Submit a job qsub sbatch
Cancel a job qdel scancel
Check the status of a job qstat squeue
Check the status of all jobs by user qstat –u squeue –u
Hold a job qhold scontrol hold
Release a job qrls scontrol release

 

Resource requestMOAB/Torque Directive Slurm Equivalent
Script directive designator #PBS #SBATCH
Node Count -l nodes= -N or --nodes=
CPU count -l ppn= -n or --ntasks=
Wall time -l walltime= -t or --time=
Memory size -l mem= --mem= or --mem-per-cpu=

 

For a more complete list of command and option comparisons, please see the Slurm Rosetta Stone.