It's possible to submit a job that will remain in a "blocked" state until a certain time on a specific day, at which time it will then automatically go into a "pending" state and be the next job dispatched to the farm
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This in an example of how to submit a job that will start at a later time.
Lines of interest are:
- line 14, where the start time is set
- line 28, where the trigger condition is set
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import os
import time
sys.path.append(os.environ['QBDIR'])
import qb
task = []
agenda = qb.genframes('1-2')
now = int(time.time())
later = now + 3600 - qb.QB_TIME_EPOCH_OFFSET
job = {
'prototype': 'cmdrange',
'name': 'wait time test',
'status': 'blocked',
'package': {'cmdline': 'sleep 30'},
'agenda': agenda,
'callbacks': [],
'hosts': 'rhel52-64,rhel53-64,rhel54-64'
}
cb = {
'language': 'qube',
'triggers': 'dummy-time-self-%d' % later,
'code': 'unblock-self'
}
job['callbacks'].append(cb)
task.append(job)
submitted = qb.submit(task)
for job in submitted:
print 'submitted job %(id)s: %(name)s' % job
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