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Command Line Reference

All commands

CommandDescription
qbadminAdministrative command used to control qube
qbarchiveOutput a job to a Qube archive file.
qbblockForces a job to quit, and suspend its execution on the farm
qbbottomMove a job to the bottom of its priority level
qbconfigfileParse a config file and display results
qberrDisplay the stderr log of a job instance
qbhashGenerate and display the hashed string for a given password
qbhistDisplay the history of a job
qbhostsList Worker hosts
qbinterruptForce a job to quit, and requeue immediately in a pending state
qbjoborderList jobs scheduled to run on a Worker host
qbjobsList jobs
qbkillKill jobs
qblockLock available job slots on a Worker
qbloginWindows passwords management
qbmigrateForce a job to release its host and move to another
qbmodifyModify jobs in the queue
qboutDisplay the stdout log of a job instance
qbpingGet the status of the supervisor or worker daemon(s)
qbpreemptAsk a job to release its worker job slots, let the current work (frame) finish
qbremoveRemove jobs from the queue
qbrequeueMoves a job into the blocked state after a job has completed
qbresumeResume a suspended job
qbretireAsk a job instance to release its host, and then go prematurely to "complete" state
qbretryMoves a job from a "done" (complete/failed/killed) status back to pending
qbshoveForce the Supervisor to re-evaluate a job immediately
qbstatsDisplay job statistics
qbsubSubmit a cmdline or cmdrange job
qbsummaryDisplay queue summary
qbsuspendSuspend a process upon the host which the job is running on
qbtopMove a job to the top of its priority level
qbunblockMove a job from a blocked state into the pending state
qbunlockUnlock available job slots on a Qube! Worker
qbupdateresourceInform the supervisor of license usage counts from external license managers
qbusersModifies the permissions for an individual user

Commonly-used artist commands

CommandDescription
qbadminAdministrative command used to control qube
qbblockForces a job to quit, and suspend its execution on the farm
qbbottomMove a job to the bottom of its priority level
qberrDisplay the stderr log of a job instance
qbhistDisplay the history of a job
qbhostsList Worker hosts
qbinterruptForce a job to quit, and requeue immediately in a pending state
qbjobsList jobs
qbkillKill jobs
qblockLock available job slots on a Worker
qbmigrateForce a job to release its host and move to another
qbmodifyModify jobs in the queue
qboutDisplay the stdout log of a job instance
qbremoveRemove jobs from the queue
qbrequeueMoves a job into the blocked state after a job has completed
qbresumeResume a suspended job
qbretireAsk a job instance to release its host, and then go prematurely to "complete" state
qbretryMoves a job from a "done" (complete/failed/killed) status back to pending
qbshoveForce the Supervisor to re-evaluate a job immediately
qbsubSubmit a cmdline or cmdrange job
qbsummaryDisplay queue summary
qbsuspendSuspend a process upon the host which the job is running on
qbtopMove a job to the top of its priority level
qbunblockMove a job from a blocked state into the pending state
qbunlockUnlock available job slots on a Qube! Worker

Administration-level commands

CommandDescription
qbadminAdministrative command used to control qube
qbconfigfileParse a config file and display results
qbhashGenerate and display the hashed string for a given password
qbjoborderList jobs scheduled to run on a Worker host
qbloginWindows passwords management
qbupdateresourceInform the supervisor of license usage counts from external license managers
qbusersModifies the permissions for an individual user