Delete a job group manually (bgdel)

Procedure

  1. Use the bgdel command to manually remove a job group. The job group cannot contain any jobs.
    bgdel /risk_group
    Job group /risk_group is deleted.

    Deletes the job group /risk_group and all its subgroups.

    Normal users can only delete the empty groups that they own that are specified by the requested job_group_name. These groups can be explicit or implicit.

  2. Run bgdel 0 to delete all empty job groups you own. Theses groups can be explicit or implicit.
  3. LSF administrators can use bgdel -u user_name 0 to delete all empty job groups that are created by specific users. These groups can be explicit or implicit.

    Run bgdel -u all 0 to delete all the users' empty job groups and their sub groups. LSF administrators can delete empty job groups that are created by any user. These groups can be explicit or implicit.

  4. Run bgdel -c job_group_name to delete all empty groups below the requested job_group_name including job_group_name itself.