Control jobs in job groups

Stop jobs (bstop)

Procedure

  1. To suspend jobs in a job group, run bstop -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bstop -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being stopped
  2. To suspend all jobs in a job group, use job ID 0 (zero).
    bstop -g /risk_group/consolidate 0
    Job <107> is being stopped 
    Job <108> is being stopped
    Job <109> is being stopped

Resume jobs (bresume)

Procedure

  1. To resume suspended jobs in a job group, run bresume -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bresume -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being resumed
  2. To resume all jobs in a job group, use job ID 0 (zero).
    bresume -g /risk_group 0 
    Job <109> is being resumed 
    Job <110> is being resumed 
    Job <112> is being resumed

Terminate jobs (bkill)

About this task

The command bkill only kills jobs in the job group you specify. It does not kill jobs in lower level job groups in the path.

Procedure

  1. To terminate jobs in a job group, run bkill -g and specify a job group path.
    For example:
    bkill -g /risk_group 106
    Job <106> is being terminated
  2. To terminate all jobs in a job group, run job ID 0 (zero).
    bkill -g /risk_group 0 
    Job <1413> is being terminated 
    Job <1414> is being terminated 
    Job <1415> is being terminated 
    Job <1416> is being terminated

Delete job groups (bgdel)

Before you begin

The job group cannot contain any jobs.

Procedure

To remove a job group, run bgdel.
For example:
bgdel /risk_group
Job group /risk_group is deleted.

The job group /risk_group and all its subgroups are deleted.