Checkpoints only jobs submitted by the specified users. The keyword all specifies all users. Ignored if a job ID other than 0 (zero) is specified. To specify a Windows user account, include the domain name in uppercase letters and use a single backslash (DOMAIN_NAME\user_name) in a Windows command line or a double backslash (DOMAIN_NAME\\user_name) in a UNIX command line.

job_ID "job_ID[index_list]"

Checkpoints only the specified jobs.

-hPrints command usage to stderr and exits.

-VPrints LSF release version to stderr and exits.

Examples

bchkpnt 1234

Checkpoints the job with job ID 1234.

bchkpnt -p 120 1234

Enables periodic checkpointing or changes the checkpoint period to 120 minutes (2 hours) for a job with job ID 1234.

bchkpnt -m hostA -k -u all 0

When issued by root or the LSF administrator, checkpoints and kills all checkpointable jobs on hostA. This is useful when a host needs to be shut down or rebooted.

See also

bsub(1), bmod(1), brestart(1), bjobs(1), bqueues(1), bhosts(1), libckpt.a(3), lsb.queues(5), echkpnt(8), erestart(8), mbatchd(8)

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