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In article <29OCT199213560660@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov>, faucett@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov (John Faucett) writes:
>In article <$?91H*fxha@atlantis.psu.edu>, ASM@snowyt.me.psu.edu
>(Aravind Melligeri) writes...
>
>#I want to limit the number of batch jobs per user basis in particluar queue
>#in a vax cluster. I have put the limit on maximum jobs at any given time in 
>#a queue. Now i want to put a limit the number per queue on user basis. 
>#is it possible?.
>
>We do this by having a batch job run every once in a while that
>changes the submit priorities of pending jobs.  In a nutshell,
>if a user has more than the allowed number of jobs, the extra
>jobs get a lower priority than any other user's jobs.  This
>works for one queue or for a set of queues.

We go a little further.  I basically modified the DECUS utility QUEMON (sorry,
I can't give the needed acknowledgement, I'm at home and can't remember the
original author).  It runs as a detached process that looks at and re-arranges
batch queues on a regular basis.
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