Helix/Slurm

1 General information about Slurm

The bwForCluster Helix uses Slurm as batch system.

• Slurm documentation: https://slurm.schedmd.com/documentation.html
• Slurm cheat sheet: https://slurm.schedmd.com/pdfs/summary.pdf
• Slurm tutorials: https://slurm.schedmd.com/tutorials.html

2 Slurm Command Overview

Slurm commands	Brief explanation
sbatch	Submits a job and queues it in an input queue
squeue	Displays information about active, eligible, blocked, and/or recently completed jobs
scontrol	Displays detailed job state information
scancel	Cancels a job