1.1. Overview of Running Fluent Jobs with PBS Professional

For more information, see the following sections:

 

1.1.1. Requirements

  • Standard

    • The versions of PBS Professional that are supported with Fluent are listed with the other supported job schedulers and queuing systems posted on the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.

    • Fluent 2024 R2

      Important:  Running Fluent under PBS Professional is not supported on Windows.

  • Optional

    • Checkpoint restart scripts must be obtained/written to use the checkpoint restart functionality

 

1.1.2. Fluent and PBS Professional Communication

  • PBS Professional has the ability to send signals to the Fluent processes inside a PBS Professional job.

  • Dynamic resource functionality provides a way to monitor the availability of software licenses. Refer to the PBS Professional Administrators Guide for more information on creating custom resources.