# Node-level resource not taking effect **URL:** \ **Category:** Users/Site Administrators\ **Created:** [May 21, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/node-level-resource-not-taking-effect/998 "2018-05-21T12:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/node-level-resource-not-taking-effect/998/3 "2018-05-21T14:41:50Z")
FYI: > [@Force PBS job to stay in queue until conditions are met](http://community.openpbs.org/t/force-pbs-job-to-stay-in-queue-until-conditions-are-met/760/6): > > A few things first: I would suggest not using the -lnodes format of requesting a job. This is a very old selection format that has not been used in about 10 years. Use the new select/place format. It is much more robust. The conversion of -lnodes=1:ppn=8 is -lselect=1:ncpus=8 -lplace=scatter. Following that, the flag=h on the resource means that the resource only belongs in the select statement. This is incompatible with a server\_dyn\_res. A server\_dyn\_res should have no flags. It’s for … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openpbs.org/t/node-level-resource-not-taking-effect/998)._