Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

Administering Platform LSF
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Job Arrays
LSF provides a structure called a job array that allows a sequence of jobs that share the
same executable and resource requirements, but have different input files, to be
submitted, controlled, and monitored as a single unit. Using the standard LSF
commands, you can also control and monitor individual jobs and groups of jobs
submitted from a job array.
After the job array is submitted, LSF independently schedules and dispatches the
individual jobs. Each job submitted from a job array shares the same job ID as the job
array and are uniquely referenced using an array index. The dimension and structure of
a job array is defined when the job array is created.
Contents
◆ “Creating a Job Array” on page 416
◆ “Handling Input and Output Files” on page 418
◆ “Job Array Dependencies” on page 421
◆ “Monitoring Job Arrays” on page 422
◆ “Controlling Job Arrays” on page 424
◆ “Requeuing a Job Array” on page 425
◆ “Job Array Job Slot Limit” on page 426