Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

Chapter 3
Working with Your Cluster
Administering Platform LSF
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Cluster Administrators
Primary cluster
administrator
Required. The first cluster administrator, specified during installation. The primary LSF
administrator account owns the configuration and log files. The primary LSF
administrator has permission to perform clusterwide operations, change configuration
files, reconfigure the cluster, and control jobs submitted by all users.
Cluster
administrators
Optional. May be configured during or after installation.
Cluster administrators can perform administrative operations on all jobs and queues in
the cluster. Cluster administrators have the same cluster-wide operational privileges as
the primary LSF administrator except that they do not have permission to change LSF
configuration files.
Adding cluster administrators
1
In the ClusterAdmins section of lsf.cluster.cluster_name, specify
the list of cluster administrators following ADMINISTRATORS, separated by
spaces. The first administrator in the list is the primary LSF administrator. All others
are cluster administrators. You can specify user names and group names. For
example:
Begin ClusterAdmins
ADMINISTRATORS = lsfadmin admin1 admin2
End ClusterAdmins
2
Save your changes.
3
Run lsadmin reconfig to reconfigure LIM.
4
Run badmin mbdrestart to restart mbatchd.