Platform LSF Administrator's Primer Version 6.2

About This Guide
Platform LSF Administrator’s Primer
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About This Guide
Last update
December 20 2005
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Purpose of this guide
This guide is your starting point for learning how to manage and use your new cluster
running the Platform LSF
®
software (“LSF”). It provides an overview of LSF concepts,
basic commands to test your new cluster, how to run applications through LSF, LSF
licensing, and some troubleshooting tips.
Who should use this guide
This guide is written for new Platform LSF cluster administrators who want to
familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of managing and using an LSF cluster
running on UNIX systems.
What you should already know
This guide assumes you have already followed the installation procedure described in
Installing Platform LSF on UNIX and Linux, and performed the the steps for host
setup in the lsf_getting_started.html file generated by lsfinstall.
To understand and use LSF, you should be familiar with common UNIX system
administration tasks such as creating user accounts, sharing and mounting Network File
System (NFS) partitions, and backing up the system
How to find out more
To learn more about LSF:
◆ See Administering Platform LSF for detailed information about LSF concepts and
tasks.
◆ See the Platform LSF Reference for detailed information about LSF commands,
files, and configuration parameters.
◆ See “Learn About Platform LSF” on page 8 for additional resources.
Typographical conventions
Command notation
Typeface Meaning Example
Courier The names of on-screen computer output, commands, files, and
directories
The lsid command
Bold Courier What you type, exactly as shown Type cd /bin
Italics
◆ Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized
◆ Command-line place holders—replace with a real name or value
The queue specified by
queue_name
Bold Sans Serif
◆ Names of GUI elements that you manipulate
Click
OK
Notation Meaning Example
Quotes " or ' Must be entered exactly as shown "job_ID[index_list]"
Commas , Must be entered exactly as shown -C time0,time1