Platform LSF Quick Reference Card Version 6.2

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Sample UNIX installation directories

Daemon error log files

Daemon error log files are stored in the directory defined by LSF_LOGDIR in lsf.conf.

Configuration files

lsf.conf, lsf.shared, and lsf.cluster.cluster_name are located in LSF_CONFDIR.

lsb.params, lsb.queues, lsb.modules, and lsb.resources are located in LSB_CONFDIR/

cluster_name/configdir/.

Cluster configuration parameters (lsf.conf)

Platform LSF

Quick Reference

Version 6.2

Administration and accounting commands

Only LSF administrators or root can use these commands.

Daemons

LSF base system daemon log files LSF batch system daemon log files

lim.log.hostname mbatchd.log.hostname

res.log.hostname sbatchd.log.hostname

pim.log.hostname mbschd.log.hostname

File Description

install.config Options for Platform LSF installation and configuration

lsf.conf Generic environment configuration file describing the

configuration and operation of the cluster

lsf.shared Definition file shared by all clusters. Used to define cluster

name, host types, host models and site-defined resources

lsf.cluster.cluster_name Cluster configuration files used to define hosts, administrators,

and locality of site-defined shared resources

lsf.licensescheduler Configures Platform LSF License Scheduler

lsb.params Configures LSF batch parameters

lsb.queues Batch queue configuration file

version

cluster_name

LSF_TOP

lsbatch

configdir

cluster_name

lsf_cmdir

lsf_indir

lsb.event.lock

man

aix5-64 sparc-sol7-64

logdir

badmin

bjobs

lsadmin

…

lim

res

sbatchd

…

lib

etcbin

uid

ckpt_crt0.o

libampi.a

…

locale

make.def

make.misc

…

conf_tmpl

misc

examples

instlib

lsfinstall

hostsetup

...

scripts

install

lsf

lsbatch.h

lsf.h

include

1 2

conf

work log

lsb.hosts

lsb.params

lsb.queues

…

license.dat

lsf.cluster.cluster_name

lsf.conf

lsf.shared

lsf.task

cshrc.lsf

profile.lsf

info

LSF_CONFDIR = LSF_ENVDIR

LSB_SHAREDIR

LSF_LOGDIR

LSF_VERSION

LSB_CONFDIR

LSF_MANDIR

Machine-dependent directory

LSF_INCLUDEDIR

LSF_BINDIR

LSF_SERVERDIR

LSF_LIBDIR

LSF_MISC

Key

files

directories

lsb.modules Configures LSF scheduler and resource broker plugin

modules

lsb.resources Configures resource allocation limits, exports, and resource

usage limits

lsb.serviceclasses Defines service-level agreements (SLAs) in an LSF cluster as

service classes, which define the properties of the SLA

lsb.users Configures user groups, hierarchical fairshare for users and

user groups, and job slot limits for users and user groups

Variable Description UNIX Default

LSF_TOP Top-level LSF installation directory, must

be accessible from all hosts in the cluster

/usr/local/lsf

LSF_BINDIR Directory containing LSF user commands,

shared by all hosts of the same type

LSF_TOP/version/

platform/bin

LSF_CONFDIR Directory for all LSF configuration files LSF_TOP/conf

LSF_ENVDIR Directory containing the lsf.conf file, must

be owned by root

/etc (if LSF_CONFDIR

is not defined)

LSF_INCLUDEDIR Directory containing LSF API header files

lsf.h and lsbatch.h

LSF_TOP/version/

include

LSF_LIBDIR LSF libraries, shared by all hosts of the

same type

LSF_TOP/version/

platform/lib

LSF_LOGDIR (Optional) Directory for LSF daemon logs,

must be owned by root

/tmp

LSF_LOG_MASK Specifies the logging level of error

messages from LSF commands

LOG_WARNING

LSF_MANDIR Directory containing LSF man pages LSF_TOP/version/man

LSF_MISC Help files for the LSF GUI tools, sample C

programs and shell scripts, and a template

for an external LIM (elim)

LSF_TOP/version/

misc

LSF_SERVERDIR Directory for all server binaries and shell

scripts, and external executables invoked

by LSF daemons, must be owned by root,

and shared by all hosts of the same type

LSF_TOP/version/

platform/etc

LSB_CONFDIR Directory for LSF Batch configuration

directories, containing user and host lists,

operation parameters, and batch queues

LSF_CONFDIR/

lsbatch

LSB_SHAREDIR Directory for LSF Batch job history and

accounting log files for each cluster, must

be owned by primary LSF administrator

LSF_TOP/work

LSF_LIM_PORT TCP service port used for communication

with lim

6879

LSF_RES_PORT TCP service port used for communication

with res

6878

LSB_MBD_PORT TCP service port used for communication

with mbatchd

6881

LSB_SBD_PORT TCP service port used for communication

with sbatchd

6882

File Description

Command Description

lsacct Displays accounting statistics on finished RES tasks in the LSF system

lsadmin LSF administrative tool to control the operation of the LIM and RES

daemons in an LSF cluster. lsadmin help shows all subcommands.

lsfinstall Install LSF using install.config input file

lsfrestart Restart the LSF daemons on all hosts in the local cluster

lsfshutdown Shut down the LSF daemons on all hosts in the local cluster

lsfstartup Start the LSF daemons on all hosts in the local cluster

bacct Reports accounting statistics on completed LSF jobs

badmin LSF administrative tool to control the operation of the LSF Batch

system including sbatchd, mbatchd, hosts and queues. badmin help

shows all subcommands.

bladmin reconfigures the Platform LSF License Scheduler daemon (bld)

brun Forces LSF to run a submitted, pending job immediately on a specified

host

brsvadd Creates an advance reservation

brsvdel Deletes an advance reservation

Executable Name Description

lim Load Information Manager (LIM)—collects load and resource

information about all server hosts in the cluster and provides host

selection services to applications through LSLIB. LIM maintains

information on static system resources and dynamic load indices.

mbatchd Master Batch Daemon (MBD)—accepts and holds all batch jobs.

MBD periodically checks load indices on all server hosts by

contacting the Master LIM.

mbschd Master Batch Scheduler Daemon— performs the scheduling

functions of LSF and sends job scheduling decisions to MBD for

dispatch. Runs on the LSF master server host.

sbatchd Slave Batch Daemon (SBD)—accepts job execution requests

from MBD, and monitors the progress of jobs. Controls job

execution, enforces batch policies, reports job status to MBD, and

launches MBD.

pim Process Information Manager (PIM)—monitors resources used

by submitted jobs while they are running. PIM is used to enforce

resource limits and load thresholds, and for fairshare scheduling.

res Remote Execution Server (RES)—accepts remote execution

requests from all load sharing applications and handles I/O on the

remote host for load sharing processes.

Summary of content (2 pages)

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Sample UNIX installation directories LSF_TOP 1 conf 3 work 2 lsbatch 5 log cluster_name cluster_name configdir lsb.hosts lsb.params lsb.queues … logdir lsb.event.lock info 6 include aix5-64 7 lsbatch.h lsf.h lsf_cmdir misc license.dat lsf.cluster.cluster_name lsf.conf lsf.shared lsf.task profile.lsf cshrc.lsf sparc-sol7-64 .. 7 . 8 lsf lsf_indir 12 bin 9 etc badmin bjobs lsadmin … 10 lim res sbatchd … conf_tmpl make.def make.misc … install instlib scripts lsfinstall hostsetup ...
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User commands Command Description Option Description Viewing information about your cluster bsub Submits a job -L login_shell bswitch Moves unfinished jobs from one queue to another Initializes the execution environment using the specified login shell btop Moves a pending job relative to the first job in the queue -Lp ls_project_name Assigns the job to the specified License Scheduler project -m "host_name [@cluster_name] [+[pref_level]] | host_group[+[pref_level]] ...