Platform LSF Running Jobs Version 6.2

Chapter 2

Working with Jobs

Running Jobs with Platform LSF

Submitting a job with different levels of host preference

You can indicate different levels of preference by specifying a number after the plus sign

(+). The larger the number, the higher the preference for that host or host group. You

can also specify the

+ with the keyword others.

For example:

% bsub -m "groupA+2 groupB+1 groupC" myjob

In this example, LSF gives first preference to hosts in groupA, second preference to

hosts in

groupB and last preference to those in groupC. Ordering within a group is still

determined by load.

You can use the

bmgroup command to display configured host groups.

Submitting a job with resource requirements

To submit a job which will run on Solaris 7 or Solaris 8:

% bsub -R "sol7 || sol8" myjob

When you submit a job, you can also exclude a host by specifying a resource requirement

using

hname resource:

% bsub -R "hname!=hostb && type==sgi6" myjob