Platform LSF Running Jobs Version 6.2

About This Guide
Running Jobs with Platform LSF
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About This Guide
This guide introduces the basic concepts of the Platform LSF
®
software (“LSF”) and
describes how to use your LSF installation to run and monitor jobs.
September 30 2005
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Who should use this guide
This guide is intended for LSF users and administrators who want to understand the
fundamentals of Platform LSF operation and use. This guide assumes that you have
access to one or more Platform LSF products at your site.
Administrators and users who want more in-depth understanding of advanced details of
LSF operation should read Administering Platform LSF.
How to find out more
To learn more about LSF:
◆ See Administering Platform LSF for detailed information about LSF configuration
and tasks.
◆ See the Platform LSF Reference for information about LSF commands, files, and
configuration parameters.
◆ See “Learn About Platform Products” for additional resources.
How this guide is organized
Chapter 1
“About Platform LSFs-Clusterware” introduces the basic terms and concepts of LSF
and summarizes the job life cycle.
Chapter 2
“Working with Jobs” discusses the commands for performing operations on jobs such
as submitting jobs and specifying queues, hosts, job names, projects and user groups.
It also provides instructions for modifying jobs that have already been submitted,
suspending and resuming jobs, moving jobs from one queue to another, sending signals
to jobs, and forcing job execution.
You must have a working LSF cluster installed to use the commands described in this
chapter.
Chapter 3
“Viewing Information About Jobs” discusses the commands for displaying information
about clusters, resources, users, queues, jobs, and hosts.
You must have a working LSF cluster installed to use the commands described in this
chapter.