LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 445

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Dispatch and Run Windows

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◆ Dispatch and Run Windows on page 445

◆ Run Windows on page 445

◆ Dispatch Windows on page 446

Dispatch and Run Windows

Both dispatch and run windows are time windows that control when LSF jobs start

and run.

◆ Dispatch windows can be defined in lsb.hosts. Dispatch and run windows

can be defined in

lsb.queues.

◆ Hosts can only have dispatch windows. Queues can have dispatch windows and

run windows.

◆ Both windows affect job starting; only run windows affect the stopping of jobs.

◆ Dispatch windows define when hosts and queues are active and inactive. It does

not control job submission.

◆ Run windows define when jobs can and cannot run. While a run window is

closed, LSF cannot start any of the jobs placed in the queue, or finish any of the

jobs already running.

◆ When a dispatch window closes, running jobs continue and finish, and no new

jobs can be dispatched to the host or from the queue. When a run window

closes, LSF suspends running jobs, but new jobs can still be submitted to the

queue.

Run Windows

Queues can be configured with a run window, which specifies one or more time

periods during which jobs in the queue are allowed to run. Once a run window is

configured, jobs in the queue cannot run outside of the run window.