LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Create a Job Array
490 Administering Platform LSF
Syntax
The bsub syntax used to create a job array follows:
bsub -J "arrayName[indexList, ...]" myJob
Where:
-J "arrayName[indexList, ...]"
Names and creates the job array. The square brackets, [ ], around indexList must
be entered exactly as shown and the job array name specification must be enclosed
in quotes. Commas (,) are used to separate multiple
indexList entries. The
maximum length of this specification is 255 characters.
arrayName
User specified string used to identify the job array. Valid values are any combination
of the following characters:
a-z | A-Z | 0-9 | . | - | _
indexList = start[-end[:step]]
Specifies the size and dimension of the job array, where:
start: Specifies the start of a range of indices. Can also be used to specify an
individual index. Valid values are unique positive integers. For example,
[1-5] and
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] specify 5 jobs with indices 1 through 5.
end: Specifies the end of a range of indices. Valid values are unique positive
integers.
step: Specifies the value to increment the indices in a range. Indices begin at start,
increment by the value of
step, and do not increment past the value of end. The
default value is 1. Valid values are positive integers. For example,
[1-10:2] specifies
a range of 1-10 with step value 2 creating indices 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.
After the job array is created (submitted), individual jobs are referenced using the
job array name or job ID and an index value. For example, both of the following
series of job array statements refer to jobs submitted from a job array named
myArray which is made up of 1000 jobs and has a job ID of 123:
myArray[1], myArray[2], myArray[3], ..., myArray[1000]
123[1], 123[2], 123[3], ..., 123[1000]
Change the maximum size of a job array
A large job array allows a user to submit a large number of jobs to the system with
a single job submission.