LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Job Array Job Slot Limit
498 Administering Platform LSF
Setting a job array job slot limit
Set a job array slot
limit at submission
1 Use the bsub command to set a job slot limit at the time of submission.
To set a job array job slot limit of 100 jobs for a job array of 1000 jobs:
bsub -J "job_array_name[1000]%100" myJob
Set a job array slot
limit after
submission
1 Use the bmod command to set a job slot limit after submission.
For example, to set a job array job slot limit of 100 jobs for an array with job ID
123:
bmod -J "%100" 123
Change a job array job slot limit
Changing a job array job slot limit is the same as setting it after submission.
1 Use the bmod command to change a job slot limit after submission.
For example, to change a job array job slot limit to 250 for a job array with job
ID 123:
bmod -J "%250" 123
View a job array job slot limit
1 To view job array job slot limits use the -A and -l options of bjobs. The job
array job slot limit is displayed in the Job Name field in the same format in
which it was set.
For example, the following output displays the job array job slot limit of 100 for
a job array with job ID 123:
bjobs -A -l 123
Job <123>, Job Name <myArray[1-1000]%100>, User <user1>, Project <default>, Sta
tus <PEND>, Queue <normal>, Job Priority <20>, Command <my
Job>
Wed Feb 29 12:34:56: Submitted from host <hostA>, CWD <$HOME>;
COUNTERS:
NJOBS PEND DONE RUN EXIT SSUSP USUSP PSUSP
10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0