LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 693

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Error and Event Logging

Contents

◆ System Directories and Log Files on page 693

◆ Managing Error Logs on page 694

◆ System Event Log on page 695

◆ Duplicate Logging of Event Logs on page 696

◆ LSF Job Termination Reason Logging on page 697

System Directories and Log Files

LSF uses directories for temporary work files, log files and transaction files and

spooling.

LSF keeps track of all jobs in the system by maintaining a transaction log in the

work subtree. The LSF log files are found in the directory

LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/logdir.

The following files maintain the state of the LSF system:

lsb.events

LSF uses the lsb.events file to keep track of the state of all jobs. Each job is a

transaction from job submission to job completion. LSF system keeps track of

everything associated with the job in the

lsb.events file.

lsb.events.n

The events file is automatically trimmed and old job events are stored in

lsb.event.n files. When mbatchd starts, it refers only to the lsb.events file, not

the

lsb.events.n files. The bhist command can refer to these files.

Job script files in the info directory

When a user issues a bsub command from a shell prompt, LSF collects all of the

commands issued on the bsub line and spools the data to

mbatchd, which saves the

bsub command script in the info directory (or in one of its subdirectories if