LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 753
Index
description 574
environment variables 574
job submission parameters 578
mandatory method (LSB_ESUB_METHOD) 580
pass data to execution environments 582
esub method (LSB_ESUB_METHOD) 580
/etc/hosts file
example host entries 89
host naming 86
name lookup 87
troubleshooting 706
/etc/hosts.equiv file
host authentication 674
troubleshooting 706
using rcp 691
/etc/services file, adding LSF entries to 84
/etc/syslog.conf file 203
, 695
evaluation license 150
event generation 655
event log archiving, automatic 697
event log replication. See duplicate event logging
event logging, mbatchd restart with
MAX_INFO_DIRS 620
event logs 639
automatic archiving 639
, 697
configuring duplicate logging 697
duplicate logging 697
ego.stream file 639
logging administrator comments
for host open and close 69
for mbatchd restart 52
for queue events 105
lsb.events file 38
lsb.stream file 639
LSF Batch log file in lsb.events file 695
update interval 697
Event Viewer, Windows 655
EVENT_UPDATE_INTERVAL in lsb.params 697
events
custom programs to handle 656
generated by LSF 656
logging 38
example
demo license 153
partial licensing 172
permanent license 154
example.services file 84
examples
/etc/hosts file entries 89
lmstat command 167
exception handling
configuring host exceptions 98
configuring in queues 110
description 39
exception status
for hosts, viewing with bhosts 66
for jobs
viewing with bjobs 118
viewing with bqueues 104
exclusive jobs, requeue 473
exclusive resources host-based resources, exclusive
resources 287
execution
environment 37
forcing for jobs 122
priority 242
execution host, mandatory for parallel jobs 503
exit codes
job success exit values 373
returned by jobs 700
exit dependency condition, relational operators 451
exit job dependency condition 451
EXIT job state
abnormal job termination 116
, 726
pre- and post-execution commands 561
exit rate for jobs 98
, 138
EXIT_RATE, bhosts -l 66
EXIT_RATE parameter in lsb.hosts 98
expiry date (demo) 150
expiry time for mbatchd 668
external
job dependency condition 451
job submission executable (esub) 574
LIM. See ELIM (external LIM)
external resources 234
F
factor grace period, absolute job priority
scheduling 458
factor limit, absolute job priority scheduling 458
factor weight, absolute job priority scheduling 458
FAIRSHARE parameter in lsb.queues 304
fairshare scheduling
absolute job priority scheduling 465
across queues 302
chargeback 324
chunk jobs 487
defining policies that apply to several
queues 302
description 296
dynamic user priority
description 298
formula 299
equal share 325
global 324
hierarchical share tree 308
overview 295
parallel jobs 522