LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Default
n
USERS
Syntax
USERS=all [~user_name ...] [~user_group ...] | [user_name ...] [user_group [~user_group ...] ...]
Description
A space-separated list of user names or user groups that can submit jobs to the queue. Use the
reserved word all to specify all LSF users. LSF cluster administrators are automatically included
in the list of users, so LSF cluster administrators can submit jobs to this queue, or switch any
user’s jobs into this queue, even if they are not listed.
If user groups are specified, each user in the group can submit jobs to this queue. If
FAIRSHARE is also defined in this queue, only users defined by both parameters can submit
jobs, so LSF administrators cannot use the queue if they are not included in the share
assignments.
User names must be valid login names. To specify a Windows user account, include the domain
name in uppercase letters (DOMAIN_NAME\user_name).
User group names can be LSF user groups or UNIX and Windows user groups. To specify a
Windows user group, include the domain name in uppercase letters (DOMAIN_NAME
\user_group).
Use the keyword all to specify all users or user groups in a cluster.
Use the not operator (~) to exclude users from the all specification or from user groups. This
is useful if you have a large number of users but only want to exclude a few users or groups
from the queue definition.
The not operator can only be used with the all keyword or to exclude users from user groups.
Caution:
The not operator does not exclude LSF administrators from the
queue definintion.
Default
all (all users can submit jobs to the queue)
Examples
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USERS=user1 user2
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USERS=all ~user1 ~user2
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USERS=all ~ugroup1
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USERS=groupA ~user3 ~user4
Automatic time-based configuration
Variable configuration is used to automatically change LSF configuration based on time
windows. You define automatic configuration changes in lsb.queues by using if-else
lsb.queues
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