LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Description

Applies only to interactive batch jobs.

Time interval at which NIOS polls mbatchd to check if a job is still running. Used to retrieve

a job’s exit status in the case of an abnormal exit of NIOS, due to a network failure for example.

Use this parameter if you run interactive jobs and you have scripts that depend on an exit code

being returned.

When this parameter is not defined and a network connection is lost, mbatchd cannot

communicate with NIOS and the return code of a job is not retrieved.

When this parameter is defined, before exiting, NIOS polls mbatchd on the interval defined

by LSF_NIOS_JOBSTATUS_INTERVAL to check if a job is still running. NIOS continues to

poll mbatchd until it receives an exit code or mbatchd responds that the job does not exist (if

the job has already been cleaned from memory for example).

If an exit code cannot be retrieved, NIOS generates an error message and the code -11.

Valid Values

Any integer greater than zero

Default

Not defined

Notes

Set this parameter to large intervals such as 15 minutes or more so that performance is not

negatively affected if interactive jobs are pending for too long. NIOS always calls mbatchd on

the defined interval to confirm that a job is still pending and this may add load to mbatchd.