LSF Version 7.3 - Running Jobs With Platform LSF

To see available queues, use the bqueues command.
Use
bqueues -u user_name to specify a user or user group so that bqueues
displays only the queues that accept jobs from these users.
The
bqueues -m host_name option allows users to specify a host name or host
group name so that
bqueues displays only the queues that use these hosts to run jobs.
You can submit jobs to a queue as long as its
STATUS is Open. However, jobs are not
dispatched unless the queue is
Active.
The following examples are based on the queues defined in the default configuration.
Your LSF administrator may have configured different queues.
To run a job during off hours because the job generates very high load to both the file
server and the network, you can submit it to the night queue:
bsub -q night
If you have an urgent job to run, you may want to submit it to the priority queue:
bsub -q priority
If you want to use hosts owned by others and you do not want to bother the owners,
you may want to run your low priority jobs on the idle queue so that as soon as the owner
comes back, your jobs get suspended:
bsub -q idle
If you are running small jobs and do not want to wait too long to get the results, you can
submit jobs to the short queue to be dispatched with higher priority:
bsub -q short
If your job requires a specific execution environment, you may need to submit it to a
queue that has a particular job starter defined. LSF administrators are able to specify a
queue-level job starter as part of the queue definition; ask them for the name of the
queue and configuration details.
See Administering Platform LSF for information on queue-level job starters.
Submitting a job associated to a project (bsub -P)
Use the bsub -P project_name option to associate a project name with a job.
Project names are logged in
lsb.acct. You can use the bacct command to gather
accounting information on a per-project basis.
On systems running IRIX 6, before the submitted job begins execution, a new array
session is created and the project ID corresponding to the project name is assigned to
the session.