Contents

Audience

LSF Suite 3.2

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Technical Assistance

What is LSF JobScheduler?

Structure of LSF JobScheduler

LSF Cluster

Jobs

Job Groups

Events

Calendars

Exceptions and Alarms

Queues

Inter-job Dependency

Command Set and GUI Tools

Job History

Getting to Know Your Cluster

Displaying the Job Queues

Displaying Host Load and Resource Information

Displaying LSF JobScheduler Server Information

Submitting a Job

Creating a Calendar

Creating a Calendar from the Command Line

Creating a Calendar Using the LSF JobScheduler - Calendar GUI

Displaying Calendars

Displaying Calendars from the Command Line

Displaying Calendars Using the LSF JobScheduler - Calendar GUI

Associating Jobs with Calendars

Associating Jobs with Calendars from the Command Line

Associating Jobs with Calendars Using the LSF JobScheduler - Job Submission GUI

Deleting Jobs

Associating Jobs with Other Jobs

Associating Jobs with File Events

Tracking Jobs

Using LSF JobScheduler GUI Tools

How Are Events Created?

Event Status

Built-in Events

Time Events

Job Events

Job Group Events

Job Exception Events

External Events

File Events

User Events

Viewing Events

Calendars and Time Events

What is a Calendar?

Built-in Calendars and Reserved Names for Calendars

System Calendars

Using the LSF JobScheduler - Calendar GUI

Calendar Expressions and the Command Line Interface

Manipulating Calendars Using the Command Line Interface

Time Events

Introduction to Resources

Load Indices

Static Resources

Shared Resources

Resource Requirement Strings

Selection String

Order String

Resource Usage String

Job Resource Requirement Specification Examples

Configuring Resource Requirements

Remote Task List File

Managing Your Task List

Types of Jobs

Job Attributes

Job Status

Creating a Simple Job

Input and Output

Host Selection

Host Groups

Host Preference

Queue Selection

Specifying the Default Queue

Choosing a Queue

Resource Requirements

Pre-execution Commands

File Transfer

Grouping Jobs

Job Group Status

Creating a Job Group

Submitting a Job under a Job Group

Specifying Dependency Conditions

Time Event Dependency

Inter-job Dependencies

File Event Dependency

Job Exception Event Dependency

User Event Dependency

Combining Dependency Conditions

Synchronizing Dependent Jobs

Other Job Parameters

Number of Processors for Parallel Jobs

Start Time and Termination time

Exclusive Job

Ad-hoc Jobs

Exception Handlers

Viewing Details of a Job or Job Group

Viewing Job History

Peeking at Job Output

Modifying a Job

Modifying a Job Group

Deleting a Job or Job Group

Deleting Jobs

Deleting Job Groups

Delayed Deletion of a Job

Job Controls

Terminating a Job

Terminating a Group of Jobs

Sending Arbitrary Signals to Jobs

Suspending and Resuming Jobs

Forcing a Job to Run

Job Group Control

Managing Schedules of Jobs

System Status Monitoring

Event View

Host View

Queue View

Load View

Exceptions

Exception Handlers

Using Exception Handlers

Handling Failures with Built-in Exception Handlers

Handling Failures with Recovery Jobs

Setting Exception Handlers Using Command Line Interface

Alarms

How Are Alarms Generated

Manipulating Alarms