Contents

Audience

LSF Suite 3.2

Related Documents

Technical Assistance

LSF Product Suite and Architecture

LSF Base System

Application and LSF Base Interactions

LSF Batch System

LSF JobScheduler System

LSF API Services

LSF Base API Services

LSF Batch API Services

Getting Started with LSF Programming

lsf.conf File

LSF Header Files

Linking Applications with LSF APIs

Error Handling

Example Applications

Example Application using LSLIB

Example Application using LSBLIB

Authentication

Getting Configuration Information

Getting General Cluster Configuration Information

Getting Host Configuration Information

Handling Default Resource Requirements

Getting Dynamic Load Information

Getting Dynamic Host-Based Resource Information

Getting Dynamic Shared Resource Information

Making a Placement Decision

Getting Task Resource Requirements

Using Remote Execution Services

Remote Execution Mechanisms

Initializing an Application for Remote Execution

Running a Task Remotely

Initializing LSF Batch Applications

Getting Information about LSF Batch Queues

Getting Information about LSF Batch Hosts

Job Submission and Modification

Getting Information about Batch Jobs

LSF Batch Job ID

Job Manipulation

Sending a Signal To a Job

Switching a Job To a Different Queue

Forcing a Job to Run

Processing LSF Batch Log Files

Getting Load Information on Selected Load Indices

Getting a List of All Load Index Names

Displaying Selected Load Indices

Writing a Parallel Application

ls_rtask() Function

Running Tasks on Many Machines

Finding out Why the Job Is Still Pending

Reading lsf.conf Parameters

Signal Handling in Windows NT

Job Control in a Windowed Application

Job Control in a Console Application

LSLIB Functions

Cluster Configuration Information

Load Information and Placement Advice

Task List Manipulation

Remote Execution and Task Control

Remote File Operation

Administration Operation

Error Handling

Miscellaneous

LSBLIB Functions

Initialization

LSF Batch System Information

Job Manipulation

Job Information

Event File Processing

LSF Batch Administration

Calendar Manipulation

Error Handling