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- Audience
- Organization
- Related Documents
- Technical Assistance
- LSF Packaging and Licensing
- System Requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Disk Space Requirements
- Obtaining a Software License
- Choosing Hosts for the Cluster
- LSF Client and Server Hosts
- Planning the Installation
- Choose Components
- Mixed Clusters
- Naming the LSF Cluster
- Choosing the Primary LSF Administrator
- Choosing the Installation Directories
- Directory Structure for Mixed
Clusters
- Directory Structure
- Backing Up the System Disk
- Overview
- Privileges Needed for Installation
- Reading the Distribution Medium
- Loading LSF From a Tape
- Uncompressing a Compressed Tar
File
- Getting a License Key
- Exporting the /usr/local/lsf/mnt
Directory
- Installing LSF with lsfsetup
- Installing the First Host Type
- Installing Each Additional Host
Type
- Additional Steps on Each LSF Server
Host
- Installing on AFS
- Installing the LSF AFS Distribution
- AFS Token Encryption
- AFS Token Renewal Kit
- Installing on DCE/DFS
- Installing the LSF DCE Distribution
- Credential Encryption
- Upgrading From a Previous Version
- Registering LSF Service Ports
- NIS Services Database
- Configuring Services in lsf.conf
- Registering NQS Service
- Starting LSF Servers at Boot Time
- Licensing the Different LSF Components
- Getting License Key Information
- Setting Up the License Key
- Installing a DEMO License
- Installing a New Permanent License
- Starting the License Server Daemons
at Boot Time
- Adding a Permanent License
- Initial Configuration
- Setting Up LSF Client Hosts
- Checking the LSF Configuration
- Testing the LSF Cluster
- Testing LIM
- Testing RES
- Testing LSF Batch
- Configuring LSF MultiCluster
- Configuring LSF JobScheduler
- Providing LSF to Users
- Using xlsadmin
- Definitions
- LSF Product Suite
- Jobs, Tasks, and Commands
- Hosts, Machines, and Computers
- Clusters
- Local and Remote Hosts
- Submission, Master, and Execution Hosts
- Fault Tolerance
- Shared Directories and Files
- Shared User Directories
- Executables and the PATH Environment
Variable
- Using LSF without Shared File Systems
- Resource Requirements
- Host Naming
- Hosts with Multiple Addresses
- Remote Execution Control
- User Authentication Methods
- Authentication using Privileged Ports
- Authentication using Identification
Daemons
- External Authentication
- Security of LSF Authentication
- How LSF Chooses Authentication Methods
- Remote Execution Permission
- User Account Mapping
- Job Starter
- Load Sharing with LSF Base
- Time Windows
- How LSF Batch Schedules Jobs
- Job States
- Eligible Hosts
- Dispatch Windows
- Run Windows
- Resource Requirements
- Host Lists
- Host Load Levels
- Order of Job Dispatching
- Job Slot Limits
- User Job Slot Limits
- Host Job Slot Limits
- Queue Job Slot Limits
- Resource Limits and Resource Usage
- Scheduling Policy
- Suspending Jobs
- Resuming Suspended Jobs
- User Suspended Jobs
- Interactive Batch Job Support
- Pre- and Post-execution Commands
- Checkpointing and Migration
- Job Migration
- Job Control Actions
- Resource Reservation
- Processor Reservation
- Remote File Access
- Job Requeue
- External Submission and Execution
Executables
- External Events and eeventd
- External Load Indices and ELIM
- Managing Error Logs
- LSF Daemon Error Log
- FLEXlm Log
- Controlling LIM and RES Daemons
- Checking Host Status
- Restarting LIM and RES
- Remote Startup of LIM and RES
- Shutting down LIM and RES
- Locking and Unlocking Hosts
- Managing LSF Configuration
- Overview of LSF Configuration Files
- Configuration File Formats
- Example Configuration Files
- Changing LIM Configuration
- Reconfiguring an LSF Cluster
- External Load Indices
- Writing an External LIM
- Configuring External Load Indices
- Overriding Built-In Load Indices
- LIM Policies
- Tuning CPU Factors
- Tuning LIM Load Thresholds
- Cluster Monitoring with LSF
- LSF License Management
- How FLEXlm Works
- Updating an LSF License
- Changing the FLEXlm Server TCP Port
- Modifying LSF Components and Licensing
- Managing LSF Batch Logs
- LSF Batch Accounting Log
- LSF Batch Event Log
- Controlling LSF Batch Servers
- LSF Batch System Status
- Remote Start-up of sbatchd
- Restarting sbatchd
- Shutting Down LSF Batch Daemons
- Opening and Closing of Batch
Server Hosts
- Controlling LSF Batch Queues
- bqueues - Queue Status
- Opening and Closing Queues
- Activating and Inactivating
Queues
- Managing LSF Batch Configuration
- Adding a Batch Server Host
- Removing a Batch Server Host
- Adding a Batch Queue
- Removing a Batch Queue
- Controlling LSF Batch Jobs
- Moving Jobs - bswitch,
btop, and bbot
- Signalling Jobs - bstop,
bresume, and bkill
- Tuning LSF Batch
- Controlling Interference via
Load Conditions
- Understanding Suspended Jobs
- Controlling Fairshare
- Dispatch and Run Windows
- Controlling Job Slot Limits
- Resource Reservation
- Processor Reservation
- Controlling Job Execution Environment
- Understanding Job Execution
Environment
- NICE Value
- Resource Limits
- Pre-execution and Post-execution
commands
- Using A Job Starter
- Using Licensed Software with
LSF Batch
- Host Locked Licenses
- Host Locked Counted Licenses
- Floating Licenses
- Example LSF Batch Configuration
Files
- Example Queues
- Example lsb.hosts file
- Managing LSF Cluster Using xlsadmin
- System Calendars
- External Event Management
- The EEVENTD Protocol
- File Event Handling
- What is LSF MultiCluster?
- Creating a New Cluster
- The lsf.shared File
- The lsf.cluster.cluster
File
- Root Access
- LSF Batch Configuration
- Inter-cluster Load and Host Information
Sharing
- Running Interactive Jobs on Remote
Clusters
- Distributing Batch Jobs across
Clusters
- Account Mapping Between Clusters
- User Level Account Mapping
- The lsf.conf File
- The lsf.shared File
- Clusters
- Host Types
- Host Models
- Resources
- External Load Indices
- The lsf.cluster.cluster
File
- Parameters
- LSF Administrators
- Hosts
- The lsf.task and lsf.task.cluster
Files
- Local Tasks
- Remote Tasks
- The hosts File
- The lsf.sudoers File
- The lsb.params File
- Parameters
- Handling Cray NQS Incompatibilities
- The lsb.users File
- UNIX User Groups
- LSF Batch User Groups
- User and Group Job Slot Limits
- The lsb.hosts File
- Host Section
- Host Groups
- Host Partitions
- The lsb.queues File
- General Parameters
- Processor Reservation for
Parallel Jobs
- Flexible Expressions for
Queue Scheduling
- Load Thresholds
- Resource Limits
- Eligible Hosts and Users
- Scheduling Policy
- Migration
- Queue-Level Pre-/Post-Execution
Commands
- Job Starter
- Configurable Job Control
Actions
- Automatic Job Requeue
- Exclusive Job Requeue
- Default Host Specification
for CPU Speed Scaling
- NQS Forward Queues
- The lsb.nqsmaps File
- Hosts
- Users
- Error Log Messages
- Finding the Error Logs
- Shared File Access
- Common LSF Problems
- LIM Dies Quietly
- LIM Unavailable
- RES Does Not Start
- User Permission Denied
- Non-uniform File Name Space
- Common LSF Batch Problems
- Batch Daemons Die Quietly
- sbatchd Starts But mbatchd
Does Not
- sbatchd: unknown service
- Host Not Used By LSF Batch
- Error Messages
- General Errors
- Configuration Errors
- LIM Messages
- RES Messages
- LSF Batch Messages
- Install for the First Time
- Getting License Key Information
- Installing a Permanent License
- Setting Up a Host
- IRIX 6 Processor Sets
- Time-Based Processor Allocation
- User-Based Processor Allocation
- Other Situations
- IBM SP-2 Support
- Support for HP Exemplar Technical Servers
- Adding Load Indices Definitions
- Adding Queue Definitions
- Configuring NQS Interoperation
- Registering LSF with NQS
- lsb.nqsmaps
- Configuring Queues for NQS jobs
- Handling Cray NQS Incompatibilities
- Support for Atria ClearCase
- Requirements
- Recommended
- Features and Limitations
- Installation
- Starting LSF Service
- License Management
- Demo License
- Permanent License
- Mail
- Environment Variable Handling
- Windows NT 4.0
- Security Issues
- Heterogeneous NT/UNIX Environments
- Differences between LSF for UNIX
and NT
- Miscellaneous
- Windows NT and Additional Unix Platform
Support
- Interactive Jobs with Batch Scheduling
Control
- Job Level Resource Usage
- Enhanced Resource Limit Control
- Resource Reservation
- Processor Reservation For Parallel
Jobs
- Flexible Expressions for Queue Scheduling
- Host Preferences
- Generalized Checkpointing Support
- Job Starter
- Configurable Job Control Actions
- Unlimited Number of Load Indices
and Resources
- Enhanced Preemptive Scheduling
- Per-Host Job Slot Limit of a Queue
- Remote Startup
- Exclusive Job Requeue
- LSF MultiCluster
- File Status Events
- External Events
- System Calendars
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