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Operations/RTM

Compute node health in LSF ResourceMap

We would like to see the compute node health in ResourceMap as below. root@bsubexit1 conf]# bhosts -R "health==ok" HOST_NAME STATUS JL/U MAX NJOBS RUN SSUSP USUSP RSV bsubexit1 ok - 4 0 0 0 0 0 [root@bsubexit1 conf]# lsload -R "health==ok" HOST_NA...
9 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Submitted

One "blimits -w -u <username>" somehow calling other query commands: bparams and bhosts. One such query generates about 25 - 35 MB payload for cluster with high host count (thousands). Request to enhance blimits so that it does not call other query commands like bhosts to reduce overall load on query payload..

Significantly reduce query payload and load on mbatchd
18 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Submitted

Update gridqueues to modify the member hosts bye the select[] clause at the queue level.

The gathering of hosts for the queue level only looks at the HOSTS section, but for customers who use a SELECT[] clause to reduce the queue list the graphs are less meaningful. It's better to reduce the set by passing the RESREQ to the options whe...
about 2 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Future consideration

Implement support for Kerberos Cache Manager

sssd deployed on rhel defaults to using the Kerberos Cache Manager to store kerberos tickets/tgts. I would be nice to not have to alter the default configuration on rhel 9 and newer. kcm from what i have read should also be more secure.
about 2 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Under review

Job query LSF API should have a filter to control number of finished jobs returned by mbatchd in order to shorten runtime of RTM gridjobs poller

RTM gridjobs poller queries LSF for job information periodically. LSF CLEAN_PERIOD is set to 6hr, 12hr, 24hr for different clusters in Microsoft, number of finished jobs in mbatchd memory ranges from 200K to 1M. gridjobs parses finished jobs info ...
5 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Planned for future release

add 'default account name' field for a user to store account used for LSF jobs submission & Licenses.

Hello, in current RTM version (v10.2.0.14), it's not possible to define a default account name (used to submit LSF jobs) per RTM user. Is it possible to add such field in the user record to ease the end-user usage. is it also possible, like for em...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Future consideration

Support combination of MIG and DCGM in GPUs with LSF

I got confirmation from dev team. Unfortunately, the combination of MIG and DCGM is not supported yet. So, for now, you cannot get job GPU information if MIG is enabled. You can raise an RFE on this matter so we can keep track of the request.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM

Allow removal of a host from an advance reservation while reservation jobs are running on the host

Currently a host needs to be completely empty of reservation jobs before it can be removed from the advance reservation using the "brsvmod rmhost" command. Given how an "open" reservation will not terminate jobs once the relevant reservation is ex...
about 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Future consideration

Convert lsfpollerd, licpollerd, and advocate to system managed service with Restart set to always

SysV init.d scripts are rather old, and do not support the monitoring and restart capabilities in systemd. So, convert these init.d scripts to systemd support and add the Restart option so that admins are comfortable knowing that the operating sys...
7 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM

Make it possible to have a backup directory other than /tmp

In some cases, /tmp is not large enough to hold RTM backups. We need an alternate path, in NFS even to store as the temporary backup location for the RTM database backup.
8 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM Future consideration