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Spectrum LSF

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Include "All" file types as default file types while file selection in Spectrum application Centre (10.2.0.12) - Reference Case TS011445497

Include "All" file types as default file types while file selection in Spectrum application Centre (10.2.0.12) - Reference Case TS011445497
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / End User UI/Applicaton Center 1 Not under consideration

Add Additional "stats" Table Metrics

For operations and KPI management, having some additional metrics in the various stats tables is important. For our use here, it would be helpful to have the following metrics: Pend Time Metrics: (eligible based upon job class not LSF setting)* av...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 1 Not under consideration

Improving job status problem due to defunct process

Sometimes, defunct can occur in job processes for a variety of reasons. For example, 29460 below is one of the processes of some job. ps -ef | grep bg92 bg92.pa+ 29460 1 1 2022 ? 08:03:02 [Novas] <defunct> And if a defunct process occurs, L...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 2 Not under consideration

When Exporting Jobs Records Do Not Sort Them

Sorting the job records adds quite a bit of overhead to the export process.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 1 Not under consideration

IBM PAC enhancements

In Input file selection field of IBM PAC job submission template, the file browser window defaults to a very small size. Could the file browser window automatically maximize? Small window doesn't display long file names completely
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / End User UI/Applicaton Center 2 Future consideration

LSF should support output/error file path that exists only in a container

As of now LSF cannot handle a scenario where the output/error file path exists only in the container and does not exist on the underlying host where the container is running .For example:bsub -o <path_in_container_only> --app <my_bapp>...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Not under consideration

blaunch to handle resized jobs

In a dynamic cluster cloud environment, blaunch cannot handle resizing of the jobs. We are requesting for the addition and deletion of hosts from an LSF cluster with blaunch able to handle the network IO and exit with the return code from the job'...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Cloud Bursting 1 Not under consideration

Allow user to sumit a job that that can override auto-attach and have a null SLA

Some users jobs are normally auto-attached, but there are times when they actually wish for those jobs to not be assigned to an SLA. Make this possible.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration

Resource connector provider configuration file ( such as cyclecloudprov_config.json) should have encrypted passwords/credentials

Security leak will be avioded. Clear text password are risky to put;.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Cloud Bursting 0 Future consideration

Get available VM count value from cyclecloud provider for resource connector templates using badmin rc view -c templates command

It would be useful if quota from the Azure backend is completely used, LSF admins can easily check if VMs are available in the quota from Azure.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration