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Spectrum LSF

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Checkpointing

We need a solution for checkpointing jobs on LSF 10. We have tried Criu, it doesn't work for users (only for root).
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Allow bjobs -o to display the asked host list specified by bsub -m

We need to display the asked host list specified by bsub -m in the bjobs -o output. We need to parse the asked host list for data statistics to improve the utilization of the computing resources.
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Job pend time statistic error

Description: By definition, job pend time should be pre-exec time minus submit time, but the job pend time taken by Explorer is run time minus submit time, which contains pre-execution time.According to the explorer support professional, the job p...
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

Relax GPU affinity while maintaining Core affinity

Prior to the introduction of the LSB_GPU_NEW_SYNTAX=extend it was possible to have jobs using core affinity and be assigned to cores on a cpu that is not directly connected to the gpu that was assigned to the job. After the introduction it will al...
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered

Python-LSF interface for Windows

The currently available Python-LSF interface (based on SWIG) supports Linux, but not Windows.
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

LSF Smart Memory Limit - conditional opt-out

We have implemented the 'Smart Memory Limit' functionality, which 99% of our users like. But there are a few users who relied on the old situation (Hard Memory limit, where jobs were killed when they hit the MEMLIMIT). Can we have a way for users ...
over 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Delivered

Format options for bacct, similar to those for bjobs(Address in 114254)

Similar to how bjobs has -UF and -o , it would be really useful to have the same reporting capabilities for bacct
over 8 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered

RTM External Mailer

We have non domain email addresses such [Deleted] gmail accounts that need to receive emails about idle jobs etc. LSF allows use to use an external mailer. We ended up setting "LSB_MAILTO=$MY_EMAIL" which the variable looks at /etc/profile, that e...
almost 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Prevent non-LSF users from running computing jobs on hosts

The customer would like LSF to include a functionality, where LSF prevents non-LSF users from accessing an LSF host's computing resources. This includes even access via rsh, ssh, or similar methods alike. The purpose of this function is so that LS...
almost 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Delivered

bjdepinfo errors when dependent jobs are no longer in memory

When dependent jobs drop out of memory (after CLEAN_PERIOD), bjdepinfo gives an error: $ bjdepinfo : Failed in an LSF library call: Internal library error Dependent jobs need to be kept in memory, either by default, or by a setting a parameter sim...
almost 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered