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Spectrum LSF

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Add a "PROJECT'" attribute for flows like a single job

Like a single job I can fill an attribute project for a flow.
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

"-o" option for lshosts

I hear there is no "-o" option for ​lshosts. We want to use "-o" option for lshosts like lsload and bhosts.-o "field_name" That will be a great help to us.
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

Allow LSF Job Description to be Modified for Running Job

Currently, once a job is dispatched, you are unable to modify the jobs job description. This forces you to append metadata to the job through bpost, which in some cases maybe the wrong way to perform such functions.
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Set the "+pref_level" for hosts or host_groups in lsb.hosts

Currently it's possible in lsb.queues to set the "+pref_level" for hosts or host_groups in the "HOSTS" section to prioritize some hosts for job submission. We have various host groups defined in lsb.hosts and would like to set the +pref_level for ...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 2 Delivered

req_mem field collection to ES

req_mem field collection to index lsf_job_acct and lsf_jobs_active.
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

In the flow job list, the job state must show the real lsf job state

In a flow, a job in the state PSUSP is showed as Running from the flow job list or from the flow chart. However the job is showed as Suspended in the job(Link to the PMR : TS000868833)
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

Automatic server's OS version update

Computing power become faster and faster and customers want to get the result from computing service. So sometimes, customers buy new computer server and add them to LSF cluster. But every time, computer server's OS is different version. Additiona...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Delivered

[FP7] In PPM have the mail sent to the triggering user in a manual job (currently it must be hardcoded)

In PPM when defining a Manual Task the email address can only be given hardcoded.It would be very helpful if this can be made dynamic or that is defaults to the userid that triggered the flow. The CASE-id is TS001079129.The System accepts the old ...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered

Fairshare dynamic priority to use job count instead of job slots

The fairshare formula uses job_slots with RUN_JOB_FACTOR. Looking to have a formula that uses a job_count that represents only the number of jobs (excluding the slots or tasks requested per job). A scenario for this is when a queue is set up to ...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Scheduling 1 Delivered

To load data through script loader at specific time

We are loading our storage dump data on weekly basis through script loader in analytics 9. As per date/time standards of Linux, shell & perl scripts, the week starts from Monday and ends on sunday. The storage data is generated on monday for w...
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered