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Spectrum LSF

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Allow bjobs command to show the pre and post exec exitStatus/exitCode information

Right now, we require bhist to get any detail on pre/post exec error codes, it would be nice if we could get this from the job record via bjobs vs. bhist. bhist in very large environments is a non-starter for obtaining this status information.
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

Allow Users to specify a ClearCase 'cleartool' command but require that it be white listed first

Allow the users to override the CLEARTOOL binary path, but only if it's included in a white list configuration file in the $LSF_ENVDIR location. I would suggest something like: cat lsf.daemons.wrap.conf /usr/altira/bin/cleartool /some/authorized/...
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

Set more job variables in parent SBATCHD prior to forking the job SBATCHD/RES

I've been working with the Daemons Wrap source code trying to make the logging more presentable, and I've come accross a hurdle to effectively enhancing that integration. I need both the Job Start and Submit Times, and normally, I would just be ab...
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

Max number of nodes for LSF service class

It would be useful to set a minimum value of guaranteed nodes as well as a maximum value in the distribution of an LSF service class
almost 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Email notification when a job is suspended

Customer would like to receive notification when a job has been suspended and resumed either via a threshold or preemption/resumption by License Scheduler.
about 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration / License Management 0 Not under consideration

Improve Suspended Reasons for License Scheduler Jobs

"Presently, when a job is suspended by License Scheduler, it pushes a suspended reason to LSF as follows: ""Preempted by License Scheduler"", which customers have said is insufficient. They would rather know which project or cluster caused the sus...
about 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Track a local directory duing job execution and report utilization details in job rusage

We would like to be able to, at submission time, specify a local directory that we would like to have LSF monitor the total size and files in and report in the Jobs RUSAGE periodically. This directory will be separate from the execCwd or the cwd. ...
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

Display Dynamic Priority (for project group nodes)

Ability to display dynamic priority in License scheduler for project group nodes. Currently if priority is not set on a particular level there is no way to display the preemption order, which makes it difficult to explain the decision-making proce...
about 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF / License Management 0 Not under consideration

Fine grain control of LS cross-cluster preemption

Prevent preemption of the jobs in remote cluster if no job slots are available in the local cluster (and, consequently, the jobs cannot start because of the lack of hardware)
about 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF / License Management 0 Not under consideration

Flexlm License controls

We would like to add the enhancement for flexlm license command to release a license from the RTM webui From RTM > License tab > Feature Checkouts > from the list of feature we would like to be able to release a license if neededHere is t...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration