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RTM: monitor advance reservation

like for hostgroups, monitor system metrics like cpu, mem, swap, etc, number of jobs, of users, etc of of advance reservation created using 'brsvadd', visible using 'brsvs -l' comand
over 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 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.
about 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration

For the job killed due to OOM, Notification from RTM

For the job killed due to OOM, Notification from RTM to user & admin option is needed. This will be really handy for user & admin. Today i do not get notification for a job got killed due to OOM thanks
about 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance the Support Tool to be able to remove ZOMBI jobs and create a log of exec hosts and pgids that need to be cleaned

We had an issue where LSF could not keep up with dispatch due to high numbers of ZOMBI jobs. We would like the ability to shut down LSF and clean up the ZOMBI jobs via a Database repair to accelerate the time-to-restore of the LSF clusters.
about 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration

Make Queue Open/Close/Act/Inact 'all' Requests a single event

We recently had a serious issue that required us to close/inact all of our queues, and then perform a database repair using the IBM support tool. However, when we started LSF, all but one of the queues was Open/Act again. This was due to the suppo...
about 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

LSF manual run of jon should give a recommanded host vs no recommandation

In rtm when we force run pending job, the server chosen is default one, it should be recommendation from LSF sch. Also brun should have a option to suggest a server per lsf vs manually choosing one.
about 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 4 Not under consideration

Add a JobID's column to the table grid_hosts_gpu and show in Job Details page

It would be very beneficial to reporting to see which jobid's are allocated to which jobs when it comes to the GPU assigned. This way, the user can look at the ELIM graphs and know that their job is actually using the GPU in question. Right now, y...
about 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 1 Not under consideration

Preserving job array conditions in multicluster

Job array conditions are widely used on our machines to manage when jobs are dispatched. Certain workflows require specific job stepping. Job array conditions aren't present in a multicluster environment. Our workaround involves submitting a job i...
over 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

RTM column names update

In the 'grid -> job details' view ($RTM_TOP/cacti/plugins/grid/grid_bjobs.php), the names of the column 'Num CPUs' and 'Max Procs' are confusing. Is it possible to rename its respectively 'Alloc Slots' and 'Max slots' ?
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

brequeue on zombie jobs please

a machine crashed on an on-premise cluster leaving many jobs in a UNKWN state. as described here [https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1027518] i tried bkill -r twice then brequeue -e, but got the error message "Job has already fini...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration