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Spectrum LSF

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Job Preemption fails for LSF host(group) based slot limit

LSF based job preemption doesn't work when hitting host/host-group based CPU slot limits.The reason cited by IBM is that in LSF, currently, the system counts the no. of CPU slots for preempted/suspended jobs towards respecting the limit. This is n...
about 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

mbatch hang/bsub hang issue caused by slowly resolution

We have experienced the following issues. For more information, please refer to case number TS005350597.If any DNS issue happens, egroup resolution is very slow and mbatchd waits for egroup. egroup resolution slow -> mbatchd wait for egroup -&g...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

RTM - increase maximum export rows dropdown

please increase the maximum number of export rows available (grid_xport_rows) up to at least 200k
about 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

add 'from_host' field in 'Batch Job Filters'

add a new 'From Host' field in the 'Batch Job Filters' of the 'Grid -> Job Info -> Details' view to select jobs submitted from a specific host
about 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

LSF Cross-Queue Fairshare needs new mode to perform fairshare over multiple prioritized queues

Currently (v9/v10), when crossqueue fairshare (CQFS) w/ DISPATCH_ORDER=queue is enabled, actual job dispatch is based on queue priority which overrides any fairshare calculated priority. In our opinion (and after review with IBM staff), this compl...
about 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

LSF eauth setuid bit

I have a request for setuid permission in LSF eauth file. Our customers use only root accounts for LSF services. Under these conditions,the customer request an official method to delete the setuid permission of the LSF eauth file. Because if root ...
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Make lsadmin/badmin accept "yes" and "no" as answers

Questions asked by `lsadmin` and `badmin` (and maybe other administrative LSF commands) only accept "y" and "n" as answers. "yes" and "no" are not accepted but should be
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Collect I/O per LSF job as a resource to be reported to RTM

As number of CPUs per machine rises, the I/O to disk rises proportionally, but the bandwidth to the disk generally does not scale. We have found that in high-cpu machines, the system can grind to a near halt due to overload of the disk I/O. We can...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

GPU Usage for charge back

Chargeback report in LSF explorer reports usage based on slots that are tied to CPU cores. Deep learning experiments use CPUs and GPUs, we need chargeback to include GPU usage so that the target users/departments can be charged appropriately.
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Reporting/Explorer 1 Not under consideration

energy usage reporting (EAS) not working on intel x86_64 servers

During the testing of EAS on my Dell/HPE hardwares running Linux/CentOS - I figured out that various features in EAS is not really working on these hardwares and they may be only designed for IBM Hardware like Power Systems. Worked with Support on...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration