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Spectrum LSF

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Update rusage with DYNAMIC=Y/duration

With ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RUSAGE=Y a job's rusage string is modified if it uses more licences than it requested, however if a job uses less licences than requested the rusage string is not modifed when DYNAMIC=Y/duration is set to remove licence reserva...
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Consider local slots and exported slots together for Lease Mode

Consider local slots and exported slots together for Lease Mode
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Not under consideration

LSF/GSLA LOAN policies distribution option

When configuring loan policy to allow other queues (q1, q2,...) to use these resources that are not needed immediately for guarantees, we want those resources to be distributed as follow [q1 xx% , q2 yy% , q3 zz%, ...] . LSF don't support this syn...
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

RTM: Add automation option to perform license & cluster devices automation after maintenance

when "Add Graph Frequency" of LSF clusters or License services are set to a day, is it possible to schedule the add graph process (devices update) at the end of the maintenance window. should be linked to RFE 72420
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

RTM: Have automation run serially per cluster and license device

to avoid devices update conflict and server perf degradation, serialize license services and LSF clusters update (mainly when update frequency is set to a day). should by linked with RFE 72419.
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

Have License Scheduler Automatically Prune its Database

LSF License Scheduler can create a database directory that log's token usage by feature. Over years, this directory can become cluttered, and impact License Scheduler performance. There should be a setting in License Scheduler to prune that direct...
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF / License Management 0 Not under consideration

Improve RAS of License Scheduler

"Presently, License Scheduler, when placed in debug mode it becomes unstable, and will not respond to client requests due to all the blocking loops inside of the tool, including logging. It also lacks TRACE levels that improve the tuning of debug ...
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Improve License Checkout to Job Map Algorithm

Presently, the algorithm that License Scheduler uses does not take into account the License Checkout time when it runs into a conflict when there are multiple jobs from a single user on a single host.
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

LIcence reservation in LSF License Scheduler

Parallel ECLIPSE simulations need one parallel licence per slot and we'd like the ability to reserve licences in the same way that slots can be reserved. eg: SLOT_RESERVE = MAX_RESERVE_TIME[180]
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

Custome Message/Add more details in RTM notification email

The message for eg does not have unit are in Sec or min etc, more details in ticket Coco to fill more details in RFE as the IBM portal is down now. "Our main support page is experiencing an issue. If you need to open a case, please contact IBM Sup...
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration