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Spectrum LSF

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bwait command logging

bwait logging in querylog or through some other method/file?
over 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF 4 Delivered

LSF: API call need to show job submit & termination in a custom plugin

A custom LSF scheduler plugin has access to LSF APIs along with registered call back functions to influence & monitor job scheduling.Presently, there is no precise way to determine the job submission & finish of a job. Registered NewJob &a...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

The number of TCP exceeds the max number 2*200 defined in LSF source code

We're getting the following message from master lim.log.doAcceptConn: Can't maintain this big clientMap[400], Connection from 10.230.236.102:36587 dropped And I received the following explanation and advice through case number TS003933691. It look...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered

Security concerns with ID and secret ID

When setting up resource connector for AWS it requires that we provide aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key in aws_enable.sh script. This is stored in plain text format. If the aws cluster is used by our external customer this will be a sec...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Ability to set RC_ACCOUNT at job level

As of now, RC_ACCOUNT is statically set in lsb.queues OR lsb.applications, we need to have RC_ACCOUNT set at job level to dynamically set to a string using esub mechanism.
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

Host addition and configuration in LSF Suite using hostsetup

In LSF Suite, currently host addition is supported using the ansible playbooks/roles.When using NFS installation, we have observed that it can be done using hostsetup. We need this possibility to be added/validated and supported.
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

GPU report to show GPU usage and GPU memory usaage

We use the resource usage reporting of LSF and would like to have a GPU report that is similar to the CPU accounting. Right now, GPU accounting is quite simple. For example, we would like to have something like GPU memory usage, charge back, faile...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Delivered

LSF: Improve load sync time between host & master scheduler

The current sync time between LSF scheduler running in a master host and another host is high. There is a out of sync time window wherein the load on a host is not in sync with a running job's memory requirements.Requesting to eliminate this out o...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

LSF reservation to capture new nodes

This is likely a feature request, but I am hoping some mechanism might already exist to accomplish this task. When putting an advance reservation in place (typically for maintenance), all nodes are never up in a system the size of Summit. However,...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Prevention of Spectrum LSF over-preemption

The current LSF preemption design does not prevent over-preemption (i.e. preempt more jobs than needed). When the preemption of a large low job takes some time like several minutes, the following incoming high priority jobs could preempt other run...
about 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered