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Run multiple jobarrays in parallel in a queue when queue has UJOB_LIMIT specified

We currently use LSF to distribute electrical analog design simulations to our cluster. These simulations can be very short (>3 minutes) to very long (<48hrs). We have a queue system with timelimits, which means users can select a queue base...
almost 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

Seperation of DB2 latch 24 coutner in EDM pool and prefetch counter

EDM pool latch suspend cannot be recognized in the DB2 statistics latch 24 counter, because suspends for prefetch are also counted in this field. In the DB2 statistics IFCID 001 there are QVLS latch counters, which are reporting the number of susp...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

one to many job mapping

-- the job submission user needs be one particular user, -- the job execution user should be mapped to various users. In order for LSF to support such use case, an enhancement is to add 1) a new bsub option to specify the job execution user 2) a n...
almost 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 5 Delivered

Documentation with return type for scalar functions

The documentation of the knowledgeCenter should explicitly describe the type the returned value. I mean, if it is an integer, a char, a timestamp, etc.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Import/Export Console needs to be accessible within Persona UI and also manage movement and archiving of files

One real life scenario: Bulk loading items via a csv file is the most efficient way for our Merchandise department to create new items and is a core component of what they do. Without the ability to run an import job on an adhoc basis in the Perso...
almost 6 years ago in Product Master 0 Delivered

Job status in lsf_jobs_active

There is an index in LE, lsf_jobs_acct. When I tried to make chart in LE webGUI with lsf_jobs_active index, we found job status is a little bit strange. Even if job has end_time, its status is "RUN", as like following,"job_status" : "RUN","time_st...
almost 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Reporting/Explorer 0 Not under consideration

Do not block DDL on RCAC-protected table if rule not affected by change

after alter add column RCAC rule must be dropped and recreated, even if new column is not part of rule IBM perspective: In our ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN documentation it says: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.5.0/com.ibm.d...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Add/modify GPU affinity options for LSF

The objective is to add to and modify the GPU affinity options that LSF makes available via bsub -gpu, as follows. 1. When a user requests NVIDIA MPS via a LSF bsub -gpu option, the default GPU affinity should be "off", meaning that LSF should set...
about 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

ODBC link to progress

Our finance system uses a progress database. I have been told that this cannot be linked to TM1/PAW. This means we have to use spreadsheets to get data from the finance system into PAW.
about 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

Allow for scripting in extensions with custom dialogs

Use of custom-made as well as downloaded extensions from the IBM hub would greatly be enhanced with the possibility to pass arguments (modify node properties). In fact this means that Modeler could become the go-to and often end-to-end tool for va...
about 6 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered