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lsf.conf documentation should report which daemon(s) need restart

Every time an lsf.conf entry is recommended by Support, I have to turn around and ask which daemon (or daemons) need a restart, which causes delay. The developers already know what daemons are affected by the changes, please document which ones ne...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 2 Delivered

support queue level container parameters

We need to be able to use the EXEC_DRIVER mechanisms in a way beyond bapp, as there is only one bapp allowed in a job submission. Many of our automated (and locked) job flows already request a bapp, so they cannot use another bapp.
almost 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Delivered

Enable changing default credentials in RBAC-database configuration

When using LSF Explorer with Role Based Access Control (RBAC) it is required to setup an additional database. The default username/password combination is pacuser:pacuser. It is stored as a hashed value under lsfsuite/ext/explorer/server/rbac/data...
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Delivered

Extend SessionScheduler being able to manage small parallel application (size up to one node)

Today we have applications/software running in serial mode via session scheduler (runtime per task <<10min) with up to 10000 tasks. These applications/software will migrate to parallel usage soon and we want to keep the SessionScheduler func...
over 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

Add lsb.params setting to limit the number of times a job can be redispatched upon either a pre-exec failure of job initilization failure

We currently have jobs that will bounce from host to host either based upon a pre-exec failure, or a job initialization failure. This can impact > 500 hosts and cause an increase in MBD memory use. It would be nice to have a setting such as: MA...
about 3 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Delivered

Need to submit jobs from x86_64 systems to CORAL systems

The IBM supercomputer is only one part of the computing ecosystem in the center. We need the ability to submit jobs back into the cluster from other platforms in the center that are x86_64.
almost 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered

Adjustable Number of MPS Daemons for GPU Sharing

For now, IBM Spectrum LSF allows automatically instantiating one single MPS Daemon when requested through the '-gpu' directive:---gpu 'mps=yes:[...]'-- However, it has proved beneficial in several performance benchmarks conducted on different clie...
about 7 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

reject multiple bmod/bkill's on same array within a time frame

In reference to PMR 59023,019,866 , our LSF cluster has frequently halted and the scheduler spirals down due to a user running too many bmod/bkill on large job arrays. Despite internal training sessions and company wide communications, this issue ...
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum LSF 5 Delivered

Increase granularity of controls in SECURE_JOB_INFO_LEVEL

In the lsb.params file, an administrator can set the SECURE_JOB_INFO_LEVEL to one of five levels, giving them granular control over what data users can see about other users jobs using the 'bjobs' command. An administrator can also set ENABLE_JOB_...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Delivered

LSF should support passing commands/options to container.

LSF currently can not run docker job when the job is a command or option to the container even though "docker run" can run the command successfully. This is one of common ways to use container. Please enhance LSF to support.
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 0 Delivered