Add an application profile

Procedure

  1. Log in as the LSF administrator on any host in the cluster.
  2. Edit lsb.applications to add the new application profile definition.

    You can copy another application profile definition from this file as a starting point; remember to change the NAME of the copied profile.

  3. Save the changes to lsb.applications.
  4. Run badmin reconfig to reconfigure mbatchd.

Results

Adding an application profile does not affect pending or running jobs.

Remove an application profile

Before you begin

Before removing an application profile, make sure that there are no pending jobs associated with the application profile.

About this task

If there are jobs in the application profile, use bmod -app to move pending jobs to another application profile, then remove the application profile. Running jobs are not affected by removing the application profile associated with them,

Note:

You cannot remove a default application profile.

Procedure

  1. Log in as the LSF administrator on any host in the cluster.
  2. Run bmod -app to move all pending jobs into another application profile.
    If you leave pending jobs associated with an application profile that has been removed, they remain pending with the pending reason
    Specified application profile does not exist
  3. Edit lsb.applicationss and remove or comment out the definition for the application profile you want to remove.
  4. Save the changes to lsb.applications.
  5. Run badmin reconfig to reconfigure mbatchd.

Define a default application profile

About this task

Define a default application profile that is used when a job is submitted without specifying an application profile,

Procedure

  1. Log in as the LSF administrator on any host in the cluster.
  2. Set DEFAULT_APPLICATION in lsb.params to the name of the default application profile.
    DEFAULT_APPLICATION=catia
  3. Save the changes to lsb.params.
  4. Run badmin reconfig to reconfigure mbatchd.

    Adding an application profile does not affect pending or running jobs.