Job submission and execution controls commands

Commands for submission

Command

Description

bsub -a esub_application [esub_application] …

  • Specifies one or more esub executables to run at job submission

  • For example, to specify the esub named esub.fluent, use bsub -a fluent

  • LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR, followed by the esub executables specified by the -a option

  • LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

brestart

  • Restarts a checkpointed job and runs the esub executables specified when the job was submitted

  • LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR, followed by the esub executables specified by the -a option

  • LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

lsrun

  • Submits an interactive task; LSF runs eexec if an eexec executable exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

  • LSF runs eexec only at task startup (LS_EXEC_T=START)

lsgrun

  • Submits an interactive task to run on a set of hosts; LSF runs eexec if an eexec executable exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

  • LSF runs eexec only at task startup (LS_EXEC_T=START)

Commands to monitor

Not applicable: There are no commands to monitor the behavior of this feature.

Commands to control

Command

Description

bmod -a esub_application [esub_application] …

  • Resubmits a job and changes the esubs previously associated with the job

  • LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR, followed by the esub executables specified by the -a option of bmod

  • LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

bmod -an

  • Dissociates from a job all esub executables that were previously associated with the job

  • LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

  • LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in LSF_SERVERDIR

Commands to display configuration

Command

Description

badmin showconf

  • Displays all configured parameters and their values set in lsf.conf or ego.conf that affect mbatchd and sbatchd.

    Use a text editor to view other parameters in the lsf.conf or ego.conf configuration files.

  • In a MultiCluster environment, displays the parameters of daemons on the local cluster.

Use a text editor to view the lsf.sudoers configuration file.