Table of Contents Testing Your LSF Installation Contents Checking the license server (permanent LSF license) Check the License Server is started Display license server status Display licensed products For more information Checking the cluster Verify cluster configuration Start the cluster Check the Load Information Manager (LIM) Check the Remote Execution Server (RES) For more information LSF on Platform EGO Checking the LSF batch system Verify the LSF batch daemon configuration Display batch hosts Display batch queues Display the default batch queue Submit a test job Display batch jobs For more information Test the Platform Management Console (PMC) Permanent LSF Licenses and FLEXlm on Windows hosts Contents Types of LSF licenses FLEXlm License Management FLEXlm license server Existing FLEXlm server FLEXlm license management tools LSF license file (license.dat) Locations of the license file Obtaining an LSF license Get the host name Get the FLEXlm host ID Updating licenses Update an evaluation cluster Expand an existing cluster Upgrading to a new version of LSF Updating LSF license features Updating a FLEXlm License Creating the FLEXlm service Install the FLEXlm service Remove the FLEXlm service Starting the license server on Windows Start FLEXlm automatically Start FLEXlm manually Checking the license server status The lmutil lmstat command Installing a new permanent license LSF Default User Mapping Contents About LSF default user mapping How LSF default user mapping works Installation examples Specifying user names User name only Domain name with user name How to specify a user name with a domain name Viewing user names Windows user authentication Configuring LSF default user mapping Syntax substitution for Windows user names LSF commands LSF files Environment Contents Job execution environment How LSF sets the job execution environment Environment variable handling on Windows Controlling execution environment using job starters Where the job starter executables are located Charting Resources with Windows Performance Monitor Contents LSF Monitor statistics Cluster information Host information Queue information Job information External information Installing LSF Monitor Requirements Install LSF Monitor Configuring LSF Monitor In this section Configure sample intervals Configure external load indices Using LSF Monitor Start and stop LSF Monitor View information about LSF Monitor Uninstalling LSF Monitor Uninstall LSF Monitor Dynamic IP Addressing for LSF Hosts Contents About Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) How LSF works with dynamic IP addressing LSF client hosts LSF server hosts Setup Requirements Configuring WINS Configuring dynamic IP addressing Displaying GUIs in LSF with Microsoft Terminal Services Contents How LSF Works with Terminal Services Environment variables Job submission Limitations Requirements Registering the Microsoft Terminal Services Advanced Client ActiveX Control Configuring Terminal Services for LSF Configuring LSF to run Terminal Services jobs Define the msts static resource Add the msts resource to hosts Create job starters to preserve a user's environment settings (optional) Submitting LSF jobs to Terminal Services hosts (tssub) Submit a job with tssub View job output with tspeek Monitor the job with bjobs Limiting the number of Terminal Services jobs on a host Configure a numeric Terminal Server resource Submit a job with rusage Submitting LSF jobs to Terminal Services hosts from UNIX Submit a Terminal Services job from UNIX Installing LSF in a Mixed Cluster Contents Setting up a Linux cluster with Windows compute nodes Install the Linux cluster on a shared file system Configure the Linux cluster Restart the LSF cluster Install the Windows compute node Start the Windows compute node Setting up a Windows cluster with Linux compute nodes
Testing Your LSF Installation
Contents
Checking the license server (permanent LSF license)
Check the License Server is started
Display license server status
Display licensed products
For more information
Checking the cluster
Verify cluster configuration
Start the cluster
Check the Load Information Manager (LIM)
Check the Remote Execution Server (RES)
LSF on Platform EGO
Checking the LSF batch system
Verify the LSF batch daemon configuration
Display batch hosts
Display batch queues
Display the default batch queue
Submit a test job
Display batch jobs
Test the Platform Management Console (PMC)
Permanent LSF Licenses and FLEXlm on Windows hosts
Types of LSF licenses
FLEXlm License Management
FLEXlm license server
Existing FLEXlm server
FLEXlm license management tools
LSF license file (license.dat)
Locations of the license file
Obtaining an LSF license
Get the host name
Get the FLEXlm host ID
Updating licenses
Update an evaluation cluster
Expand an existing cluster
Upgrading to a new version of LSF
Updating LSF license features
Updating a FLEXlm License
Creating the FLEXlm service
Install the FLEXlm service
Remove the FLEXlm service
Starting the license server on Windows
Start FLEXlm automatically
Start FLEXlm manually
Checking the license server status
The lmutil lmstat command
Installing a new permanent license
LSF Default User Mapping
About LSF default user mapping
How LSF default user mapping works
Installation examples
Specifying user names
User name only
Domain name with user name
How to specify a user name with a domain name
Viewing user names
Windows user authentication
Configuring LSF default user mapping
Syntax substitution for Windows user names
LSF commands
LSF files
Environment
Job execution environment
How LSF sets the job execution environment
Environment variable handling on Windows
Controlling execution environment using job starters
Where the job starter executables are located
Charting Resources with Windows Performance Monitor
LSF Monitor statistics
Cluster information
Host information
Queue information
Job information
External information
Installing LSF Monitor
Requirements
Install LSF Monitor
Configuring LSF Monitor
In this section
Configure sample intervals
Configure external load indices
Using LSF Monitor
Start and stop LSF Monitor
View information about LSF Monitor
Uninstalling LSF Monitor
Uninstall LSF Monitor
Dynamic IP Addressing for LSF Hosts
About Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
How LSF works with dynamic IP addressing
LSF client hosts
LSF server hosts
Setup
Configuring WINS
Configuring dynamic IP addressing
Displaying GUIs in LSF with Microsoft Terminal Services
How LSF Works with Terminal Services
Environment variables
Job submission
Limitations
Registering the Microsoft Terminal Services Advanced Client ActiveX Control
Configuring Terminal Services for LSF
Configuring LSF to run Terminal Services jobs
Define the msts static resource
Add the msts resource to hosts
Create job starters to preserve a user's environment settings (optional)
Submitting LSF jobs to Terminal Services hosts (tssub)
Submit a job with tssub
View job output with tspeek
Monitor the job with bjobs
Limiting the number of Terminal Services jobs on a host
Configure a numeric Terminal Server resource
Submit a job with rusage
Submitting LSF jobs to Terminal Services hosts from UNIX
Submit a Terminal Services job from UNIX
Installing LSF in a Mixed Cluster
Setting up a Linux cluster with Windows compute nodes
Install the Linux cluster on a shared file system
Configure the Linux cluster
Restart the LSF cluster
Install the Windows compute node
Start the Windows compute node
Setting up a Windows cluster with Linux compute nodes