Enable MultiCluster queues

By default, clusters do not share resources, even if MultiCluster has been installed. To enable job forwarding, enable MultiCluster queues in both the submission and execution clusters.

How it works

Send-jobs queue

A send-jobs queue can forward jobs to a specified remote queue. By default, LSF attempts to run jobs in the local cluster first. LSF only attempts to place a job remotely if it cannot place the job locally.

Receive-jobs queue

A receive-jobs queue accepts jobs from queues in a specified remote cluster. Although send-jobs queues only forward jobs to specific queues in the remote cluster, receive-jobs queues can accept work from any and all queues in the remote cluster.

Multiple queue pairs
  • You can configure multiple send-jobs and receive-jobs queues in one cluster.

  • A queue can forward jobs to as many queues in as many clusters as you want, and can also receive jobs from as many other clusters as you want.

  • A receive-jobs queue can also borrow resources using the resource leasing method, but a send-jobs queue using the job forwarding method cannot also share resources using the resource leasing method.