IBM Spectrum LSF command reference

IBM Spectrum LSF includes various commands. Refer to each command reference for details to support the commands.

bacct
Displays accounting statistics about finished jobs.
badmin
The badmin command is the administrative tool for LSF.
bapp
Displays information about application profile configuration.
battach
Runs a shell process to connect to an existing job execution host or container.
battr
Provides a set of subcommands to manage LSF host attributes for attribute affinity scheduling.
bbot
Moves a pending job to the bottom of the queue relative to the last job in the queue.
bchkpnt
Checkpoints one or more checkpointable jobs
bclusters
Displays information about IBM Spectrum LSF multicluster capability
bconf
Submits live reconfiguration requests, updating configuration settings in active memory without restarting daemons.
bctrld
Administrative tool to control LSF daemons.
bdata
Provides a set of subcommands to query and manage IBM Spectrum LSF Data Manager. If no subcommands are supplied, bdata displays the command usage.
bentags
Queries or removes information about the energy policy tag from the mbatchd daemon, which is saved in the energy-aware scheduling database. Used with energy policy, or energy aware scheduling feature.
bgadd
Creates job groups
bgdel
Deletes job groups
bgmod
Modifies job groups
bgpinfo
Displays information about global fair share and global resources.
bhist
Displays historical information about jobs
bhosts
Displays hosts and their static and dynamic resources.
bhpart
Displays information about host partitions
bimages
Displays information on Docker container images
bjdepinfo
Displays job dependencies.
bjgroup
Displays information about job groups
bjobs
Displays and filters information about LSF jobs. Specify one or more job IDs (and, optionally, an array index list) to display information about specific jobs (and job arrays).
bkill
Sends signals to kill, suspend, or resume unfinished jobs
bladmin
Administrative tool for IBM Spectrum LSF License Scheduler.
blaunch
Launches parallel tasks on a set of hosts.
blcollect
License information collection daemon for LSF License Scheduler. The blcollect daemon collects license usage information.
blcstat
Displays dynamic update information from the blcollect daemon for LSF License Scheduler.
blhosts
Displays the names of all the hosts that are running the LSF License Scheduler daemon (bld).
blimits
Displays information about resource allocation limits of running jobs.
blinfo
Displays static LSF License Scheduler configuration information
blkill
Terminates an interactive (taskman) LSF License Scheduler task.
blparams
Displays information about configurable LSF License Scheduler parameters that are defined in the files lsf.licensescheduler and lsf.conf
blstat
Displays dynamic license information.
bltasks
Displays LSF License Scheduler interactive task information.
blusers
Displays license usage information for LSF License Scheduler.
bmgroup
Displays information about host groups and compute units.
bmig
Migrates checkpointable or rerunnable jobs.
bmod
Modifies job submission options of a job.
bparams
Displays information about configurable system parameters in the lsb.params file.
bpeek
Displays the stdout and stderr output of an unfinished job.
bpost
Sends external status messages and attaches data files to a job.
bqueues
Displays information about queues.
bread
Reads messages and attached data files from a job.
brequeue
Kills and re-queues a job.
bresize
Decreases or increases tasks that are allocated to a running resizable job, or cancels pending job resize allocation requests.
bresources
Displays information about resource reservation, resource limits, and guaranteed resource policies.
brestart
Restarts checkpointed jobs.
bresume
Resumes one or more suspended jobs.
brlainfo
Displays host topology information.
brsvadd
Adds an advance reservation.
brsvdel
Deletes an advance reservation.
brsvjob
Shows information about jobs submitted with the brsvsub command to a specific advance reservation.
brsvmod
Modifies an advance reservation.
brsvs
Displays advance reservations.
brsvsub
Creates a dynamically scheduled reservation and submits a job to fill the advance reservation when the resources required by the job are available.
brun
Forces a job to run immediately.
bsla
Displays information about service classes. Service classes are used in guaranteed resource policies and service-level agreement (SLA) scheduling.
bslots
Displays slots available and backfill windows available for backfill jobs.
bstage
Stages data files for jobs with data requirements by copying files or creating symbolic links for them between the local staging cache and the job execution environment. You must run bstage only within the context of an LSF job (like blaunch). To access a file with the bstage command, you must have permission to read it.
bstatus
Gets current external job status or sets new job status.
bstop
Suspends unfinished jobs.
bsub
Submits a job to LSF by running the specified command and its arguments.
bsubmit
Submits jobs as another user.
bswitch
Switches unfinished jobs from one queue to another.
btop
Moves a pending job relative to the first job in the queue.
bugroup
Displays information about user groups.
busers
Displays information about users and user groups.
bwait
Pauses and waits for the job query condition to be satisfied.
ch
Changes the host where subsequent commands run.
gpolicyd
Displays LSF global policy daemon information.
lim
Load information manager (LIM) daemon or service, monitoring host load.
lsacct
Displays accounting statistics on finished RES tasks in the LSF system.
lsacctmrg
Merges LSF RES task log files.
lsadmin
Administrative tool to control LIM and RES daemon operations in LSF.
lsclusters
Displays configuration information about LSF clusters.
lsfinstall
The LSF installation and configuration script.
lsfmon
Install or uninstall LSF Monitor in an existing cluster.
lsfrestart
Restarts the LIM, RES, sbatchd, and mbatchd daemons on all hosts in the cluster
lsfshutdown
Shuts down the LIM, RES, sbatchd, and mbatchd daemons on all hosts in the cluster.
lsfstartup
Starts the LIM, RES, and sbatchd daemons on all hosts in the cluster.
lsgrun
Runs a task on a group of hosts.
lshosts
Displays hosts and their static resource information.
lsid
Displays the LSF version number, the cluster name, and the management host name.
lsinfo
Displays LSF configuration information.
lsload
Displays load information for hosts.
lsloadadj
Adjusts load indices on hosts.
lslogin
Remotely logs in to a lightly loaded host.
lsmake
Runs LSF make tasks in parallel.
lsmon
Displays load information for LSF hosts and periodically updates the display.
lspasswd
Registers Windows user passwords in LSF. Passwords must be 3 - 23 characters long.
lsplace
Displays hosts available to run tasks.
lsportcheck
Displays ports that LSF is currently using or the LSF ports that will be used before starting LSF.
lsrcp
Remotely copies files through LSF.
slsreghost (UNIX)
UNIX version of the lsreghost command registers UNIX LSF host names and IP addresses with LSF servers so that LSF servers can internally resolve these hosts without requiring a DNS server.
lsreghost (Windows)
Windows version of the lsreghost command registers Windows LSF host names and IP addresses with LSF servers so that LSF servers can internally resolve these hosts without requiring a DNS server.
lsrtasks
Displays or updates a remote task list.
lsrun
Runs an interactive task through LSF.
pam
Parallel Application Manager (job starter for MPI applications).
patchinstall
UNIX only. Manage patches in LSF cluster.
pversions (UNIX)
UNIX version of the command. Displays the version information for IBM Spectrum LSF installed on UNIX hosts.
pversions (Windows)
Windows version of the command. Displays the version information for IBM Spectrum LSF installed on a Windows host.
ssacct
Displays accounting statistics about finished IBM Spectrum LSF Session Scheduler jobs.
ssched
Submit tasks through the IBM Spectrum LSF Session Scheduler.
taskman
Checks out a license token and manages interactive UNIX applications.
tspeek
Displays the stdout and stderr output of an unfinished Terminal Services job.
tssub
Submits a Terminal Services job to LSF.
wgpasswd
Changes a user’s password for a Microsoft Windows workgroup.
wguser
Modifies user accounts for a Microsoft Windows workgroup.

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