Configure maximum job priority

About this task

User-assigned job priorities are supported in MultiCluster job forwarding mode. Jobs submitted with -sp are passed to the execution cluster with the specified priority.

To set up maximum user-assigned job priority, do the following:

Procedure

  1. Configure maximum user-assigned job priority in both the submission cluster and the execution cluster.

    Edit lsb.params and define MAX_USER_PRIORITY. This configuration applies to all queues in the cluster.

    MAX_USER_PRIORITY=integer

    Specifies the maximum priority a user can assign to a job. Specify a positive integer. Larger values represent higher priority. 1 is the lowest priority. For example, MAX_USER_PRIORITY=100 specifies that 100 is the maximum job priority that a user can specify. LSF and queue administrators can assign a job priority higher than the MAX_USER_PRIORITY value for jobs they own.

  2. Use bparams -l to display the value of MAX_USER_PRIORITY.