Distributing job resources to users in LSF

Learn how users can share job resources through LSF.

Configure resource consumers
Learn how to configure and manage LSF user groups. Configure user group administrators and user group administrator rights. Import external user groups. Configure existing user groups as LSF user groups. Add consumers to a guaranteed resource pool.
Specifying resource requirements
Reserving resources
Limiting job resource allocations
Resource allocation limits configured in the lsb.resources file restrict the maximum amount of a resource requested by a job that can be allocated during job scheduling for different classes of jobs to start. Configured limits also specify which resource consumers the limits apply to. Configure all resource allocation limits in one or more Limit sections in the lsb.resources file.
Make sure LSF resources are distributed fairly
Use runtime resource usage limits to control how much resource can be consumed by running jobs. Configure load thresholds so that Jobs running under LSF can be automatically suspended and resumed based on the load conditions on the execution hosts. Learn about dispatch and run windows and deadline constraint scheduling.
Preemptive scheduling
The preemptive scheduling feature allows a pending high-priority job to preempt a running job of lower priority. The lower-priority job is suspended and is resumed as soon as possible. Use preemptive scheduling if you have long-running, low-priority jobs causing high-priority jobs to wait an unacceptably long time.
Goal-oriented SLA-driven scheduling

Parent topic: Configuring and sharing IBM Spectrum LSF job resources