Dispatch windows

Queues can be configured with a dispatch window, which specifies one or more time periods during which jobs are accepted. Hosts can be configured with a dispatch window, which specifies one or more time periods during which jobs are allowed to start.

Once a dispatch window is configured, LSF cannot dispatch jobs outside of the window. By default, no dispatch windows are configured (the windows are always open).

Dispatch windows have no effect on jobs that have already been dispatched to the execution host; jobs are allowed to run outside the dispatch windows, as long as the queue run window is open.

Queue-level

Each queue can have a dispatch window. A queue can only dispatch jobs when the window is open.

You can submit jobs to a queue at any time; if the queue dispatch window is closed, the jobs remain pending in the queue until the dispatch window opens again.

Host-level

Each host can have dispatch windows. A host is not eligible to accept jobs when its dispatch windows are closed.