LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH

Syntax

LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH=integer

Description

By default, the LSF commands bjobs and bhist display job IDs with a maximum length of seven characters so that job IDs greater than 9999999 are truncated on the left.

You can increase the character length by configuring the LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH value in the lsf.conf configuration file. For example, setting LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH=10 allows the width of the JOBID column in bjobs and bhist increases to 10 characters.

Additionally, as of Fix Pack 14, with global job IDs enabled for jobs using the LSF multicluster capability, to maximize the number of available IDs, as a best practice, increase both the MAX_JOBID value in the lsb.params file (to 99999999) and the LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH value in the lsf.conf file (to 8).

Tip: If LSB_BJOBS_FORMAT is defined (in lsf.conf or as a runtime environment variable) or bjobs -o is run to include the JOBID column, and either of these specify a column width for the JOBID column, those specifications override the LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH value. If there is no column width specified for the JOBID column, the LSB_JOBID_DISP_LENGTH value applies.

Valid values

Specify an integer between 7 and 10.

Default

Not defined. LSF uses the default seven-character length for job ID display.