About submitting jobs

When you submit an LSF job, you must reserve the license with the resource requirement usage section (bsub -R "rusage..." option).

Tip:

You cannot successfully reserve a license by running bsub -R "select".

  • Specify the license token name (same as specifying a shared resource).

  • If you use project mode, specify a license project name with the bsub -Lp option.

    If you also have LSF_LIC_SCHED_STRICT_PROJECT_NAME=y in lsf.conf and without configuring a default project for the required feature, the job is rejected.

    Tip:

    Use the blstat command to view information about the default license project.

  • Update resource requirements.

    If your queue or job starter scripts request a license that is managed by an LSF ELIM, you must update the job submission scripts to request that license that uses the license token name.

Examples:

bsub -R "rusage[AppB=1]" -Lp Lp1 myjob

This command submits a job named myjob to license project Lp1 and requests one AppB license

bsub -R "rusage[AppC=1]" myjob

This command submits a job named myjob and requests one AppC license.