LSF Grid Plug-in Limitations

Before you begin working with the LSF grid plug-in, there are some general requirements that are helpful to know.

  • Direct and unrestricted access to run the LSF commands is required.
  • Only command-line codes are supported.
  • If it is necessary to transfer input/output files to/from the grid, this must be done through the “-f” advanced option (see the bsub man page), if available. If it is not available, you must use another mechanism.
  • Jobs can be submitted only under the security credentials of the job submitter in Isight.
  • The job status will be 0 for LSF’s “DONE” status or 1 for any other LSF job status.