Command Reference Guide

Platform LSF Command Reference 123

Modifying absolute priority scheduling options

Administrators can use bmod -aps to adjust the APS value for pending jobs.

bmod -apsn cancels previous bmod -aps settings. You cannot combing bmod -aps

with other

bmod options.

bmod -aps

"system=value"

job_ID

Set a static non-zero APS value of a pending job. Setting a system APS value

overrides any calculated APS value for the job. The system APS value cannot be

applied to running jobs.

bmod -aps

"admin=value"

job_ID

Set a non-zero ADMIN factor value for a pending job. The ADMIN factor adjusts

the calculated APS value higher or lower. A negative admin value is lowers the

calculated APS value, and a positive value raises the calculated APS value relative to

other pending jobs in the APS queue.

You cannot configure APS weight, limit, or grace period for the ADMIN factor. The

ADMIN factor takes effect as soon as it is set.

bmod -apsn Run bmod -apsn to cancel previous bmod -aps settings. You cannot apply bmod

-apsn on running jobs in an APS queue. An error is issued if the job has no system

APS priority or ADMIN factor set.

Options

job_ID |"job_ID[index]"

Modifies jobs with the specified job ID.

Modifies job array elements specified by

"job_ID[index]".

-h Prints command usage to stderr and exits.

-V Prints LSF release version to stderr and exits.

Limitations

Modifying remote running jobs in a MultiCluster environment is not supported.

If you do not specify

-e or -eo before the job is dispatched, you cannot modify the

name of job error file for a running job. Modifying the job output options of remote

running jobs is not supported.