Task resource requirements

Host selection relies on resource requirements. To avoid the need to specify resource requirements each time you execute a task, LSF maintains a list of task names together with their default resource requirements for each user. This information is kept in three task list files: the system-wide defaults, the per-cluster defaults, and the per-user defaults.

A user can put a task name together with its resource requirements into his/her remote task list by running the lsrtasks command. The lsrtasks command can be used to add, delete, modify, or display a task entry in the task list. For more information on remote task list and an explanation of resource requirement strings, see Administering Platform LSF.