LSF uses directories for temporary work files, log files and transaction files and spooling.
LSF keeps track of all jobs in the system by maintaining a transaction log in the work subtree. The LSF log files are found in the directory LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/logdir.
LSF uses the lsb.events file to keep track of the state of all jobs. Each job is a transaction from job submission to job completion. LSF system keeps track of everything associated with the job in the lsb.events file.
The events file is automatically trimmed and old job events are stored in lsb.event.n files. When mbatchd starts, it refers only to the lsb.events file, not the lsb.events.n files. The bhist command can refer to these files.
When a user issues a bsub command from a shell prompt, LSF collects all of the commands issued on the bsub line and spools the data to mbatchd, which saves the bsub command script in the info directory (or in one of its subdirectories if MAX_INFO_DIRS is defined in lsb.params) for use at dispatch time or if the job is rerun. The info directory is managed by LSF and should not be modified by anyone.
Ensure that the permissions on the LSF_LOGDIR directory to be writable by root. The LSF administrator must own LSF_LOGDIR.
In Cray UNICOS environments, LSF writes to the Network Queuing System (NQS) accounting data file, nqacct, on the execution host. This lets you track LSF jobs and other jobs together, through NQS.
The IRIX 6.5.9 Comprehensive System Accounting facility (CSA) writes an accounting record for each process in the pacct file, which is usually located in the /var/adm/acct/day directory. IRIX system administrators then use the csabuild command to organize and present the records on a job by job basis.
The LSF_ENABLE_CSA parameter in lsf.conf enables LSF to write job events to the pacct file for processing through CSA. For LSF job accounting, records are written to pacct at the start and end of each LSF job.
See the LSF Configuration Reference for more information about the LSF_ENABLE_CSA parameter.
See the IRIX 6.5.9 resource administration documentation for information about CSA.