This course teaches IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 version.

The course is designed to give system administrators the knowledge required to implement and maintain LSF in their working environment. They will gain a solid understanding of workload resource management, cluster configuration and administration. The workshops provide valuable experience with the installation of LSF, cluster configuration and administration. The system administrator will also learn helpful hints and tips and develop fundamental troubleshooting skills.

• Define concepts and terms use in IBM Spectrum LSF
• Install IBM Spectrum LSF
• Submit jobs in IBM Spectrum LSF
• Manage resources
• Use cluster query commands
• Describe IBM Spectrum LSF architecture and configuration
• Describe LSF scheduling policies
• Describe resources allocation limits
• Detail LSF cluster management
• Troubleshoot and debug IBM Spectrum LSF
• Describe and work with EGO
• Explain application integration and deployment

System administrators who will implement the LSF cluster and who will be responsible for managing and administrating the LSF cluster.

You should:

• be familiar with UNIX/Linux
• and have basic UNIX/Linux system administration experience

No previous experience with IBM Platform products is assumed or required.

LSF concepts and terminology
LSF installation
Job submission and control
Resource management
Cluster query commands
LSF architecture
LSF configuration
LSF batch system configuration
LSF scheduling policies and fairshare policies
Resource limits
Cluster management
Basic troubleshooting
LSF debugging
IBM Spectrum LSF with EGO
LSF application integration and deployment

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.
GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process: http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf
Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:
    The current GTP list price
    The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.