When you submit Platform LSF jobs by using a bsub command, the job might run indefinitely and the associated sbatchd child process is never killed.

This problem occurs because IBM Platform LSF tries to mount your home directory automatically in order to create the ./lsbatch directory. However, the directory either does not exist or connecting users do not have permission to access it.

To correct the problem, add the following line to the lsf.conf file:

For this change to take effect, submit the following command:

Once you make this change, IBM Platform LSF does not attempt to mount the home directory automatically. Instead, it uses the $HOME directory from the passwd file.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Platform LSF	64-bit Enabled AIX	7.1
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	7.1
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	7.1
		HP-UX IPF	7.1
		Linux for x64	7.1
		Solaris for x64	7.1

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Type:	Usage Note
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Date Modified:	2013-01-18 14:20:11
Date Created:	2013-01-16 15:36:19