Administering Platform LSF - SAS

About Directories and Files
About Directories and Files
Supported file systems
UNIX
Windows
LSF is designed for networks where all hosts have shared file systems, and files
have the same names on all hosts.
LSF includes support for copying user data to the execution host before
running a batch job, and for copying results back after the job executes.
In networks where the file systems are not shared, this can be used to give
remote jobs access to local data.
On UNIX systems, LSF supports the following shared file systems:
◆ Network File System (NFS)
NFS file systems can be mounted permanently or on demand using
automount.
◆ Andrew File System (AFS)
◆ Distributed File System (DCE/DFS)
On Windows, directories containing LSF files can be shared among hosts from
a Windows server machine.
Non-shared directories and files
LSF is usually used in networks with shared file space. When shared file space
is not available, LSF can copy needed files to the execution host before running
the job, and copy result files back to the submission host after the job
completes. See “Remote File Access” on page 516 for more information.
Some networks do not share files between hosts. LSF can still be used on these
networks, with reduced fault tolerance. See “Using LSF with Non-Shared File
Systems” on page 515 for information about using LSF in a network without a
shared file system.
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Administering Platform LSF