Administering Platform LSF - SAS

System Event Log
CAUTION
Chapter 41
Error and Event Logging
The LSF daemons keep an event log in the lsb.events file. The mbatchd
daemon uses this information to recover from server failures, host reboots, and
mbatchd restarts. The lsb.events file is also used by the bhist command to
display detailed information about the execution history of batch jobs, and by
the badmin command to display the operational history of hosts, queues, and
daemons.
By default, mbatchd automatically backs up and rewrites the lsb.events file
after every 1000 batch job completions. This value is controlled by the
MAX_JOB_NUM parameter in the lsb.params file. The old lsb.events file
is moved to lsb.events.1, and each old lsb.events.n file is moved to
lsb.events.n+1. LSF never deletes these files. If disk storage is a concern,
the LSF administrator should arrange to archive or remove old lsb.events.n
files periodically.
Do not remove or modify the current lsb.events file. Removing or
modifying the lsb.events file could cause batch jobs to be lost.
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