LSF_LOGDIR

Syntax

LSF_LOGDIR=directory

Description

Defines the LSF system log file directory. Error messages from all servers are logged into files in this directory. To effectively use debugging, set LSF_LOGDIR to a directory such as /tmp. This can be done in your own environment from the shell or in lsf.conf.

Windows

LSF_LOGDIR is required on Windows if you wish to enable logging.

You must also define LSF_LOGDIR_USE_WIN_REG=n.

If you define LSF_LOGDIR without defining LSF_LOGDIR_USE_WIN_REG=n, LSF logs error messages into files in the default local directory specified in one of the following Windows registry keys:

  • On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM Platform\LSF\LSF_LOGDIR

  • On Windows XP x64 and Windows 2003 x64: 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IBM Platform\LSF\LSF_LOGDIR
If a server is unable to write in the LSF system log file directory, LSF attempts to write to the following directories in the following order:

  • LSF_TMPDIR if defined

  • %TMP% if defined

  • %TEMP% if defined

  • System directory, for example, c:\winnt

UNIX

If a server is unable to write in this directory, the error logs are created in /tmp on UNIX.

If LSF_LOGDIR is not defined, syslog is used to log everything to the system log using the LOG_DAEMON facility. The syslog facility is available by default on most UNIX systems. The /etc/syslog.conf file controls the way messages are logged and the files they are logged to. See the man pages for the syslogd daemon and the syslog function for more information.

Default

Not defined. On UNIX, log messages go to syslog. On Windows, no logging is performed.

See also

LSB_CMD_LOG_MASK, LSB_CMD_LOGDIR, LSB_DEBUG, LSB_DEBUG_CMD, LSB_TIME_CMD, LSF_CMD_LOGDIR, LSF_CMD_LOG_MASK, LSF_LOG_MASK, LSF_LOGDIR_USE_WIN_REG, LSF_TIME_CMD

Files

  • lim.log.host_name

  • res.log.host_name

  • sbatchd.log.host_name

  • sbatchdc.log.host_name (when LSF_DAEMON_WRAP=Y)

  • mbatchd.log.host_name

  • eeventd.log.host_name

  • pim.log.host_name

Parent topic: lsf.conf