MultiCluster is a licensed product; you will have to obtain a license from Platform Computing in order to run MultiCluster.
You can use MultiCluster to link two or more LSF clusters. Then, the participating clusters can be configured to share resources.
MultiCluster files are automatically installed by LSF’s regular Setup program (lsfinstall). Install LSF and make sure each cluster works properly as a standalone cluster before you proceed to configure MultiCluster.
The local master host must be configured to communicate with the remote cluster:
The local master host must be able to contact the master host of the remote cluster:
The valid master host list for remote clusters is used to locate the current master host on that cluster and ensure that any remote host is a valid master host for its cluster.
Participating clusters must use the same port numbers for the LSF daemons RES, mbatchd, and sbatchd, and the LIM daemon. By default, all clusters have the identical settings.
LSF must be able to transfer job files and data files between clusters.
Dynamic IP addressing is not supported across clusters. LSF client hosts require a fixed IP address to communicate with a host that belongs to another cluster.
If you use floating client hosts, do not share lsf.conf files. You must configure separate lsf.conf files for each cluster.
If you use static clients (listed in lsf.cluster.cluster_name), you may choose to share one lsf.conf file across multiple clusters. LSF client hosts can only use servers in their local cluster, so if you do this, you must have at least one host from each cluster listed in the LSF_SERVER_HOSTS line. To improve performance, configure separate lsf.conf files for each cluster instead of sharing lsf.conf.