Resources

External references and guides for SLURM and LSF-to-SLURM migration.

Official SLURM documentation

• SLURM Documentation — comprehensive reference for all SLURM commands and configuration
• sbatch Manual — all #SBATCH directives and sbatch options
• srun Manual — interactive and parallel job launch
• Job Array Support — detailed job array documentation
• sacct Manual — job accounting and history

Migration guides

• SchedMD Rosetta Stone — the official PBS/LSF/SLURM command comparison (PDF)
• LLNL SLURM Tutorials — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's SLURM guides
• ETH Zurich LSF to SLURM — concise migration quick reference
• FIU LSF to SLURM — Florida International University's migration guide

Cheat sheets

• SLURM Quick Reference (PDF) — two-page command summary
• SLURM Command Comparison — web version of the Rosetta Stone

Tools

• IBM lsf-slurm-wrappers — drop-in wrapper scripts that translate LSF commands to SLURM equivalents in real time
• lsf2slurm.sh — this project's sed-based directive converter

SLURM tips for LSF users

Key mindset shifts

1. No input redirection: Use sbatch script.sh, not sbatch < script.sh
2. Time format: SLURM prefers HH:MM:SS or D-HH:MM:SS; bare minutes are not standard
3. Memory suffixes: Use --mem=4G instead of bare numbers to be explicit about units
4. seff for efficiency: After jobs complete, run seff <jobid> to see how well you utilized your allocation
5. squeue formatting: Customize with --format or set SQUEUE_FORMAT in your .bashrc
6. Default output: SLURM writes to slurm-<jobid>.out by default (LSF uses LSFJOB_<jobid>/)