# Bad host specification: local cluster name cannot be specified. Job not submitted

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**Created:** [September 8, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508 "2025-09-08T17:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/1 "2025-09-08T17:45:40Z")

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Hi,

When I specify a cluster name in the configuration I can no longer submit jobs. It gives the :”Bad host specification: local cluster name cannot be specified. Job not submitted." I found out that when you specify a cluster name, then then OOD decides that it will submit the job in LSF “bsub -m custernamehere etc” We don’t submit jobs using the -m. How can I turn this off in OOD?

–David

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/2 "2025-09-08T17:50:24Z")

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> [@dweise1776](#):
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> When I specify a cluster name in the configuration I can no longer submit jobs

Don’t specify clustername in the cluster.d configuration.

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/3 "2025-09-08T20:25:20Z")

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Hi,

Well I’m trying to get interactive apps running and as far as I know, I read that was a requirement. OOD v3.1.7

–David

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/4 "2025-09-08T20:50:17Z")

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The docs say ‘required to enable multi-cluster support’ which I’m guessing you don’t have.

When you remove it, what’s the behavior you see?

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/5 "2025-09-08T20:51:56Z")

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Hi,

So this is definitely a bug:

[dweise@submithost 192]$ bsub -m lsf\_clustername \< myscript.sh  
Bad host specification: local cluster name cannot be specified. Job not submitted.  
[dweise@submithost 192]$  
[dweise@submithost 192]$ bsub -clusters lsf\_clustername \< myscript.sh  
Job \<41455387\> is submitted to queue \<normal\_queue\>.

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/6 "2025-09-08T20:52:52Z")

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OK, it could be some sort of compatibility issue in LSF.

What version of LSF are you running?

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/7 "2025-09-08T20:57:04Z")

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Hi,

ok it works. I can submit a job if I remove the cluster name. But will I be able to setup interactive apps if I can’t specify a cluster?

The version of LSF is: IBM Spectrum LSF Standard 10.1.0.14,

–David

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/8 "2025-09-09T13:27:00Z")

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> [@dweise1776](#):
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> But will I be able to setup interactive apps if I can’t specify a cluster?

Yes you should be able to.

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/9 "2025-09-09T16:10:06Z")

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Hi,

Ok, I’ll give it a try and get back to you.

–David

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/10 "2025-09-16T16:37:15Z")

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Hi

OOD gave me an error that cluster name was not defined. In some old docs I gave it the name \* and it worked for now.

–David

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/bad-host-specification-local-cluster-name-cannot-be-specified-job-not-submitted/4508/11 "2026-03-15T16:37:58Z")

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