To know the resource information which is supported by the bsub -R option are as follows: $> lsinfo type String N/A Host type model String N/A Host model status String N/A Host status hname String N/A Host name setnprocs Numeric Dec Set the number of processors setncores Numeric Dec Set the total number of cores vcs Numeric Dec flexlm VCSRuntime_Net vcs_rh6 Numeric Dec flexlm VCSRuntime_Net mti Numeric Dec flexlm Questa pcie Numeric Dec flexlm pcie pci_express Numeric Dec flexlm pci_express this will list out the resources which can be used with bsub -R option bsub -R "rusage[mti]" this will check if the licenses are available and then fire the job .