diff --git a/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy b/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
index bf553b4d9e7..98bc5216035 100644
--- a/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
@@ -972,8 +972,13 @@ def runLLMTestlistWithSbatch(pipeline, platform, testList, config=VANILLA_CONFIG
                 if(nodeCount > 1) {
                     srunArgs.add("--mpi=pmi2")
                 }
+
+                def exemptionComment = ""
+                if (cluster.host.contains("oci-nrt") || cluster.host.contains("oci-hsg") || cluster.host.contains("lbd-lax")) {
+                    exemptionComment = """--comment='{"OccupiedIdleGPUsJobReaper":{"exemptIdleTimeMins":"90","reason":"other","description":"Long data and model loading time and disaggregated serving tests"}}'"""
+                }
                 def scriptContent = """#!/bin/bash
-                    #SBATCH --output=${outputPath}
+                    #SBATCH ${exemptionComment} --output=${outputPath}
                     ${taskArgs.collect { "#SBATCH $it" }.join('\n')}
                     #SBATCH ${partition.additionalArgs}
                     ${(partition?.name && partition.name != "unspecified") ? "#SBATCH --partition=${partition.name}" : ""}
@@ -1049,7 +1054,7 @@ def runLLMTestlistWithSbatch(pipeline, platform, testList, config=VANILLA_CONFIG
                     timeout: false,
                     script: Utils.sshUserCmd(
                         remote,
-                        scriptExecPathNode
+                        "\"${scriptExecPathNode}\""
                     ),
                     numRetries: 3
                 )
@@ -1525,7 +1530,7 @@ def runLLMDocBuild(pipeline, config)
     if (env.alternativeTRT) {
         sh "cd ${llmSrc} && sed -i 's#tensorrt~=.*\$#tensorrt#g' requirements.txt && cat requirements.txt"
     }
-    trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${llmSrc} && pip3 install --retries 1 -r requirements-dev.txt")
+    trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${llmSrc} && pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt")
     trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${llmPath} && pip3 install --force-reinstall --no-deps TensorRT-LLM/tensorrt_llm-*.whl")
 
     // Step 3: build doc
@@ -2150,7 +2155,7 @@ def runLLMTestlistOnPlatformImpl(pipeline, platform, testList, config=VANILLA_CO
         if (env.alternativeTRT) {
             sh "cd ${llmSrc} && sed -i 's#tensorrt~=.*\$#tensorrt#g' requirements.txt && cat requirements.txt"
         }
-        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${llmSrc} && pip3 install --retries 1 -r requirements-dev.txt")
+        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${llmSrc} && pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt")
         if (stageName.contains("-Ray-")) {
             trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "pip3 install ray[default]")
         }
diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/slurm_run.sh b/jenkins/scripts/slurm_run.sh
index 70081809cba..6325a62fa6d 100755
--- a/jenkins/scripts/slurm_run.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/slurm_run.sh
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ if [ $SLURM_LOCALID -eq 0 ]; then
     apt-get install -y libffi-dev
     nvidia-smi && nvidia-smi -q && nvidia-smi topo -m
     if [[ $pytestCommand == *--run-ray* ]]; then
-        pip3 install ray[default]
+        pip3 install --retries 10 ray[default]
     fi
-    cd $llmSrcNode && pip3 install --retries 1 -r requirements-dev.txt
-    cd $resourcePathNode &&  pip3 install --force-reinstall --no-deps TensorRT-LLM/tensorrt_llm-*.whl
+    cd $llmSrcNode && pip3 install --retries 10 -r requirements-dev.txt
+    cd $resourcePathNode &&  pip3 install --retries 10 --force-reinstall --no-deps TensorRT-LLM/tensorrt_llm-*.whl
     git config --global --add safe.directory "*"
     gpuUuids=$(nvidia-smi -q | grep "GPU UUID" | awk '{print $4}' | tr '\n' ',' || true)
     hostNodeName="${HOST_NODE_NAME:-$(hostname -f || hostname)}"