IBM Platform LSF 9.1.1 Fix 238374 Readme File

Abstract

Fix to improve scheduling performance when preemption and guaranteed SLA are both enabled.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Platform LSF 9.1.1 Fix 238374 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

When preemption and guaranteed SLA are both enabled, mbschd will take a long time to finish one scheduling cycle, especially when there are tens of thousands of pending jobs.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform LSF

Product/Component Release: 9.1.1

Update Name: Fix 238374

Fix ID: LSF-9.1.1-build238374

Publication date: 1 July 2014

Last modified date: 1 July 2014

Contents:

1.     List of fixes

2.     Download location

3.     Products or components affected

4.     System requirements

5.     Installation and configuration

6.     List of files

7.     Copyright and trademark information

 

1.   List of fixes

P100506

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 238374 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3.   Products or components affected

Affected components include: LSF/mbschd

 

4.   System requirements

Linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

 

5.   Installation and configuration

 

5.1          Before installation

(LSF_TOP=Full path to the top-level installation directory of LSF.)

1) Log on to the LSF master host as root

2) Set your environment:

-      For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-      For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

 

5.2          Installation steps

 

1) Go to the patch install directory: cd $LSF_ENVDIR/../9.1/install/

2) Copy the patch file to the install directory $LSF_ENVDIR/../9.1/install/

3) Run patchinstall: ./patchinstall <patch>

 

5.3          After installation

 

1) Log on to the LSF master host as root

2) Run badmin reconfig

 

5.4          Uninstallation

 

To roll back a patch:

1) Log on to the LSF master host as root

2) Run ./patchinstall -r <patch>

3) Run badmin reconfig

6.   List of files

 

mbschd

 

7.   Copyright and trademark information

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