IBM Platform HPC 3.0 Fix 242349 Readme File

Abstract

Fix 242349 fixes the failing operating system switch in the dualboot environment.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Platform HPC Fix 242349 including installation-related instructions.

In a dualboot environment, the operating system switch fails when a job requiring CPU cores is submitted. The number of CPU cores requested is between 1 and the total number of CPU cores available in the cluster.

This fix resolves the issue of the operating system switch failing and successfully submits jobs that require CPU cores.

Readme file for: IBM Platform HPC

Product/Component Release: 3.0

Update Name: Fix 242349

Fix ID: phpc-3.0-build242349

Publication date: 4 September 2014

Last modified date: 4 September 2014

Contents:

1. Download location

2. Products or components affected

3. System requirements

4. Installation and configuration

5. List of files

6. Copyright and trademark information

1. Download Location

Download Fix 242349 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes

2. Products or components affected

Affected components include: Dual Boot

3. System requirements

3.1 Software requirements

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6 x86 (64-bit)

CentOS 5.6 x86 (64-bit)

Scientific Linux (SL) 5.6 x86 (64-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.1 x86 (64-bit)

3.2 Hardware requirements

           Minimal hardware requirements for the master host are as follow:

    -2.5 GB of physical memory (RAM)
    -80 GB of free disk space on the first disk or the directory in which the repositories are stored 

         -the install (/depot) directory has at least 12 GB free space

         -the /var directory has at least 40 GB free space
    -At least two configured and functioning network interfaces (both configured with static IP addresses), where one connects to public network and one connects to a provision network.

4. Installation and configuration

4.1 Installation steps

1. Extract the fix tar archive on the master host:

# tar -xvzf phpc_3.0_242349_fix.tar.gz

2. Install the fix from the extracted directory:

      # ./patchinstall.sh apply

3. Restart LSF daemon service and npm service:

      # service lsf_daemons restart

      # service npm restart

4.2 Uninstallation

1. Uninstall the fix from the original extracted directory:

# ./patchinstall.sh rollback

2. Restart LSF daemon service and npm service:

      # service lsf_daemons restart

      # service npm restart

5. List of files

|--source/

|    |--opt/

|    |    |--lsf/

|    |    |  |--7.0/

|    |    | |    |--linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/

|    |    | |    |    |--lib/

|    |    | |    |    |    |--liblsfload.so

|    |    | |    |    |    |--libpolicy_multiboot.so

|    |    | |    |    |--etc/

|    |    | |    |    |    |--npm

|--patchinstall.sh

|--config/

|    |--checkServiceScript.sh

|    |--patch.conf

6. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

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