IBM Platform LSF 9.1.2 Fix 248175 Readme File

Abstract

APAR P100859: Fix to avoid the incorrect reservation of hosts that do not have enough memory if submitting jobs with memory requirements ("rusage[mem=value]") and processor requirements ("span[ptile=value]").

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Platform LSF 9.1.2 Fix 248175 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

When submitting jobs with memory requirements ("rusage[mem=value]") and processor requirements ("span[ptile=value]"), there is an incorrect reservation of hosts that do not have enough memory.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform LSF

Product/Component Release: 9.1.2

Update Name: Fix 248175

Fix ID: LSF-9.1.2-build248175

Publication date: 9 December 2014

Last modified date: 9 December 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

P100859

2. Download Location

Download Fix 248175 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3. Products or components affected

Affected components include:
LSF/mbschd
LSF/schmod_parallel.so
LSF/schmod_reserve.so

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 lsf_daemons restart

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 lsf_daemons restart

6. List of files

mbschd
schmod_parallel.so
schmod_reserve.so

7. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

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