IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 Fix 388450 Readme File

Abstract 

P101586. Fix to improve LSF scheduler performance when a job that is submitted with the -m option requires hundreds of hosts, and hundreds of hosts are configured for HOSTS in the queue. 

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 Fix 388450 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

LSF scheduler performance is slow when a job that is submitted with the -m option requires hundreds of hosts, and hundreds of hosts are configured for HOSTS in the queue.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform LSF

Product/Component Release: 9.1.3 

Update Name: Fix 388450 

Fix ID: LSF-9.1.3-build388450 

Publication date: 2 March 2016 

Last modified date: 2 March 2016 

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.     Product notifications

8.     Copyright and trademark information

1.   List of fixes

P101586 

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 388450 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3.   Products or components affected

Affected components include: LSF/mbschd, LSF/schmod_default.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 badmin mbdrestart

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 mbdrestart

6.   List of files 

mbschd
schmod_default.so 

7.   Product notifications

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8.   Copyright and trademark information

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