IBM Platform Cluster Manager Version 4.2.1 Fix 393052 Readme File

Abstract

Apply this fix to add Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for HPC Compute Node 7.1 x86-64 support to Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM® Platform Cluster Manager Version 4.2.1 Fix 393052, including installation-related instructions and prerequisites.

Apply this fix to add Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for HPC Compute Node 7.1 x86-64 support to Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1. By applying Fix 393052, RHEL for HPC Compute Node 7.1 can be added to Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 as a supported operating system. After applying the fix, add the RHEL for HPC Compute Node 7.1 operating system as an OS distribution and use the image profile to provision compute nodes.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Cluster Manager
Product/Component release: 4.2.1
Update name: Fix 393052
Fix ID: pcm-4.2.1-build393052
Publication date: 11 Mar 2016
Last modification date: 11Mar 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. Limitation
  8. Copyright and trademark information

1. List of fixes

Adding RHEL for HPC Compute Node 7.1 x86-64 support for Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1.

2. Download location

Fix 393052 can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.

3. Products or components affected

Fix 393052 affects the following versions of Platform Cluster Manager:

4.2.1.

4. System requirements

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 must be installed on management node.

5. Installation and configuration

Applying this fix involves the following steps:

5.1 Download the "pcm-4.2.1-build393052" fix package from IBM Fix Central.

5.2 Upload the fix tar file to the Platform Cluster Manager management node.

5.3 On the Platform Cluster Manager management node, extract the fix tar file.

# mkdir -p /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052

# tar -zxvf pcm_4.2.1_393052_fix.tar.gz -C /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052

5.4 Install the fix.

Create a backup of the files affected by this fix.

# mkdir -p /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/backup
# cp /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT/data/discinfo.pm /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/backup/discinfo.pm.orig
# pg_dump -U xcatadm -t kitrepo xcatdb > /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/backup/kitrepo_backup.sql

Then, run the following commands to replace these files and update kitrepo table.

# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/discinfo.pm /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT/data
# cp /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels7.tmpl /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhelhpc7.tmpl
# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/imageprofile-rhelhpc7-x86_64-hpc.tmpl /opt/pcm/etc/template/imageprofile
# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/imageprofile-rhelhpc7-x86_64.tmpl /opt/pcm/etc/template/imageprofile
# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/rhelhpc7.x86_64.stateful.pkglist /opt/pcm/etc/template/imageprofile
# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/rhelhpc7.x86_64.stateless.pkglist /opt/pcm/etc/template/imageprofile
# psql -U xcatadm -d xcatdb -c "update kitrepo set compat_osbasenames = 'centos,rhelhpc' where kitreponame = 'kit-pcm-4.2.1-rhels-7-x86_64' "

5.5 If high availability is enabled, run the following command on the standby management node. Otherwise, omit this step.

# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build393052/discinfo.pm /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT/data
# cp /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels7.tmpl /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhelhpc7.tmpl

5.6 Add the RHEL for HPC Compute Node 7.1 operating system to Platform Cluster Manager as an OS distribution, see Adding an OS distribution. Next, use the image profile created for this OS distribution to provision nodes, see Adding compute nodes.

6. List of files

discinfo.pm

imageprofile-rhelhpc7-x86_64-hpc.tmpl

imageprofile-rhelhpc7-x86_64.tmpl

rhelhpc7.x86_64.stateful.pkglist

rhelhpc7.x86_64.stateless.pkglist

7. Limitation

 Fix 393052 would not support VNC console feature, because RHEL for HPC Compute Node 7.1 does not provide tigervnc-server package.

8. Copyright and trademark information

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