IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 Fix 415955 Readme File

Abstract

P101819. Fix for the extsched API used to create plugins for the LSF scheduler. This fix ensures that the correct context is set during preemption scheduling.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 Fix 415955 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

Fix for the extsched API used to create plugins for the LSF scheduler. This fix ensures that the correct context is set during preemption scheduling. The scheduling context is obtained by the use of the extsched API function extsched_getCheckAllocContext() from within a plugin's checkAlloc callback.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform LSF
Product/Component Release: 9.1.3
Update Name: Fix 415955
PMR/APAR: 08070,227,000/P101819
Fix ID: LSF-9.1.3-build415955
Publication date: 29 July 2016
Last modified date: 29 July 2016

Contents:

• List of fixes
• Download location
• Product notifications
• Products or components affected
• System requirements
• Installation and configuration
• List of files
• Copyright and trademark information

• List of fixes
  

  P101819

• Download Location

Download Fix 415955 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

• Product notifications

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• Products or components affected

Affected components include: LSF/mbschd LSF/lssched.h LSF/schmod_preemption.so


• System requirements
  

  Linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

• Installation and configuration
  

  6.1          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

  6.2          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>

  6.3          After installation
  1)    Log on to the LSF master host as root
  2)    Run badmin mbdrestart

  6.4          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

• List of files
  

  mbschd
  lssched.h
  schmod_preemption.so
  

• Copyright and trademark information

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