IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 467483 Readme File

Abstract

P102360. This package provides an updated script to set the maximum locked memory for LSF daemons in systemd environment to unlimited.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 467483 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This package addresses the following issues:

LSF jobs are limited by maximum locked memory.

This package provides an updated script to set the maximum locked memory ulimit to unlimited for LSF daemons on systemd based systems.

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product/Component Release: 10.1

Update Name: Fix 467483

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build467483

Publication date: 14 September 2017

Last modified date: 14 September 2017

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

P102360

2. Download Location

Download Fix 467483 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3. Products or components affected

Affected components include: LSF install script (hostsetup)

4. System requirements

Linux with systemd service.

5. Installation and configuration

5.1 Before installation

Backup

(LSF_TOP=Full path to the top-level installation directory of LSF.)

The following file should be backed up.

* <LSF_TOP>/<LSF_VERSION>/install/hostsetup

5.2 Installation steps

Update

Copy the new files by the commands below:

$sudo install -m 755 hostsetup <LSF_TOP>/<LSF_VERSION>/install/hostsetup

5.3 After installation

Confirm

Check whether the files are updated successfully.

$ls -l <LSF_TOP>/<LSF_VERSION>/install/hostsetup 

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91072 Sep  14  2017 hostsetup

NOTE: Make sure that the file permissions and owner are the same as shown in the example above.

          The file size might be different.

Install & Update lsfd.service in systemd

       $sudo ./hostsetup --top="<LSF_TOP>" --boot=y 

Active the configuration

        $sudo systemctl restart lsfd

6. List of files

hostsetup

7. Product notifications

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8. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2017

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