IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 477144 Readme File

Abstract

P102439. This fix prevents the mbatchd daemon of the submission cluster from crashing in the LSF multicluster job forwarding model.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 477144 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

In the LSF multicluster job forwarding mode, when the bsub -m option specifies more than 5 remote hosts, the mbatchd daemon of submission cluster might crash.

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product/Component Release: 10.1

Update Name: Fix 477144

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build477144

Publication date: 6 December 2017

Last modified date: 6 December 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

P102439

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 477144 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3.   Products or components affected

Affected components include: LSF/mbatchd

 

4.   System requirements

Linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64
linux3.10-glibc2.17-ppc64le
linux3.10-glibc2.17-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/../10.1/install/

2)    Copy the patch file to the install directory $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/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

 

mbatchd

 

7.   Product notifications

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8.   Copyright and trademark information

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