IBM Platform Data Manager for LSF 9.1.3 Fix 476904 Readme

Abstract
P102438. Fix for the issue that occurs if the sshd is configured to display a banner message to remote users. The unexpected output of the banner message may cause the use of ssh within the LSF Data Manager to fail.

Description
Readme documentation for IBM Platform Data Manager for LSF 9.1.3 Fix 476904 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

If the sshd daemon is configured to display a banner message to remote users, the unexpected output of the banner message might cause the use of ssh and scp within the LSF Data Manager to fail. This fix changes the use of ssh and scp so that the following options are used by default: "-q -n -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o BatchMode=yes"

These options are as follows:

-q

Quiet mode. Supresses all warning and diagnostic messages.

-o PasswordAuthentication=no

Specifies that password authentication is not allowed.

-o BatchMode=yes

Specifies non-interactive mode (or batch mode). If password authentication is required, the command fails without prompting.

You can now control the use of ssh and scp in LSF Data Manager by specifying the following two new lsf.conf parameters:

- LSF_DATA_SSH_CMD defines the default SSH command. The default value is "ssh -q -n -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o BatchMode=yes".

- LSF_DATA_SCP_CMD defines the default SCP command. The default value is "scp -q -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o BatchMode=yes -r -p".

The LSF_DATA_SCP_CMD definition does not apply to the job transfer script. To change the use of scp in the job transfer script, you must use the FILE_TRANSFER_CMD parameter in the lsf.datamanager file.

If you change the value of the LSF_DATA_SSH_CMD or LSF_DATA_SCP_CMD parameter, you must restart the dmd daemon to apply the changes by running 'bdata admin reconfig'.

Before applying this patch, you must ensure that IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 and IBM Platform Data Manager for LSF has been installed. Also, LSF 9.1.3 Fix 436053 has been applied.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Data Manager for LSF
Product/Component Release: 9.1.3
Update Name: Fix 476904
Fix ID: LSF-9.1.3-build476904
Publication date: 11 December 2017
Last modified date: 11 December 2017

Contents:

1.              List of fixes

2.     Download location

3.     Product notifications

4.     Products or components affected

5.     System requirements

6.     Installation and configuration

7.     List of files

8.     Copyright and trademark information

1.     List of fixes

P102438

2.              Download Location

Download Fix 476904 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3.              Product notifications

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4.              Products or components affected

Affected components include:

LSF/bsub
LSF/bmod
Data Manager/bdata
Data Manager/bstage
Data Manager/dmd

5.              System requirements

Linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

6.              Installation and configuration

6.1 Before installation

1.      Before applying this patch, you must ensure that IBM Platform LSF 9.1.3 and IBM Platform Data Manager for LSF has been installed. Also, LSF 9.1.3 Fix 436053 has been applied.

2.   

3.  (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

2.      

6.2 Installation steps

1.      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>

2.      

6.3 After installation

1.      1)    Log on to the DM host as root or DM admin.
2)    Run `bdata admin reconfig`.

2.      

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 `bdata admin reconfig`

·       List of files

bsub
bmod
bdata
bstage
dmd

·       Copyright and trademark information

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