IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 551114 Readme File 

Abstract


P103714. This fix prevents memory corruption in the RES process when the current working directory for the Docker job has a long file path.


Description


Readme documentation for IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 551114 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

When submitting a Docker job with a current working directory that has a long specified file path, the job RES process exits abnormally due to memory corruption. This fix corrects the memory allocation logic in RES to resolve this issue.


Readme File for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product/Component Release: 10.1

Update Name: Fix 551114

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build551114

Publication Date: 17 June 2020

Last Modified Date: 22 June 2020

Contents

1. List of Fixes

2. Download Location

3. Product 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

P103714


2. Download Locations

Download Fix 551114 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/


3. Product or Components Affected

Affected product or components include:

LSF/sbatchd

LSF/res


4. System Requirements

linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

linux3.10-glibc2.17-x86_64

linux3.10-glibc2.17-ppc64le


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 the LSF cluster primary administrator 

2) Set the LSF cluster 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) Run badmin hclose all 

2) Run badmin qinact all 

3) Log on to the LSF master host as root and set the LSF cluster environment 

4) Go to the patch install directory: cd $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/ 

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

6) Run patchinstall: ./patchinstall <patch> 


5.3 After installation

1) Log on to the LSF master host as the LSF cluster primary administrator and set the LSF cluster environment 

2) Run lsadmin resrestart all 

3) Run badmin hrestart all 

4) Run badmin hopen all 

5) Run badmin qact all 


5.4 Uninstallation

1) Log on to the LSF master host as the LSF cluster primary administrator and set the LSF cluster environment 

2) Run badmin hclose all 

3) Run badmin qinact all 

4) Log on to the LSF master host as root and set the LSF cluster environment 

5) Go to the patch install directory: cd $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/ 

6) Run ./patchinstall -r <patch> 

7) Log on to the LSF master host as the LSF cluster primary administrator and set the LSF cluster environment 

8) Run lsadmin resrestart all 

9) Run badmin hrestart all 

10) Run badmin hopen all 

11) Run badmin qact all 



6. List of Files

sbatchd

res


7. Product Notifications

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8. Copyright and Trademark Information

©Copyright IBM Corporation 2020


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