IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 600769 Readme File

Abstract

P104412. This fix prevents a child mbatchd core dump when the events file is broken.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 600769 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

A child mbatchd daemon might core dump when some events are missed in the lsb.events file under certain conditions. This is because the job status directly changes from PEND to PSUSP when replaying the events.

Readme File for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product/Component Release: 10.1

Update Name: Fix 600769

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build600769

Publication Date: Oct 25, 2021

Last Modified Date: Oct 25, 2021

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

P104412


2. Download Locations

Download Fix 600769 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/


3. Product or Components Affected

Affected product or components include:

LSF/mbatchd

LSF/mbschd

LSF/ebrokerd


4. System Requirements

linux2.6-glibc2.3-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 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) 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 the LSF cluster primary administrator and set the LSF cluster environment

2) badmin mbdrestart

5.4 Uninstallation

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

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

3) Run ./patchinstall -r <patch>

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

5) badmin mbdrestart


6. List of Files

mbatchd

mbschd

ebrokerd


7. Product Notifications

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8. Copyright and Trademark Information

©Copyright IBM Corporation 2021


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