Readme file for IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 601624

Abstract

P104906. This fix prevents broken connections between the mbatchd and sbatchd dameons due to XDR error when the LSF_STRICT_CHECKING parameter is defined with a value of ENHANCED or is undefined.

 

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 601624 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

When the LSF_STRICT_CHECKING parameter is defined as ENHANCED or is undefined, the mbatchd or sbatchd daemons can periodically disconnect due to communication errors. This fix prevents losing missing data when data passes through the network connection.

 

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product or component release: 10.1

Update name: Fix 601624

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build601624

Publication date: 18 July 2023

 

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

P104906

 

2. Download locations

Download Fix 601624 from the following location: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

 

3. Product or components affected

Affected product or components include:

LSF/res

LSF/sbatchd

LSF/mbatchd

LSF/mbschd

LSF/ebrokerd

LSF/bhosts

LSF/bjobs

 

4. System requirements

linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

linux3.10-glibc2.17-x86_64

 

5. Installation and configuration

Before you install

LSF_TOP is the full path to the top-level installation directory of LSF.

1.      Before you apply this fix, ensure that you installed LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 12 or above. You can download LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 12 from https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral. Search for build600488. Contact IBM LSF Support if you have any questions or problems with installing Fix Pack 12.

2.      Starting in LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 13, the default values of the following three GPU parameters are changed to:
LSF_GPU_AUTOCONFIG=Y
LSB_GPU_NEW_SYNTAX=extend
LSF_GPU_RESOURCE_IGNORE=Y

If you have Fix Pack 13 installed, the if these GPU parameters are not configured in the lsf.conf configuration file, the default values will be used, and parameters already configured in the lsf.conf file will not be affected.

If you want to keep the former GPU behavior, and if any of the three parameters are missing from the lsf.conf configuration file, you must explicitly configure the following default settings that are defined in Fix Pack 12 or earlier:
LSF_GPU_AUTOCONFIG=N
LSB_GPU_NEW_SYNTAX=N
LSF_GPU_RESOURCE_IGNORE=N

3.      Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF primary administrator.

4.      Set your environment:
-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf
-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

Installation steps

1.      Run badmin hclose all

2.    Run badmin qinact all

3.    Log on to the LSF management host as root and set the LSF cluster environment.

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

5.      Copy the fix file to the install directory: $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/

6.      Run patchinstall: ./patchinstall <fix>

7 If LSF server hosts were installed locally, log on to each LSF server host and set the LSF environment, then, repeat steps 4 to 6 on each host.

 

After you install

1.      Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF primary administrator and set your environment:

-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

2.    Run lsadmin resrestart all

3.    Run badmin hrestart all

4.    Run badmin hopen all

5.    Run badmin qact all

 

Uninstallation

1.    Log on to the LSF management 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 management host as root and set the LSF cluster environment.

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

6.    Run ./patchinstall -r <patch>

7.    If LSF server hosts were installed locally, log on to each LSF server host and set the LSF environment, then, repeat steps 5 and 6 on each host.

8.    Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF cluster primary administrator and set the LSF cluster environment.

9.    Run lsadmin resrestart all

                    10.    Run badmin hrestart all

                    11.   Run badmin hopen all

                    12.   Run badmin qact all

 

6. List of files

The following components in all Linux and UNIX packages:

LSF/res

LSF/sbatchd

LSF/mbatchd

LSF/mbschd

LSF/ebrokerd

LSF/bhosts

LSF/bjobs

 

7. Product Notifications

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8. Copyright and Trademark Information

©Copyright IBM Corporation 2023

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