IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0.13 Fix 601730 Readme

 

Abstract

This fix resolves a current working directory (CWD) error when submitting a job using the  pacclient.py with "EXTRA_PARAMS=-cwd <path>" command.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0 Fix including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:
In the scneario where you first run the ./pacclient.py submit -a "test3" -p "EXTRA_PARAMS=-cwd <path>" command to submit a job,
run the bjobs –l <id> command to check the job status, the current working directory (CWD) is incorrect.

 

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF Application Center
Product/Component Release: 10.2.0.13
Update Name: Fix 601730
Fix ID: pac-10.2-build 601730
Publication date: September 26, 2023
Contents

1.      List of fixes

2.      Download location

3.      Product notifications

4.      Products or components affected

5.      System requirements

6.      Installation and configuration

7.      Uninstallation

8.      List of files

9.      Copyright and trademark information

1.    List of fixes

P104944

2.    Download location

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

3.    Product notifications:

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4.    Products or components affected

IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center Server

5.    System requirements

Linux-x86_64

6.    Installation and configuration

6.1  Before installation

1)     Log on to the IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center server host as root.

2)     Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment.
For csh or tcsh:
% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform
For sh, ksh, or bash:
$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

3)     Determine the location of your existing IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center installation:
#rpm -q --queryformat "%{INSTPREFIXES}\n" lsf-appcenter

4)     Check and record the version and build number of your existing installation of IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center in case you need to roll back the fix:
pmcadmin -V

5)     Stop all IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services:
perfadmin stop all
 
pmcadmin stop

6)     Back up your existing installation.
For example:
#cp -rfp /opt/ibm /opt/ibm.bak

6.2  Installation steps for IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center 10.2.0.

The following steps assume that IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center is installed in /opt/ibm directory.
Replace with your actual installation directory.

Note: This fix is only for LSF Application Center 10.2.0. If you are using other versions, you must first migrate to 10.2.0 before applying this fix.

1)     Extract pac10.2.0.13_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z:-
tar -xzvf pac10.2.0.13_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z

2)     As root, log on to your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center 10.2 host.

3)     Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment:
For csh or tcsh:
% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform
For sh, ksh, or bash:
$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

4)     Configure the pacinstall.sh file by
replacing ${INSTALLATION_TOP} with your actual installation directory, and setting ${USE_REMOTE_DB} to Y for IBM Spectrum LSF Applicatoin Center high availability (HA).

5)     Install the fix:
./pacinstall.sh

Note: Make sure the script and all RPM files for the upgrade package are in the same directory.

6)  Start IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services:
perfadmin start all
pmcadmin start

7. Uninstallation

7.1  Before uninstallation

Stop all IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services:

perfadmin stop all

pmcadmin stop

7.2  Roll back the fix

The following steps assume that IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center is installed in the /opt/ibm directory.
Replace this with your actual installation directory.

1)     Determine the location of your existing IBM Application Center installation:
#rpm -q --queryformat "%{INSTPREFIXES}\n" lsf-appcenter

2)     Download the pac-10.2.0.13-build601730 package.

3)     Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment:
For csh or tcsh:
% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform
For sh, ksh, or bash:
$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

4)  Extract pac10.2.0.13_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z:
tar -xzvf pac10.2.0.13_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z

5)     Configure the pacinstall.sh file by
replacing ${INSTALLATION_TOP} with your actual installation directory.

6)     Install the package of the previous version:
./pacinstall.sh -d

Note: Make sure the script and all RPMs for the downgrade package are in the same directory.

7)     If you have made any customizations, reapply your customizations from the backup directory.

8)     Start IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services:
perfadmin start all
pmcadmin start

9)     Clear your browser cache before logging into IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center.
This is required on every browser that will access IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center. Otherwise, IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center will not work properly.

8. List of files

$PMC_TOP/ gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/classes/com/platform/gui/pac/pacwebservice/clientwebservice/api/AppSubmit.class

$PMC_TOP/lsfsuite/ext/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/classes/com/platform/.product

 

9. Copyright and trademark information

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