HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1

3. Save your changes and exit the file.
4.7.6 Customize Client Node Disk Partitioning (Optional)
The X C client node imaging process requires a single system disk on each client node for the
operating system install atio n. Client node disk devices are partition e d au tom ati cally as part of
the autom ated client imaging process.
Table 4-3 lists the default disk partition layout on client nodes. Partition sizes are cr eated as a
percentage of available disk space after subtracting the total swap size.
Tab
le 4-3: Default Client Node Partition Layout
File System Name Size
3 swap d evic es (2 G B x 3) = 6 GB
/boot or /boot/efi
1%x(totaldisksize-6GB)
/ (root) 60% x (total disk size - 6 GB )
/var
39% x (total disk size - 6 GB )
If the default partition layout is satisfactory fo r your needs, there is nothing you have to do
regarding client node disk partitioning.
However, if your system requires a different, customized partitioning layout on client disk
devices, see Appendix H for instructions.
4.8 Configure the System and Create the Golden Image
The next step in the process is to configure the system for general use. The configuration
procedure builds the system configuration database, installs LSF HPC, enables Nagios and
SLURM, starts all services on the head no de, and creates the golden image.
If you configured N IS and you do no t wan t to configure the primary LSF Administrator with
a NIS-based account, check for the existence of an lsfadmin user before beginning this
procedure. If an lsfadmin user exists, select a user nam e that does n ot exist i n the NIS
database when you are prompted to supply a user name for the LSF administrator.
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An alternate approach is to disable the ypbind service on t he head node before
running the cluster_config utility:
# service ypbind stop
If you follow this alternate approach, remember to restart the ypbind service after
the con clusion of the cluster_config process:
# service ypbind start
Follow this procedure to co nfigure the system:
1. Change to the configuration directory:
# cd /opt/hptc/config/sbin
_____________________ Caution ______________________
Make sure there are no other terminal windows or shells that are actively
open in the /hptc_cluster directory. If there are any processes that
are using the /hptc_cluster directory, the file system mounting that is
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