Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2
Chapter 8
Platform LSF Licensing
Administering Platform LSF
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Installing a Demo License
This section includes instructions for licensing LSF with a new demo license.
Most new users should follow the procedure under “Installing and licensing LSF for the
first time” on page 173.
If you already have LSF installed, see “Installing a demo license manually” on page 173.
Installing and licensing LSF for the first time
If LSF has never been installed before, you should install and license LSF in one step,
using a demo license and the LSF installation program for UNIX,
lsfinstall.
1
Acquire your demo license before you install LSF.
See “Getting a demo license” on page 174.
2
When you receive your license file, save it as license.dat.
See “Viewing and editing the license file” on page 177.
3
Install LSF using lsfinstall as described in Installing Platform LSF on
UNIX and Linux.
lsfinstall automatically sets up the LSF demo license.
Installing a demo license manually
If you just need to update or replace an existing LSF license, see “Updating a License”
on page 180.
If LSF is installed without a license file, or the license file is not properly installed, you
can install a demo license manually.
Steps
1
Acquire your demo license.
See “Getting a demo license” on page 174.
2
When you receive your license file, save it as license.dat.
See “Viewing and editing the license file” on page 177.
3
Move the license file to a location where it can be shared.
See “Location of the LSF license file for a demo license” on page 174.
4
Set the LSF_LICENSE_FILE parameter to point to your license file.
See “LSF_LICENSE_FILE parameter” on page 177.
5
Start or reconfigure LSF. The license file is re-read and the changes are accepted by
LSF.
❖
If LSF daemons are already running, reconfigure LSF using the following LSF
commands:
#
lsadmin reconfig
#
badmin reconfig
❖
If this is a new installation, start LSF using one of these two methods:
✧
On the LSF master host, run the following LSF commands:
#
lsadmin limstartup all
#
lsadmin resstartup all
#
badmin hstartup all
✧
On any LSF host, run the script:
LSF_BINDIR/lsfstartup