Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

Chapter 8
Platform LSF Licensing
Administering Platform LSF
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Troubleshooting License Issues
◆ “"lsadmin reconfig" gives "User permission denied" message” on page 197
◆ “Primary cluster administrator receives email “Your cluster has experienced license
overuse” message” on page 197
◆ “lsadmin command fails with "ls_gethostinfo: Host does not have a software
license"” on page 197
◆ “LSF commands give "Host does not have a software license"” on page 199
◆ “LSF commands fail with "ls_initdebug: Unable to open file lsf.conf"” on page 200
◆ “lmgrd fails with message "Port already in use"” on page 200
"lsadmin reconfig" gives "User permission denied" message
If you ran lsfinstall as a non-root user to install a multi-user cluster, the LSF
administration commands
lsadmin and badmin might give the error message “User
permission denied”.
Use the following commands to change the ownership for
lsadmin and badmin to
root and the file permission mode to
-rwsr-xr-x:
# chown root lsadmin badmin
# chmod 4755 lsadmin badmin
Now the user ID bit for the owner is setuid. If lsadmin and badmin are in a directory
shared through NFS, the directory must be shared and mounted with setuid enabled. Do
not mount with the nosuid flag. If your site does not permit this, copy
lsadmin and
badmin to /usr/bin or /bin.
Primary cluster administrator receives email “Your cluster has experienced license overuse”
message
This occurs when your cluster is using more licenses than you have purchased. LSF
allows for some overuse due to the peak usage of the cluster.
See the
lsf.cluster_name.license.acct file for details of the peak license
usage of your cluster:
◆ OK
Peak usage is less than the maximum license availability
◆ OVERUSE
Peak usage is more than the maximum license availability
If your cluster experiences frequent license violations or overuse, contact
[e-mail] to get more licenses or plan your cluster to reduce the
license usage during peak periods.
lsadmin command fails with "ls_gethostinfo: Host does not have a software license"
This may occur when you have installed the new key but have an old (unlicensed) LIM
running on the LSF master.
Solution:
1 On the LSF master, enter the command:
ps -ef | grep lim
2 Kill the LIM, using the command:
kill lim_PID