Platform LSF Administrator's Primer Version 6.2

Chapter 6
Troubleshooting LSF Problems
Platform LSF Administrator’s Primer
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Top 10 LSF problems
1 Cannot open
lsf.conf file
You might see this message running lsid. This means that
LSF_CONFDIR/lsf.conf is not accessible to LSF.
By default, LSF checks the directory defined by LSF_ENVDIR
for lsf.conf. If
lsf.conf is not in LSF_ENVDIR, LSF looks for it in/etc.
◆ Make sure that there is either a symbolic link from /etc/lsf.conf to lsf.conf
or
◆ Use csrhc.lsf or profile.lsf to set up your LSF environment.
Make sure that
cshrc.lsf or profile.lsf are available for users to set the LSF
environment variables.
See “Setting up the LSF environment (cshrc.lsf and profile.lsf)” on page 18 for more
information.
2 Host does not
have a software
license
You might see this message when you run lsid, lsload, and other ls* commands.
It means that the
LSF_CONFDIR/license.dat file has errors or the path to the
license file is incorrect.
Some typical license problems:
◆ The license file was edited on Windows and incorrect line ending characters (^M)
are present in the file. Edit
LSF_CONFDIR/license.dat on UNIX and remove
the
^M characters.
◆ FEATURE lines in the license file have line breaks:
❖ FEATURE lines in a DEMO LSF license must be on one line, with no line
breaks, begin with
FEATURE and end with DEMO
❖ FEATURE lines in a permanent LSF license must be on one line, with no line
breaks, begin with
FEATURE and end with Plaform.
Edit
LSF_CONFDIR/license.dat and remove the line breaks. For example:
FEATURE lsf_base lsf_ld 6.200 1-jun-0000 100 DCF7C3D92A5471A12345 "Platform"
◆ Your DEMO license has expired. Get a new DEMO license, or install a permanent
license, as described in “Setting up a Permanent LSF License” on page 42.
◆ You have a permanent license and the license server daemon (lmgrd) is not
running. Start the license server as described in “Starting the license server daemon
(lmgrd)” on page 42.
◆ You have installed a new license but an unlicensed lim is still running on the LSF
master host.
Run
ps -ef to see if lim is running.
Restart
lim as described in “Starting your cluster” on page 18.
◆ The FEATURE lines in the license file (LSF_CONFDIR/license.dat) do not
match the features enabled in the PRODUCTS line in
LSF_CONFDIR/lsf.cluster.cluster_name.
For example, if your license has the following FEATURE lines:
FEATURE lsf_base lsf_ld 6.200 1-jun-0000 10 DCF7C3D92A5471A12345 "Platform"
FEATURE lsf_manager lsf_ld 6.200 1-jun-0000 10 4CF7D37944B023A12345 "Platform"