Platform LSF Reference Version 6.2

lsfinstall
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Where lsfinstall is located
lsfinstall is included in the LSF installation script tar file
lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z and is located in the lsf6.2_lsfinstall directory
created when you uncompress and extract installation script tar file.
After installation,
lsfinstall is located in LSF_TOP/6.2/install/.
Before running lsfinstall
1 Plan your installation by choosing:
❖ LSF installation directory on file server
(e.g.,
LSF_TOP="/usr/share/lsf")
❖ LSF hosts (master host, server hosts, and client-only hosts; e.g.,
LSF_ADDSERVERS="hosta hostb hostc")
❖ Cluster name (39 characters or less with no white spaces; e.g.,
LSF_CLUSTER_NAME="cluster1")
Do not use the name of any host, user, or user group as the name of your
cluster.
❖ Primary LSF administrator (owns the LSF configuration files and log files; e.g.,
LSF_ADMINS="lsfadmin")
❖ LSF server hosts that are candidates to become the master host for the cluster,
if you are installing a new host to be dynamically added to the cluster
(e.g.,
LSF_MASTER_LIST="hosta hostb")
2 Prepare your systems for installation:
❖ Make sure the installation file system on the file server host has enough disk
space for all hosts types (approximately 300 MB per host type).
❖ Make sure the top-level installation directory (LSF_TOP) is accessible with the
same path name from all hosts in the cluster (e.g.,
/usr/share/lsf).
❖ Create user accounts for LSF administrators (e.g., lsfadmin).
❖ Read the “Release Notes for Platform LSF”
(
/distrib/6.2/release_notes.html) on the ftp.platform.com
FTP site for detailed steps for downloading LSF distribution tar files
❖ Get the LSF installation script tar file lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z and
extract it. For example:
# zcat lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z | tar xvf -
❖ Read lsf6.2_lsfinstall/README for information about the contents of
lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z.
❖ Get the distribution tar files for all host types you need.
Put the distribution files in the same directory as
lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z
Do not uncompress and extract the distribution tar files.
❖ Get a valid license key and create a license file (license.dat) in the same
directory as the distribution files and
lsf6.2_lsfinstall.tar.Z.