LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 217
Cluster Version Management and Patching on UNIX and Linux
Version management components
Patches and distributions
Products and
versioning
Platform products and components may be separately licensed and versioned. For
example, LSF and the Platform Management Console are licensed together, but
delivered as separate distributions and patched separately.
Product version is a number identifying the release, such as LSF version 7.0.3. The
final digit changes whenever you patch the cluster with a new update release.
In addition to the product version, build date, build number, and binary type are
used to identify the distributions. Build number may help identify related
distributions for different binary types and is important when rolling back the
cluster.
Patching the cluster is optional and clusters with the same product version may
have different patches installed, so a complete description of the cluster includes
information about the patches installed.
Types of
distributions
Upgrades, patches, and hot fixes are used to update the software in an existing
cluster.
◆ Product upgrades deliver a new version of the software with valuable new
features. Upgrades require a new license.
◆ Patches deliver small changes and bug fixes that may result in a minor version
change. Patches do not require a new license.
◆ Hot fixes deliver temporary solutions for emergency problems. Hot fixes do not
require a new license.
Types of patches This document describes installing and removing patches. Patches include fixes, fix
packs, and update releases. These do not require a new license.
◆ Update releases—are full distributions available to all customers at regular
intervals and include all fixes intended for general use. Your cluster should
always use the latest update release. The same package can be used to patch a
cluster or create a new cluster. Each update has a different version number (for
example, LSF 7 Update 3 is version 7.0.3).
◆ Fixes—are partial distributions delivered as needed to resolve customer issues
(identified by a specific fix number). Platform Support will advise you if you
need install any fixes in your cluster. Installing or removing this type of patch
does not change the version of the cluster.
◆ Fix packs (FP)—contain two or more related fixes in one distribution for your
convenience.