HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0

8.7 Creating a Baseline Report of the System Configuration..............................................................135
8.8 You Are Done................................................................................................................................135
9 Upgrading to HP XC System Software Version 4.0...............................................137
9.1 Software Upgrade Overview.........................................................................................................137
9.1.1 Supported Upgrade Paths.....................................................................................................137
9.1.2 Is Upgrading Appropriate for Your System Configuration?................................................138
9.1.3 Upgrade Characteristics........................................................................................................138
9.1.4 Upgrade Commands.............................................................................................................139
9.1.5 Upgrading Existing HP XC Version 3.n Clusters With SFS to HP XC Version 4.0...............139
9.2 Preparing for the Upgrade............................................................................................................139
9.3 Preparing the System State............................................................................................................141
9.4 Installing the Upgrade RPM and Preparing the System...............................................................142
9.5 Upgrading Linux and HP XC RPMs.............................................................................................143
9.6 Viewing the Results of the RPM Upgrade.....................................................................................145
9.7 Installing Patches and Reinstalling Additional Software..............................................................146
9.8 Manually Merging File Customizations........................................................................................146
9.9 Configuring the System and Propagating the Golden Image.......................................................148
9.10 Imaging and Booting the System and Starting Compute Resources..........................................152
9.11 Starting Availability Tools After the Upgrade.............................................................................153
9.12 Verifying the Upgrade.................................................................................................................154
10 Reinstalling HP XC System Software Version 4.0.................................................155
10.1 Reinstalling HP XC when the Hardware Configuration Contains HP ProLiant Hardware
Models.................................................................................................................................................155
10.1.1 Reinstalling All Nodes.........................................................................................................155
10.1.2 Reinstalling Selected Nodes................................................................................................155
10.2 Reinstalling HP XC when the Hardware Configuration Contains HP Integrity Hardware
Models.................................................................................................................................................156
10.2.1 Reinstalling All Nodes.........................................................................................................156
10.2.2 Reinstalling Selected Nodes................................................................................................156
11 Installing and Using PBS Professional....................................................................159
11.1 PBS Professional Overview.........................................................................................................159
11.2 Using the PBS Documentation.....................................................................................................159
11.3 Planning the Installation..............................................................................................................159
11.4 Performing Installation Actions Specific to HP XC.....................................................................160
11.5 Configuring PBS Professional under HP XC...............................................................................160
11.5.1 Configure the OpenSSH scp Utility.....................................................................................161
11.5.2 Remove Nodes from the SLURM or LSF Configuration.....................................................161
11.5.3 Add Nodes to the PBS Professional Configuration.............................................................161
11.6 Replicating Execution Nodes.......................................................................................................161
11.7 Entering License Information......................................................................................................162
11.8 Starting the Service Daemons......................................................................................................162
11.9 Setting Up PBS Professional at the User Level............................................................................162
11.10 Running HP MPI Tasks..............................................................................................................163
12 Installing the Maui Scheduler.................................................................................165
12.1 Maui Scheduler Overview...........................................................................................................165
12.2 Reviewing Readiness Criteria......................................................................................................165
12.3 Preparing for the Installation.......................................................................................................165
12.4 Installing the Maui Scheduler......................................................................................................166
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