Command Reference Guide

Description
234 Platform LSF Command Reference
After installation, you should run hostsetup to set up each server host in the
cluster. After setting up the server hosts, you should start your cluster and test the
installation by running some basic commands.
Where lsfinstall is located
lsfinstall is included in the LSF installation script tar file
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z and is located in the lsf7Update3_lsfinstall
directory created when you uncompress and extract installation script tar file.
After installation,
lsfinstall is located in LSF_TOP/7.0/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")
IMPORTANT: 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/7.0/lsf7Update3_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 lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z
and extract it. For example:
# zcat lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z | tar xvf -
❖ Read lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/README for information about the
contents of
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z.
❖ Get the distribution tar files for all host types you need.