Command Reference Guide

Platform LSF Command Reference 235
❖ Put the distribution files in the same directory as
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z
TIP: 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
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall.tar.Z.
CAUTION: If you do not specify a license file with LSF_LICENSE, or lsfinstall cannot find
a license file in the default location, lsfinstall exits.
❖ Make sure the installation file system containing LSF_TOP is writable by
the user account that is running
lsfinstall.
Running lsfinstall
1 Log on as root to the installation file server.
2 Edit
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/install.config or
lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/slave.config.
Uncomment the options you want in the template file, and replace the example
values with your own settings.
To enable Platform LSF HPC installation, specific ENABLE_HPC_INST=Y in
install.config.
TIP: The sample values in the install.config and slave.config template files are examples only. They
are not default installation values.
3 Change to lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/.
4 Run
lsfinstall:
❖ # ./lsfinstall -f install.config
OR
❖ # ./lsfinstall -s -f slave.config
5 Before using your cluster, read the following:
❖ lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/lsf_getting_started.html to find out how
to set up your LSF hosts, start LSF and test your new cluster.
❖ lsf7Update3_lsfinstall/lsf_quick_admin.html to learn more about
your new cluster.
If you install as a non-root user
You can install as a non-root user with some limitations. During installation,
lsfinstall detects that you are not root. You must choose to configure either a
multi-user cluster or a single-user cluster:
◆ Single-user— Your user account must be primary LSF administrator. You can
start LSF daemons, but only your user account can submit jobs to the cluster.
Your user account must be able to read the system kernel information, such as
/dev/kmem.