Prepare your systems for installation

  • Ensure the installation file system on the file server host has enough disk space for all host types (approximately 300 MB per host type).

  • Ensure top-level LSF installation directory (LSF_TOP=EGO_TOP) is accessible with the same path name from all hosts in the LSF cluster (e.g., /usr/share/lsf).

  • Ensure the installation file system containing LSF_TOP (EGO_TOP) is writable by the user account that is running lsfinstall.

  • Create user accounts for LSF administrators (e.g., lsfadmin).

  • If you need help to download LSF distribution tar files, read the Release Notes for Platform LSF.

  • Get the LSF installation script tar file lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z and extract it (e.g., # zcat lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z | tar xvf -)

  • Get the LSF distribution tar files for all host types you need, and put them in the same directory as lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z (e.g., for Linux 2.6 kernel glibc version 2.3: lsf8.0_linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86.tar.Z). Do not extract the distribution tar files.

  • Get the LSF documentation tar file lsf8_documentation.tar.Z and put it in the same directory as lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z. Do not extract the tar file.

  • If you choose to install the Session Scheduler for Platform LSF, get the distribution file from my.platform.com, and put it in the same directory as lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z. Do not extract the tar file.

  • Get an LSF license key and create an LSF license file (license.dat) in the same directory as the distribution files and lsf8.0_lsfinstall.tar.Z

    You must have a valid license file to install. If lsfinstall cannot find a license file, it exits.

Integrating LDAP with LSF

To install LSF in an LDAP environment, check the following are satisfied:

  • LSF admin is a defined user in LDAP.

  • The OS is configured to use LDAP for authentication.

  • LDAP admin grants privileges to the LSF installer user (usually root) to retrieve the user list from the LDAP server.