IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0 Fix Pack 9 (534231) Readme

Abstract

This release includes features and enhancements since the release of IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0.8 on June 4,  2019. 

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0.9 that includes installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes. 

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF Application Center
Product/Component Release: 10.2.0.9
Update Name: Fix 534231
Fix ID: pac-10.2.0.9-build534231
Publication date: 15 Nov 2019
Last modified date: 

Contents

1. What's new
2. System requirements
3. Known issues
4. Product notifications
5. Download location
6. Installation and configuration
7. Uninstallation
8. Copyright and trademark information

1. What's new

• Changes to database support:
• MariaDB JDBC 2.4 driver
• Support for MySQL 8.0, and MariaDB 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
• Usability enhancements:
• Drag and drop for local file selection during submission.
• Inline search support on job details page.
• Persistent user level preference.
• Support for template publish plug-in and publish notes.
• Show job array level run time and memory.
• Improvement for workload list performance with large number of flows.
• Show real LSF job number in dashboard and “by group” or “by queues”.
• Users can define result auto-download when submitting from Application Center.
• Ability to provide feedback directly to IBM from Help drop-down menu. (from within LSF Suite products only)
• Update Knowledge Center Customer Installed framework to align with 10.2 FP9 KC.
• Enhancements to Desktop Client
• Submission Tab viewSupport Server file selection
• Support save-as in the submission form
• Refresh job list
• New submission (application) templates:
• Jupyter Notebook
• H2O
• Tensorflows
• Notification for jobs submitted through IBM Spectrum LSF commands bsub or bmod
• Option -notify on bsub and bmod commands can deliver job status change notifications to all Application Center channels (browser, desktop client, email, mobile)

List of fixes:

2. System requirements

Refer to https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZRJV_10.2.0/release_notes/pac_sysreqs_10.2.0.9.html

3. Known issues

Refer to https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZRJV_10.2.0/release_notes/pac_known_issues.html

4. Product notifications

To receive information about product solution and patch updates automatically, subscribe to product notifications on the My notifications page http://www.ibm.com/support/mynotifications/ on the IBM Support website (http://support.ibm.com). You can edit your subscription settings to choose the types of information you want to get notification about, for example, security bulletins, fixes, troubleshooting, and product enhancements or documentation changes.

5. Download location

Download from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

6. Installation and configuration

6.1 Before installation

1. Log on to the IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center server host as root.

2. Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment.
For csh or tcsh: 

% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform 

For sh, ksh, or bash: 

$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

3. Determine the location of your existing IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center installation.
#rpm -q --queryformat "%{INSTPREFIXES}\n" lsf-appcenter

4. Back up your existing installation.
For example: 

#cp -rfp /opt/ibm /opt/ibm.bak

5. Check and record the version and build number of your existing installation of IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center in case you need to roll back the fix.
pmcadmin -V

6. Stop all IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services.
perfadmin stop all 

pmcadmin stop

6.2 Installation steps for IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0.9 

The following steps assume that IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center is installed in /opt/ibm. 

Replace with your actual installation directory. 

Note: This Fix Pack is only for LSF Application Center V10.2.0 If you are using other versions, you must first migrate to V10.2.0 before applying this Fix Pack.

1. Extract pac10.2.0.9_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z.
tar -xzvf pac10.2.0.9_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z

2. As root, log on to your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center V10.2.0 host.

3. Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment.
For csh or tcsh: 

% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform 

For sh, ksh, or bash: 

$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

4. Configure the pacinstall.sh file
Replace ${INSTALLATION_TOP} with your actual installation directory, for example: export INSTALLATION_TOP="/opt/ibm" 

If you are using Remote Database for high availability (HA) support, do the following:

set ${USE_REMOTE_DB} as 'Y' , for example: export USE_REMOTE_DB="Y" 

5. Install the Fix Pack
./pacinstall.sh 

Note: Make sure the script and all RPM files for the upgrade package are in the same directory.

6. Upgrade Schema
Do this step Only if you are using Remote Database for high availability (HA) support: 

Login to Remote Database and run the upgrade schema found in pcc-appcenter-10.2.0.9-dbschema.tar

>mysql -u root pac 

>source DBschema/MySQL/Patch/pac102_to_10206.sql

>source DBschema/MySQL/Patch/pac10206_to_10207.sql

>source DBschema/MySQL/Patch/pac10207_to_10208.sql

>source DBschema/MySQL/Patch/pac10208_to_10209.sql

7. Start IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services.
perfadmin start all 

pmcadmin start

7. Uninstallation

7.1 Before uninstallation 

Stop all IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services: 

perfadmin stop all

pmcadmin stop 

7.2 Roll back the fix 

The following steps assume IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center is installed in /opt/ibm.
Replace with your actual installation directory.

1. Determine the location of your existing IBM Application Center installation.
#rpm -q --queryformat "%{INSTPREFIXES}\n" lsf-appcenter

2. Download package pac-10.2.0.8-build521275

3. Set your IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center environment:
For csh or tcsh: 

% source /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/cshrc.platform 

For sh, ksh, or bash: 

$ . /opt/ibm/lsfsuite/ext/profile.platform

4. Extract pac10.2.0.8_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z.
tar -xzvf pac10.2.0.8_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z

5. Configure the pacinstall.sh file
Replace ${INSTALLATION_TOP} with your acture installation directory

6. Install the package of previous version
./pacinstall.sh -d 

Note: Make sure the script and all RPMs for the downgrade package in the same directory.

7. If you have made any customizations, reapply your customizations from the backup directory.

8. Start IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center services
perfadmin start all 

pmcadmin start

9. Clear your browser cache before logging into IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center.
This is required on every browser that will access IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center. Otherwise, IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center will not work properly.

8. Copyright and trademark information 

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