Plan and prepare your systems for installation

MSI version 2.0 or later is required.

  1. Choose LSF hosts (master host, master candidates, database host, server hosts, and client-only hosts). If EGO does not manage PMC or PERF, you must also choose PMC and PERF hosts, otherwise it is optional.
  2. Choose an installation directory that is available on every host.
  3. For failover purposes, create and share the shared directory (e.g., \\HostF\EGOshare). Ensure the shared directory is accessible with the same path name from all hosts in the cluster.
  4. On master candidates, free the service director port, 53; and the web service gateway port, 9090.
  5. On the PMC host, free the web server ports 8080, 8005, and 8009; and the database port, 1527.
  6. Review the installation parameter reference, make sure the connection ports and LSF sbatchd, res, and mbatchd ports are available on all host.
  7. Choose a primary LSF administrator (owns the LSF and EGO configuration files and log files; e.g., DOMAIN\lsfadmin).

    Create the primary LSF administrator account with these privileges on each host:

    • Act as part of the operating system

    • Debug programs

    • Replace a process level token

    • Log on as a service

    • Adjust memory quotas for a process

    Note:

    The account should belong to the Local Administrators group on each host.

  8. Obtain the necessary files for installing LSF.

    You need the following files to install LSF:

    • Platform LSF distribution file

    • Platform Management Console distribution file

    • Platform LSF license file (license.dat)

    See the LSF Version 7 Release Notes for detailed steps for downloading the distribution files.