System requirements for IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 10.2 Fix Pack 8

Before you install IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager, ensure that your host has the operating system requirements.

Supported operating systems

Table 1. Supported (and certified) operating systems for LSF Process Manager
Vendor Platform Operating System  
Linux

x86_64

RHEL 5/6/7

Kernel 2.6 & 3.1

ppm10.2_svr_lnx26-x64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_fm_lnx26-x64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_ed_lnx26-x64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

RHEL 8

Kernel 3.10

SLES 11/12

Kernel 3.1 & 4.4

Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04

Kernel 3.16 & 4.4

IBM

Power System 7/8 64-bit

AIX 7

ppm10.2_svr_aix-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_fm_aix-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_ed_aix-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

Power System Server 8/9 LE

RHEL 7.x, 8.0

ppm10.2_svr_lnx26-ppc64le.tar.Z

Power System Server 8 Little Endian

SLES 12

 
Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04

ppm10.2_ed_lnx26-ppc64le.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

HP

HP Integrity Servers (Itanium2)

HP-UX B.11.31 IA64

ppm10.2_svr_hpuxia64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_fm_hpuxia64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_ed_hpuxia64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

Oracle

Sparc

Solaris 10/11

ppm10.2_svr_sparc-sol10-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_fm_sparc-sol10-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_ed_sparc-sol10-64.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

X86_64

Solaris 10/11

ppm10.2_svr_x86-64-sol10.tar.Z

ppm10.2_fm_x86-64-sol10.tar.Z

ppm10.2_ed_x86-64-sol10.tar.Z

ppm10.2_pinstall.tar.Z

Microsoft

X86_64

Windows 8 / 10 / 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016

ppm10.2_pinstall_win64.msi

ppm10.2_pinstall_client_win64.msi

Requirements

Memory and disk space requirements

The Process Manager Server requires the following:
  • Approximately 200 MB free disk space for each server binary type, and 100 MB for each client. To install Process Manager Server, Flow Manager, and Flow Editor, you need approximately 400 MB. Additionally, you will need 2 KB per job to handle jobs that run simultaneously

  • 256 MB RAM for processing purposes

  • LSF server host for installing Process Manager
  • Temporary space:

    • Windows: 140 MB free space on the system disk

    • UNIX/Linux: 140 MB free space on /tmp

Software requirements

J2RE (Java Runtime Environment), version 1.6 or higher

Installation account

    • The user account used to install Process Manager is called the installation account, and must be a local administrator on all the hosts you are installing (a Windows domain administrator account is normally a local administrator on every host in the domain).
    • The installation account must have the privilege to act as part of the operating system.

Process Manager Administrators

Process Manager administrators must have permission to modify all files

Process Manager Service Account

  • The Process Manager service runs under a Process Manager service account. (This is similar to the Process Manager primary administrator account on UNIX.)
  • The account name cannot include spaces. This account must have read and write permissions on the installation directory.
  • Recommendation: Use the same account for both the LSF and Process Manager service accounts. The default is lsfadmin.
  • You must create this account prior to installation if i does not already exist.
  • Process Manager automatically assigns the following privileges to this account:
      • Act as part of the operating system
      • Debug programs
      • Adjust memory quotas for a process
      • Log on as a service
      • Replace a process-level token
      • Back up files and directories
      • Restore files and directories
      • Bypass traverse checking