What’s new and changed in IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager 10.2 Fix Pack 14

The following topics summarize the new and changed behavior in IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager (LSF Process Manager) 10.2 Fix Pack 14.

Download location

Download this Fix Pack from IBM Fix Central. For more information, see Getting fixes from IBM Fix Central.

LSF root privileges

To enable root privileges on hosts for LSF Process Manager, you must specify a space-separated list of hosts for the LSF_ADDON_HOSTS parameter in the lsf.conf file. The root users on these specified hosts can then execute commands remotely.

For more information, see LSF_ADDON_HOSTS and Security.

Support for previous LSF versions

To ensure that LSF Process Manager 10.2 Fix Pack 14 work properly with LSF 10.1.0.11 and previous versions, you must configure the following parameters in the lsf.conf file:
LSF_STRICT_CHECKING=N
LSF_AUTH_QUERY_COMMANDS=N

Operating system and browser versions

As of Fix Pack 14, you can use LSF Process Manager on various operating system. Here are the highlights:
  • RHEL 8.7, 8.8, and 9.x are newly supported or certified for Linux x64 kernel and Linux kernel on IBM Power LE.
  • SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server:
    • SLES 15.4 is newly certified
    • SLES) 11.x is no longer supported. You can continue to use other supported versions of SLES.
  • Ubuntu:
    • Ubuntu 20.04 is newly certified for Linux kernel on IBM Power LE.
    • Ubuntu 14.x is no longer supported. You can continue to use other supported versions of Ubuntu.

As of Fix Pack 14, you can use LSF Process Manager on upgraded browsers.

List of fixes

LSF Process Manager 10.2 Fix Pack 14 resolves the following reported issues:
Fix ID Description
P104690 LSF Process Manager group administrator feature does not work when the group administrator is an AD user group.
Internal-334 LSF Process Manager functions inside the LSF Application Center are disabled.
P104898 Replace legacy rc script with systemd service in bootscript.