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.