Installing shakeqmaster – Apple Shake 3.0 User Manual

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Installing and Licensing Shake 3 for Render-Only
Workstations

To install the render-only version of Shake 3, perform the CD install as described in
“Installing Shake 3” on page 7 on all systems designated as render workstations. Next, go to
http://shake.apple.com/OSXrender

to register for the Shake 3 unlimited render license. Be

sure to have your serial number ready. The license and installation instructions will be sent to
the email address you provide in the registration form.

Installing Shake Qmaster

Within the Customize dialog in the Shake installer are three separate installation components
for Shake Qmaster, each designed for a different part of a Shake Qmaster system.

Installation
Component

Where to Install It

Applications and Utilities
Installed

Shake Qmaster
Client Tools

On client computers:

Any computer

running an application that uses
Shake Qmaster to distribute
processing.

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Shake Qmaster (the interface for
submitting client batches to
Shake Qmaster clusters for
distributed processing)

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Batch Monitor utility

Shake Qmaster
Admin Tools

On administrator computers: Any
computer you use to administer
Shake Qmaster clusters. It must be on
the same network as the clusters.

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Shake Qadministrator

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Batch Monitor utility

Shake Qmaster
Services Tools

On cluster computers:

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service nodes: The computers
that perform the actual processing
of jobs.

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cluster controller computers: The
computer that acts as the manager
of a cluster. It divides up tasks,
determines which service nodes
to send work to, and then
distributes the work.

There is only one cluster controller
per cluster.

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Shake Qmaster Preferences Pane
in System Preferences

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