Step 13: use shake qmaster to create a cluster – Apple Shake (Qmaster 1.2) Distributed Rendering (10.3) User Manual
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Step 12:
Use Apple Remote Desktop to install Shake and Shake Qmaster
Follow the steps below to use the Apple Remote Desktop package installer feature on
the Xserve to install Shake and Shake Qmaster on all of the cluster nodes.
1
Insert the Shake CD in the Xserve CD drive.
2
In Apple Remote Desktop, select all of the cluster nodes and choose Manage > Install
Package. The Apple Remote Desktop Install Packages window appears.
3
In the “Go to” field, enter the Packages pathname, then press Return. For example,
/Volumes/ShakeVolumeName/Installer/Package, where ShakeVolumeName is the CD
icon name that appears on your desktop.
4
In the Packages folder, select the Shake “.pkg” file, then click Install.
5
When that installation is complete, select QTProMedia.pkg, then click Install.
6
When that installation is complete, select Qmaster.Services.pkg, then click Install.
7
When the Qmaster.Services.pkg installation is complete, select all of the cluster nodes
in Apple Remote Desktop again, then choose Manage > Restart.
For more information about Shake and Shake Qmaster installations, refer to the
Installing Your Software booklet that came with Shake.
Step 13:
Use Shake Qmaster to create a cluster
Now you can create a Shake Qmaster cluster that contains the Xserve and the cluster
nodes. The three basic steps involved in creating the cluster are outlined below. See the
Shake Qmaster Help for more information about creating clusters.
1
Using Apple Remote Desktop on the Xserve:
a
Log in to a cluster node.
b
Open the Shake Qmaster pane in System Preferences, then enable the UNIX
Processing service. (This configures a cluster node to serve as a service node.)
c
Repeat the above two steps on each cluster node.
2
Use the Shake Qmaster pane in System Preferences to enable cluster controlling and
UNIX Processing on the Xserve.
3
Use Shake Qadministrator on the Xserve to create a cluster that contains the Xserve
and the cluster nodes.
After you finish this final step, the client computers can start submitting Shake jobs to
the cluster for distributed rendering.
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