Apple Qmaster 2 and Compressor 2 (Distributed Processing Setup) - Manual (Page 48)

48 Chapter 4 Creating and Administering Clusters
Creating Clusters With Apple Qadministrator
Once you configure managed service nodes and/or cluster controllers, they are visible
in Apple Qadministrator, which you use to create and modify Apple Qmaster clusters.
There are two basic steps to creating a managed cluster with Apple Qadministrator.
First, you create a new cluster and choose the cluster controller. Then, you add service
nodes to the cluster.
Step 1: Create a new cluster
1 Open Apple Qadministrator, and then do the following:
a Click the Add ( + ) button.
b Select Untitled Cluster and rename it. (The cluster name you create will also appear
in the cluster pop-up menus in the Batch Monitor and Apple Qmaster.)
2 From the Controller pop-up menu, choose a cluster controller from those available on
the network.
Note: If a password was created for the cluster controller in System Preferences, a
password authentication dialog appears.
3 Optionally, create cluster passwords by clicking the Security tab and selecting and
entering the passwords you want.
 Administrator Password: If you create this password, administrators will need to know
it in order to modify this cluster and to view this cluster’s batches in the
Batch Monitor.
 User Password: If you create this password, users will need to know it in order to
submit batches to this cluster and to view those batches in the Batch Monitor.
Click the Add button,
then rename the
Untitled Cluster.
Use this pop-up menu to
choose a cluster controller.
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