Apple Installing Your Shake 4 Software User Manual
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For more background information about the different parts of an Apple Qmaster
system and how to prepare an Apple Qmaster network, see the Apple Qmaster 2
documentation. To open the Apple Qmaster User Manual included on the installation
CD, double-click the Apple Qmaster 2 User Manual.pdf icon in the documentation
folder.
You can install both of the Apple Qmaster software components on any computer in
your Apple Qmaster system, but you do not need to. The instructions that follow tell
you how to install only the necessary components on each computer.
Important:
All the computers in a cluster need Read and Write access to any
computers (or storage devices) that will be specified as output destinations for files.
Installing Apple Qmaster Applications on Client and
Administrator Computers
You need to install Apple Qmaster Applications on any computer that you use to
submit processing jobs with Apple Qmaster, and on any computer from which you
create and administer Apple Qmaster clusters. Apple Qmaster is available from a
separate installer.
Note: When using Apple Qmaster 2, Shake is not required to be installed on client and
administrator computers.
To install Apple Qmaster Applications on client or administrator computers:
1
Double-click the Install Apple Qmaster 2 icon.
2
Follow the onscreen instructions.
Using Apple Remote Desktop to Create and Administer
Shake Cluster Computers Remotely
You can conveniently set up and control Shake service nodes and cluster
controllers over a network or over the Internet, using Apple Remote Desktop.
Apple Remote Desktop, using real-time screen sharing, lets you configure and
administer Shake service nodes and cluster controllers that are running
Mac OS X. For example, from one computer, you can turn services on and off
and mount shared storage devices on cluster computers. You can also use
Apple Remote Desktop to distribute or install the software, configure headless
service nodes, and control desktops from anywhere on the network. For more
information, see
For details on configuring and managing service nodes, cluster controllers, and
clusters, see the Apple Qmaster 2 documentation.