Apple Shake 3.5 - Manual (Page 13)

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When Shake Qmaster Services are installed, the Shake Qmaster icon appears in the “Other”
group of System Preferences.
Note: See “Special Installation Instructions for Extended Node Clusters” for information
about creating an extended node cluster. You do not need to install any Shake Qmaster
software on extended service nodes, but an extended node cluster does require an
intermediary node that needs Shake Qmaster Services.
Special Installation Instructions for Extended Node Clusters
There is a way to use computers as service nodes even if they do not have Shake Qmaster
installed. To do this, you configure an intermediary node that executes Shake Qmaster
commands on other computers, called extended nodes. The intermediary node runs UNIX
commands on the extended nodes via the SSH (secure shell) UNIX program, so that the
extended nodes can process batches without having Shake Qmaster installed. This type of
cluster is called an extended node cluster.
Note: See the Shake Qmaster Help for details on configuring and using an extended node
cluster. To open the Shake Qmaster Help included on the installation CD, double-click the
Shake Qmaster Help.pdf icon.
You only need one intermediary node in an extended cluster. It can act as the cluster
controller, or you can add it to another cluster that already has a cluster controller.
To install Shake Qmaster on the intermediary node:
1 Double-click the Install Shake icon.
2 Follow the onscreen instructions until you get to the Easy Install window. In the Easy Install
window, click Customize.
3 Select Shake Qmaster Services, then continue following the onscreen instructions.
On the extended nodes:
Install Shake, or any other application that will process batches submitted with
Shake Qmaster. There is no need to install any Shake Qmaster software on extended nodes.
The extended nodes can operate as render-only workstations. See “Installing and Licensing
Shake 3.5 for Render-Only Workstations on Mac OS X” on page 7 for more information.
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