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Unmanaged Services
Unmanaged services automatically assign themselves to the first available This Computer
Plus cluster or QuickCluster with enabled unmanaged service support. QuickClusters
listen for unmanaged service advertisements and may mark or remember any of them
for later use. An unmanaged service remains dedicated to its This Computer Plus cluster
or QuickCluster only long enough to finish the current job. Once the current job is
complete, an unmanaged service is once again a “free agent” and advertises its availability
to all This Computer Plus clusters and QuickClusters.
Note: Managed clusters (those created with Apple Qadministrator) can also use
unmanaged services. When unmanaged service support is enabled on a managed cluster,
the cluster automatically adds any available unmanaged services in addition to its managed
services (that were explicitly added using Apple Qadministrator).
Enabling Unmanaged Services on QuickClusters
Follow these steps to enable unmanaged services on QuickClusters.
To enable unmanaged services on QuickClusters
1 In Compressor, choose Apple Qmaster > Share This Computer.
2 Select the “Share this computer” checkbox and the “as QuickCluster with services” button
to create a QuickCluster.
3 Select “Include unmanaged services from other computers.”
4 Click OK.
For more information on creating QuickClusters, see Getting Started Quickly Using
QuickClusters.
Enabling Unmanaged Services on Managed Clusters
Follow these steps to enable unmanaged services on managed clusters.
To enable unmanaged services on managed clusters
1 In Apple Qadministrator, select a cluster in the Cluster list, or click the Add (+) button to
add a new cluster.
2 Select “Allow use of unmanaged services.”
For more information on creating managed clusters, see Creating Clusters with
Apple Qadministrator.
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