User Guide

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Service Node Status Indicator in the Menu Bar
By default, once a service node is enabled, an Apple Qmaster icon appears in the
computer’s menu bar. The icon now changes color based on the service node’s
current status:
 Gray = Idle
 Green = Processing
 Red = Connection failure
Click the icon to reveal additional information, including the service node’s
IP address, port number, and capture status, as well as a link to the Apple Qmaster
pane in System Preferences.
Command-Line Usage and Upgrading Apple Qmaster 1.2 to 2.0
on a Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger System
The qmasterprefs command feature offers command-line options for enabling and
disabling service node and cluster controlling services. If you upgrade Apple Qmaster
from version 1.2 to version 2.0 on a computer with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger installed, the
qmasterprefs command-line feature is disabled. Run the Installer a second time to
restore the qmasterprefs command.
Apple Qadministrator Clusters Require Managed Services
Although Apple Qadministrator currently allows you to create a cluster with
unmanaged services, valid clusters require at least one managed service in order for
the cluster to be viewable in Apple Qmaster, Compressor, and Batch Monitor.
Scheduling Unmanaged Services
If you enabled unmanaged services, you can open a calendar interface (in the
Advanced section of the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences) to schedule the
availability of these services to the distributed processing system.