Installation guide

ConfigureClustertoUseaMATLAB
®
Job Scheduler (MJS)
Note If you do not have a Windows cluster, or if you have already installed a
previous version of MATLAB Distribute d Computin g Server on your W i n dows
cluster, you can skip this step and proceed to Step 2.
Configure Windows Firewalls
If you are using Windows
®
firewalls on y ou r cluster nodes,
1 Log in as a user with administrator privileges.
2 Execute the following in a DOS command window.
matlabroot\toolbox\distcomp\bin\addMa tla bToWindowsFirewall.bat
This command adds MATLAB as an allowed program. If you are using
other firewalls, you must configure them for similar accommodation.
Configure User Access to Installation
The user that mdce runs as requires access to the cluster M ATLAB
installation location . B y defau lt, mdce runs as the u ser
LocalSystem.Ifyour
network allows
LocalSystem to access the install location, you can proceed to
the next step. (If you are not sure of your network configuration and the access
provided for
LocalSystem, contact the MathWorks install support team.)
Note If LocalSystem cannot access the install location, you must run mdce as
adifferentuser.
You can set a different user w ith these steps:
1 With any standard text editor (such as WordPad) open the mdce_def file
found at:
matlabroot\toolbox\distcomp\bin\mdce_ def .bat
2 Find the line for setting the MDCEUSER parameter, and provide a v alue in
the form
domain\username:
2-3
For help, contact the MathWorks install support team at
508-647-7000 or http://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us