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60 Chapter 4 Creating and Administering Clusters
Setting Cluster Preferences
You can use Apple Qadministrator Preferences to configure several aspects of
Apple Qadministrator.
To set cluster preferences:
1 Open Apple Qadministrator.
2 In the Cluster list, select the cluster for which you want to set preferences.
3 Click Preferences.
4 Set any of the following preferences:
Queue
 Maximum number of jobs in the queue: Enter the maximum number of batches that
can be queued up at one time for this cluster. If the maximum number is reached,
the cluster does not accept new batches until there is an opening in the queue.
 Keep job history for: Set how long batches are listed in the History table of the
Batch Monitor.
 Email notification for service down after: Set how much time should pass, after a
service becomes inaccessible, before the cluster controller sends an alert message to
the administrator. (See “Email Notification,” below.)
 Status Interval: Set how often status information about this cluster should be
generated and sent to the Batch Monitor.
Email Notification
To have the cluster controller send service failure alerts to an administrator, enter the
relevant information in the fields provided. See “Recovery and Failure Notification
Features” on page 65 for more information.
 Admin Email: Enter the administrator’s email address.
 Send with mail server: Enter the administrator’s mail server.
 Domain: Enter the cluster controller’s domain.
Note: The Apple Qmaster distributed processing system does not currently support
SMTP servers that require authentication.
Click Preferences to display
the Preferences pane.