Distributed Processing Setup Guide

Unmanaged Services
Unmanaged services automatically assign themselves to the first available QuickCluster
with enabled unmanaged service support. QuickClusters listen for unmanaged service
advertisements and may mark or remember any of them for later use. A QuickCluster can
use any available unmanaged service on the same local network (subnet). An unmanaged
service remains dedicated to its 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 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 Open the Apple Qmaster pane of System Preferences.
2 Select the “QuickCluster with services” button to create a QuickCluster.
3 Select “Include unmanaged services from other computers.”
4 Click Start Sharing.
For more information on creating QuickClusters, see Getting Started Quickly and About
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.
Managing Processing Services
Follow the instructions below to manage the processing services on a computer in a
cluster.
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