Distributed Processing Setup Guide

• 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 About the Work Schedule Dialog.)
• Status Interval: Set how often status information about this cluster should be generated
and sent to 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
for more information.
Note: The Apple Qmaster distributed processing system does not currently support SMTP
servers that require authentication.
• 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.
About the Apple Qadministrator Wide Area Network Preferences Window
You can set wide area network preferences by choosing Apple Qadministrator >
Preferences.
About Wide Area Network Preferences
The Apple Qadministrator wide area network preferences window includes the following
items:
Apple Qadministrator Wide Area Network Preferences Details
Use the following controls to configure wide area network preferences.
• “Enter IP addresses or ranges for manually selected computers” table: This table displays
information about remote host computers.
• Add/Remove button: Use the button to add or remove information about remote host
computers.
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