- Set up Xserve with XGrid. I did have a problem switching on XGrid but that was fixed on my previous post. Go to "Server Admin" and set it as the Controller. I didn't make it an agent as I didn't want to slow it down (it's only a G4). It's as simple as that
- Check XGrid is working by going to your machine and loading "Xgrid Admin". Now connect to your Xserver and all should be there (no agents though)
- Set the clients up. This can be done in two ways, Workgroup Manager or Apple Remote Desktop.
- I used a combination. I set up my machine by going to the Sharing Pane in System Preferences and clicking "XGrid" and specifying the servers address (DNS). Not using authentication at the moment.
- Now go to Workgroup Manager and manage computer groups and preferences, go to Details and add: "/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent" and I always make the changes "Always". This should put these preferences on all the machines in this group.
- Start the service on each client machine. I did this through ARD's command line. I've also put how to change preferences on the client machines if Workgroup Manager doesn't work (run as Root):
- sudo xgridctl a stop
- sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent ControllerName xserve.chesterfield.ac.uk
- sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent ControllerAuthentication None
- sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent BindToFirstAvailable 0
- sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent ResolveNameAsNetService 0
- sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent
- sudo xgridctl a start
- sudo xgridctl a status
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Monday, 8 February 2010
X-Grid setup
So, I've managed to get all the Apple Macs in Art and Design Directorate at Chesterfield College! I should hopefully reach 400GHz when all the machines are finally switched on. Here's the general gist of how I did it:
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