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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On 11/05/10 23:30, Prentice Bisbal wrote:<BR>
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> Thanks for the reply. I have read articles on xCAT and<BR>
> was always intereted in it, I just never got around to<BR>
> actually installing it and trying it myself.<BR>
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We're using xCAT on our SGI cluster and it works nicely,<BR>
including its xdsh and xdshbak commands. Version 2 of<BR>
xCAT is available from SourceForge and installable via<BR>
a yum repository.<BR>
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> You would still need to authenticate to run commands<BR>
> as root. Where ssh is used, this would require the<BR>
> admin to have a key that's in root's authorized_keys<BR>
> file to run a remote command as root.<BR>
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On a cluster set up with xCAT all that is taken care<BR>
of for you through its kickstart and postscript stuff.<BR>
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cheers,<BR>
Chris<BR>
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Christopher Samuel - Senior Systems Administrator<BR>
VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computational Initiative<BR>
Email: samuel@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.vlsci.unimelb.edu.au/">http://www.vlsci.unimelb.edu.au/</A><BR>
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