diff -r 6d08f4a05d93 -r 3145852acc89 sbsv2/raptor/test/cluster/README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/sbsv2/raptor/test/cluster/README Fri Jun 25 18:37:20 2010 +0800 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + +Testing a Cluster to See if it is Correctly Configured +-------------------------------------------------------- + +The tests in this directory can be seen only as examples of how to test a cluster. They would have to be customised before use on any particular cluster. + +The tests here are aimed at: + +1) Testing that the configuration of each nodes and that services such as NIS,DNS and NTP are configured. + This requires that logins for the current user work on all nodes. +2) Checking that raptor-relevant software is installed and that the compiler can obtain licenses. +3) Testing that PVM is installed and will run without crashing (solves a problem that has occurred in the past). +4) Tests that PVM can run commands on all nodes. + + +Typically one would run headtest.sh which performs the tests relating to items 1-3. It causes "nodetest.sh" to be run on all nodes. + +e.g. + ./headtest.sh node1 node2 node3 + +pvmtest.sh can be used to check that pvm is working by running the compiler on each node via pvm. + ./pvmtest node1 node2 node3 + +None of these tests is automatic - one must simply observe the output.