dmboot1

Usage

Overview

Starts up a DNAS daemon using dsh

Options

--rc [resource file to load]

specifies the extra resource (configuration file) to load.

--external|-ep [external-parent-hostname]

specifies the external parent host name. The system will use that host as a parent node.

--external-rsh|epr [external-parent-hostname] [remote-shell-command]

specifies the external parent host name, and uses rsh method to connect to the remote host.

-n [dsh topology option]

specifies the topology option for use with dsh See the dsh manual for details. Set it to about 4 for large set ups.

-f [machine list]

Specifies the machine list file. The file is a list of hostnames of hosts to run the program.

-h|--help

Show help.

DNAS options

are options that are passed to dmachinemon-master and dmachinemon-servent verbatim.

Notes

Requires dsh to function properly.

Files

${HOME}/.dmrc

The DNAS machines booter configuration file, sourced by the script. Needs to be in bash-compatible format. Possible variables are DMACHINELIST, CLIENTPORT, NODEPORT.

${DMACHINELIST}

The file dmboot uses to get the list of machines to start up the process. This list cannot list the master node.