The DXSpider FAQ
- Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@ea1dav.net)
+ Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)
December 2001 Revision: 1.8
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
1. Installation
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1.1 Where do I get DXSpider?
1.2 How do I use the patches?
1.3 If I use a tarball to overwrite my installation, what happens to my configuration?
1.4 I am running RedHat 5.2 and I am getting strange errors, what is wrong?
2. Administration
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2.1 How can I get Spider to restart automatically if it crashes?
2.2 How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user?
2.3 My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just keeps getting the "tut tut" message.
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assuming the patch version you are using is 1.40 and resides in /tmp!
first need to apply patch-1.39 and then patch-1.40.
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1\b1.\b.3\b3.\b. I\bIf\bf I\bI u\bus\bse\be a\ba t\bta\bar\brb\bba\bal\bll\bl t\bto\bo o\bov\bve\ber\brw\bwr\bri\bit\bte\be m\bmy\by i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\bla\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt h\bha\bap\bpp\bpe\ben\bns\bs t\bto\bo
m\bmy\by c\bco\bon\bnf\bfi\big\bgu\bur\bra\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn?\b?
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Run _\bt_\be_\bl_\bi_\bn_\bi_\bt _\bq as root. Spider will restart so be aware. However, any
time you reboot, cluster.pl will start in tty7 and if it crashes, it
should restart ok.
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or in later versions of Spider, there is a command called _\bw_\ba_\bt_\bc_\bh_\bd_\bb_\bg in
which case you simply type ..
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2\b2.\b.3\b3.\b. M\bMy\by n\bne\bei\big\bgh\bhb\bbo\bou\bur\bri\bin\bng\bg n\bno\bod\bde\be c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt u\bus\bse\be t\bth\bhe\be R\bRC\bCM\bMD\bD c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd t\bto\bo m\bme\be,\b, h\bhe\be j\bju\bus\bst\bt
k\bke\bee\bep\bps\bs g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg t\bth\bhe\be "\b"t\btu\but\bt t\btu\but\bt"\b" m\bme\bes\bss\bsa\bag\bge\be.\b.
reset the home_node using the _\bs_\bp_\bo_\bo_\bf command like this ..
- spoof gb7adx set/home gb7adx
+ spoof gb7adx set/home gb7adx
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Remember to make it executable!
This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
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