[AG-TECH] AG2.1.1b multi-machine node problems

[George Estes]

Good information.

Thanks,
George

At 12:56 PM 9/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>If you want to install as one user and run as another:
>
>In addition to rerunning globus config, there are three items that are not
>installed into the user's personal directory.  We are working on fixing
>this, but here are the three items:
>  AGServiceManager.cfg
>  AGNodeService.cfg
>  nodeConfig (folder)
>
>You need to copy them and then change the user name in two config files.
>
>1)
>Copy them from:
>   C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\AccessGrid
>To:
>   C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\AccessGrid
>
>2)
>   Open AGServiceManager.cfg and AGNodeService.cfg with notepad and change
>"Administrator" (or whichever user installed it) to your username.
>
>This should fix problems with services not starting (audio and video).  To
>verify this has worked, you can restart the venueclient, go to
>Preferences, Manage My Node, and you should see a service manager listed.
>
>Eric
>
>
>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
>
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Another solution that has worked for us is to run the globus configuration
> > wizard as the user using the AGTk (admin or not). After having installed as
> > the admin, this will initialize the user environment -- making it possible
> > to use the toolkit as a non-admin user.
> >
> > --Ivan
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Michael Daw
> > > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 11:02 AM
> > > To: George Estes
> > > Cc: ag Tech
> > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.1.1b multi-machine node problems
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, George. I did try this when I encountered the
> > > problem. I've just tried it again to make sure, but it
> > > doesn't work for me!
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> > > > Behalf Of George Estes
> > > > Sent: 05 September 2003 15:10
> > > > To: Michael Daw
> > > > Cc: ag Tech
> > > > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG2.1.1b multi-machine node problems
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike,
> > > >
> > > >    Sounds like you're encountering the install as
> > > administrator, run
> > > > as user problem.  If this is on a windows machine, you're
> > > having the
> > > > same problem I had. This is what I did to make it work, install as
> > > > user with administrator privileges and change the "start
> > > in" path in
> > > > the venue client shortcut to C:\Program Files\Access Grid
> > > Toolkit\bin.
> > > > The Node Setup Wizard was then able to find the services.
> > > >    Hope this works for you.
> > > >
> > > > George
> > > >
> > > > At 11:10 AM 9/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> > > > >Has anyone found any problems configuring a AG2.1.1 multi-machine
> > > > >node?
> > > > >
> > > > >I get to the stage where I can add the ServiceManagers,
> > > but I can't
> > > > >add associated Services (the dialog is blank). I've tried the Node
> > > > Setup Wizard
> > > > >and this fails too (when I press 'Finish', it flags an error and
> > > > >sends an automated log to ANL).
> > > > >
> > > > >Alternatively, has anyone done this successfully? Or -
> > > best of all -
> > > > >has anyone encountered this problem and overcome it?
> > > > >
> > > > >Frustratingly enough, I managed to do this under AG2.0,
> > > but there was
> > > > >the (now fixed) bug of no support for PAL. So, something's
> > > changed...
> > > > >
> > > > >--Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >_______________________________________________________
> > > > >
> > > > >Michael Daw, e-Science Consultant
> > > > >SVE Group (Supercomputing, Visualization and e-Science)
> > > > >
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> > > > >University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
> > > > >
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> > > > >Fax: +44 (0)161 275 6800
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> > > > >
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> > > >
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