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update-cluster is a package for managing a central list of machines and using that list to generate machine lists for other software. Provided commands include:
update-cluster-add and update-cluster-remove to maintain the XML cluster nodes list in /etc/update-cluster/cluster.xml by default (runtime options allow you to have multiple such files)
update-cluster-regenerate automatically builds machine lists for each package, e.g. running "update-cluster-regenerate jmon" rebuilds /etc/jmonrc
Currently the following packages use update-cluster to maintain their own machines lists:
jmon , a distributed resource monitor (CPU, memory, swap)
mpich , an implementation of MessagePassingInterface
mosix , which turns a cluster into a virtual multiprocessor machine with shared memory
update-cluster-hosts , which maintains a section of the /etc/hosts file
rarpd , used to boot diskless Sun boxes
dsh , distributed shell used to easily run commands on multiple machines
The initial list of cluster nodes can be created using debconf.