PRM man pages : PRM_startup(8)

NAME

     PRM_startup - Start up PRM node managers and system managers

SYNOPSIS

     PRM_startup [ -S ] [ -c cfile ] [ -f hfile ] [ -n nargs ]  [
     -s sargs ]

DESCRIPTION

     Using rsh(1), PRM_startup starts up system and node managers
     on  the specified hosts after appropriately initializing the
     environment on the hosts.  Hostnames can be specified  in  a
     file  that  is  passed as an argument with the -f option, or
     entered when PRM_startup prompts for hostnames.  A  list  of
     hostnames,  managers  started  on them and their process ids
     are written to a configuration file.  Typically, PRM_startup
     is  run  only  once, since node and system managers run for-
     ever, until shut down by PRM_shutdown(8),  or  killed  by  a
     host system crash, PRM_kill(8), or the Unix kill(1) command.

     PRM_startup redirects the stdout and  stderr  of  each  node
     manager process it starts to a file /tmp/nodemngr_log.pid on
     the local host, where pid is the process id of the  process.
     If  a node manager cannot be started or exits after startup,
     an error message can usually be found in these files.

OPTIONS

     -S   Run silently. Do not print informational  messages.  By
          default  PRM_startup  prints  the  names of hosts as it
          starts up a node or system manager on them.

     -c cfile
          Write configuration  information to file cfile.  Prints
          hostname, type of manager and its process identifier to
          cfile.  Default configuration  file  is PRM_config.pid,
          where  pid  is  the  process identifier of the invoking
          process.

     -f hfile
          Read  hostnames from file hfile.   Hostnames  in  hfile
          must  be separated by spaces or newlines. By default, a
          node manager will  be  started  on  a  specified  host,
          unless  the hostname is preceded by a -s, in which case
          a system manager will be started on that host.  If  the
          -f  option  is  not  present, PRM_startup runs interac-
          tively, prompting for hostnames.

     -n "nargs"
          Pass nargs as  command-line  arguments  to  every  node
          manager process that is started. nargs must be enclosed
          in quotes.  For command line options  to  nodemngr  see
          nodemngr(8).

     -s "sargs"
          Pass sargs as command-line arguments  to  every  system
          manager process that is started. sargs must be enclosed
          in quotes.  For command line  options  to  sysmngr  see
          sysmngr(8).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

     PRM_startup expects the following environment  variables  to
     be set:

     PRM_TOP
          Top level of the directory hierarchy in  which  PRM  is
          installed

     ARCH Architecture of the executing host  (currently  limited
          to  sun3, sun4 and hp700)

FILES

     PRM_config.pid          PRM configuration file

     /tmp/nodemngr_log.pid   nodemngr's stdout,  stderr  and  log
                             file

LIMITATIONS

     Cannot have different command line  arguments  to  different
     node managers.

     PRM_TOP must have the same value on all hosts.

SEE ALSO

     nodemngr(8), sysmngr(8), PRM_shutdown(8), PRM_kill(8)