Run Get-HpcClusterOverview from outside the cluster

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:29:03 Z

Hi

I have several clusters in the same domain, and I would like to get the statistics for those clusters without having to sign into the head nodes of the clusters.

e.g.

I have computer "A", that doesn't belong to any of the clusters, and the clusters 1 and 2 (the head nodes are "HN1" and "HN2").
I can RD "HN1" and "HN2" from "A", and I can run Get-HpcClusterOverview -scheduler "HN2" from "HN1".

Is there a way to "install" these cmdlet (Get-HpcClusterOverview) in the computer "A", so I don't have to log into the head nodes to get that information?

I'm using Get-HpcJobHistory and Get-HpcClusterOverview to get the clusters information, I don't know if there's a better way to get the information of the cluster, if there is, please let me know.

Thanks for your time!

Cheers

Run Get-HpcClusterOverview from outside the cluster

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:15:07 Z

Hello willvv

Yes this is possible, but you'll need to install the HPC Pack client tools on the remote computer (computer "A" in your example).

Once installed you should be able to start the HPC powershell console & run something like

Get-HpcClusterOverview -Scheduler <headnodename>

Get-HpcJobHistory -Scheduler <headnodename>

There was a good post on the Windows HPC Team Blog some time ago which develops this concept...

http://blogs.technet.com/windowshpc/archive/2008/08/02/hpcv2-powershell-and-activedirectory.aspx

Also, check this out for a potential installation issue which may require fixing before remote powershell cmdlets will work correctly

http://blogs.technet.com/windowshpc/archive/2009/01/07/a-powershell-problem.aspx

Hope this helps

Dan